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Could Zelensky lose power?

20 August5 min read
Image of Zelensky and Federov in Ukraine

YouTube says its users upload 20 million new videos every day . Most are probably garbage, but one from Tuesday (on a brand new channel to boot) is worth a look.

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  1. 01

    INDIA

    US ambassador sparks Pakistan spat.

    Pakistan has lodged a formal protest after Trump’s ambassador to neighbouring India (Sergio Gor) used a visit to describe Jammu & Kashmir (which Pakistan claims) as “an important part of India”. (The Hill)

  2. 02

    UNITED STATES

    Repurchase rally.

    US Treasury bond yields have tumbled while gold and silver prices have spiked, after the Treasury surprised everyone with news it’ll at least double the size of its longer-dated (10-30 year) bond buybacks. (NBC)

  3. 03

    AZERBAIJAN

    We’ll CNN you in court.

    Baku has filed a US defamation lawsuit against CNN, arguing the US outlet’s reporting about Israel launching ops against Iran from Azerbaijani turf was false, and risked drawing them into the Iran war. (Mediaite)

  4. 04

    NORTH KOREA

    Gesture rejected.

    The influential sister to Pyongyang’s dictator, Kim Yo Jong, has brushed off President Trump’s scaling-back of US-South Korea drills as an empty gesture. She’s also claimed to be “completely unaware” of any direct US contact with her brother. (CNN)

  5. 05

    CHINA

    Private rocket sticks the landing.

    Local startup LandSpace has achieved China’s first propulsive land landing of an orbital-class booster, a milestone SpaceX reached in 2015. (space.com)

  6. 06

    NEW ZEALAND

    Please explain?

    The Kiwis want a Moscow explanation after Russia issued a sudden missile-debris warning for a large swathe of ocean under New Zealand’s air traffic control, forcing the US Air Force to abort its planned logistical support flight to the main US research base in Antarctica. (NZ Herald)

  7. 07

    ISRAEL

    Hind Rajab probe opens.

    The Israeli military is opening a criminal investigation into the Gaza death of five-year-old Hind Rajab, acknowledging for the first time that IDF troops fired on her family’s car. The same IDF report has declined to prosecute the 2024 strikes that left seven World Central Kitchen workers dead. (DW)

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