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Aug 31, 2026 - World

The leaders of China, Russia and India gathered with other heads of state in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence.

Aug 31, 2026 - World

Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is ‘far higher’ than Beijing admitsA Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week’s deadly floods, raising questions about Beijing’s official account of the scale of the disaster.Public discussion about the flash floods has been restricted, with security officials in Tibet announcing on Sunday that it had penalised at least 10 people for sharing “false disaster information”. There was no further information on the nature of the penalties. Continue reading...

Aug 31, 2026 - World

Greece signed a $3.5 billion deal Monday with Israel to develop a multilayered air defense array for Athens to counter threats ranging from ballistic missiles to drones.

Aug 31, 2026 - World

Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, the 83-year-old spiritual leader of the global Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, was sentenced to two years in prison Monday after being found guilty this year of embezzlement and bribery of a former first lady and a former lawmaker.

Aug 31, 2026 - World

Organisers say people must revive spiritual relationship with food amid double threat of climate crisis and conflictMending the broken food system under the threat of climate-driven weather extremes will require more than economic fixes and intensive agriculture, according to the organisers of a pioneering summit this week, who say the world must revive its spiritual relationship with food.Delegates from more than 60 countries and the UN will gather for the next five days in Paro in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan for the world’s first “conscious food summit”, which will bring together governments and farmers, mindfulness experts and yoga therapists. Continue reading...