August 17th, 2023

• ​New Paraguay leader to reopen Jerusalem embassy within year, Israel says
• After deal with Israel, offshore rig arrives in Lebanese waters to drill for gas
• Israel to reexamine Ethiopia immigration policy amid increased fighting
• Hackers threaten to release stolen medical files on Netanyahu, Haredi leaders
• Milley to visit Israel as U.S. concerns grow over Israeli military crisis
• Top US general said aiming to assess overhaul's impact on IDF during Israel trip
• Police chief and Ben Gvir spar over who cops should obey in constitutional crisis
• Readiness of Israeli Air Force, Intel Could Diminish in Months, Army Warns Knesset Lawmakers
• US Palestinian Affairs Office mum on Abbas sacking 12 governors
• 2 killed, 4 injured in two shootings within an hour as deadly crime wave continues
• Pro-Palestinian protest at Brazilian college campus turns violent
• Libya militias battle in Tripoli after commander's arrest
• Libya fighting leaves 55 dead, dozens injured: Medics
• Russian raid off Turkey's coast tests Erdogan's resolve
• India and China pledge to maintain 'peace and tranquility' along disputed border despite tensions
• Putin Opponents Exiled in Europe Claim They Were Poisoned
• Russian General Gennady Zhidko, Purged by Putin, Found Dead from Unknown Illness
• NATO official admits comments on Ukraine giving up territory to gain membership were a 'mistake'
• China Real Estate Giant Country Garden Delays Bond Repayment in 'Politically Driven' Crisis, Analyst Says
• China surprises with rate cuts as economy grapples with 'confidence crisis'
• Argentina devalues its currency, jacks up interest rates after shock far-right primary win
• Federal Reserve Sees US Slowdown as Economy Faces 'Upside Risks to Inflation': FOMC Minutes
• Global wealth drops for first time since 2008 - The highest losses were in North America and Europe, driven by high inflation
• Soros To End 'Most EU Operations' In 'Radical Shift'
• Hunter Biden's prosecutors refuse to keep gun charge deal in place
• 'Clockwork': Four Trump Indictments Drop After Four Damning Biden Business Revelations
• Trump and His Allies Are Being Charged Like a 'Drug Gang or Mafia': Legal Counsel
• NYT: 'Biased.' 'Corrupt.' 'Deranged.' Trump's Taunts Test Limits of Release.
• Mark Levin: If Elected, Trump Can Pardon Himself from State Charges, Too
• Giuliani tells court legal problems have taken all of his cash - Giuliani's law license is suspended and he is up against disbarment proceedings in D.C. and New York
• Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones hits back at 'sickening' investigation targeting him, connection to Trump case
• Georgia DA proposes March 2024 start date for Trump trial, one week before Georgia presidential primary
• Trump Trial Would Draw Super Bowl-Like TV Ratings
• Fulton County Sheriff's Promise for Donald Trump: 'We'll Have a Mugshot Ready for You'
• Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online
• Fulton County clerk who leaked Trump charges says she accidentally hit 'send' instead of 'save'
• Marjorie Taylor Greene says has proof of 2020 Georgia election fraud, ex turned away at poll station - "They all went to vote in person but were told they already voted by absentee, but none of them actually did!" she wrote.
• Michigan AG acknowledges investigation into 2020 potential voter fraud, referral to FBI
• Katie Hobbs Says Arizona Should Prosecute Trump for Challenging 2020 Election
• House Republicans Investigate Foreign Funding to Influence Elections
• Search Warrant Withdrawn After Backlash Over Kansas Newspaper Raid
• Apple removes ALL of Glenn Beck's podcasts from iTunes. Does the big tech censorship ever stop?
• Elon Musk's Twitter/X Throttling Web Traffic Reignites Debate over Net Neutrality
• China adopts interim AI rule requiring technology to back the communist system
• The Creative Ways Teachers Are Using ChatGPT in the Classroom
• Google reportedly building A.I. that offers life advice
• Snapchat users freak out over AI bot that had a mind of its own
• We Still Need the Human Intelligence to Guide AI Technology: Professor
• 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Sola, Vanuatu
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 29,000ft
• Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 19,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 19,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Bagana volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Floods and mudslides claim 21 lives, leave 6 missing in Xi'an, China
• 33 bodies recovered following landslide at jade mine in Burma: Rescuers continue search for 3 missing people
• Euphrates River's water level hits historic low at Tabqa Dam, Syria
• Colorado adds entry to record books following an incredible hailstorm
• Waterspout capsizes tourist boat in Thailand, leaving one person dead and another missing
• Tropical Storm Hilary forms, poses flood threat to California
• Hawaii governor warns developers against predatory land buying in devastated Lahaina
• Role of power lines scrutinized in Maui wildfires that left at least 106 people dead
• ABC News changes headline amid backlash, after saying 'climate change can't be blamed' for Maui wildfires - Climate activists took to social media and objected to ABC's original headline
• Canadian military mobilizes to help fight wildfires in Northwest Territories
• Five villages in Tenerife evacuated amidst escalating wildfire threat
• Jesuit Priest: Humans Are Like 'Frogs' in Water Boiled by Global Warming
• Tuberville Warns Left Is Working Against U.S. Farmers: 'They're Growing These Insects to Start Feeding Us Insects'
• ESG groups co-release report pressuring insurance firms to avoid covering fossil fuel producers - The report suggests insurers "have a responsibility to ensure" climate change commitments
• US sanctions Lebanese group aiding Hezbollah 'under guise of environmental activism'
• California Bill Seeks to Use Electric Vehicles as Backup Storage to 'Stabilize the Grid': Energy Consultant
• Harris touts investment in 'clean energy economy' on Inflation Reduction Act anniversary
• Pakistan: Muslim Mob of 10,000 People Burns Down Hundreds of Christian Homes, Churches, over 'Blasphemy'
• Muslim mob attacks 3 churches after accusing Christian man of desecrating Quran in eastern Pakistan
• Suspected architect of 9/11 may be spared death penalty under new plea deal
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Tucker Carlson: I've Talked to CIA and Mob Hitmen Who Were Assigned to JFK Assassination
• Prominent Bulgarian Businessman Shot Dead in Broad Daylight
• Another Political Assassination Rocks Ecuador 6 Days Before Election
• German Populist Politician Brutally Beaten in Alleged Migrant Attack
• Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico's drug cartel brutality
• Tourist gang-raped at Spanish resort while attackers filmed assault: report
• Flash mobs invade luxury L.A. retailers with brute force, overwhelming numbers
• Fired Virgin Islands prosecutor testifies Epstein had 'political influence' in local government
• Anheuser-Busch family heir volunteers to buy back company from current owners: 'Make that brand great again'
• Target, Much Like Bud Light, Is Stung by Culture Wars
• Target's Sales Hit by 'Pride Month' Merchandise Boycott
• Obama's letter with homosexual musings first surfaced in 2018 but media didn't cover it: Author
• Netflix releases children's cartoon about gay knights that was deemed too gay for Disney
• Virginia's largest school district to defy the governor's guidance on bathrooms, pronouns
• Pentagon will not negotiate with Tuberville on abortion travel policy
• Appeals court imposes restrictions on abortion pill, but drug will stay on the market for now
• Pig kidney works in human body for over a month, in latest step forward in animal-human transplants
• Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s
• Russian Military Leadership Accuses US of Working To Manufacture Another Pandemic