Conflict · 50,000 troops
Zelenskyy said Russia plans for 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans on its territory, with missiles already arriving — a warning, not yet a confirmed deployment.
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Conflict · Iran arms shortage
An Aug. 5 memo orders surge plans in three weeks as officials point to drained ATACMS, PRSM, Patriot and THAAD stocks and a years-long rebuild.
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Technologie
Stanford and Arc researchers used AI to write whole viral genomes from scratch. Sixteen worked — E. coli-killing phages that prove biology can now be generated, not just edited.
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Politiek · Tennessee redistricting
Charlie Hatcher beat Rep. Andy Ogles 53%-47% in Tennessee's redrawn 5th District, where only 17% of voters remained — Trump's second endorsement loss in a week.
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Conflict · Wildfire crews short
Ontario's union says the province is fighting record fires at 61% capacity while B.C. waits on more than 200 firefighters from Mexico, New Zealand and Australia.
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Gezondheid · 60 calls daily
Kenya has no public femicide database, two death tolls that disagree by hundreds, and a presidential report that sat unimplemented five months later.
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Conflict
A monitored sex offender murdered two women five months apart, then received a whole-life term as police admitted the second death could have been prevented.
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