North Korea leader’s sister criticized Japans tomahawk missile test, says might have to respond militarily because Japan is no longer defensive https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/5/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-issues-military-threat-over-japan-missile-test
Brazil capybaras broke into a state legislature building https://apnews.com/article/brazil-capybaras-lawmakers-herd-fec574aa45b80b76d4993f8eda86d94b
Canadian indigenous communities hit hard by wildfires https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-canada-homes-destroyed-british-columbia-fbbb7f027adb04a9c9b47a109de74082
China implemented new ethnic unity laws mandating language used, but some in Tibet still keep their native language despite the law https://apnews.com/article/china-tibet-ethnic-unity-law-dalai-lama-7b65b56e0be7307175f429c97a81b93e
Brazil pulling back diplomatic relations with Argentina after they criticized Brazilian president https://alertas24.com/brasil-rebaja-el-nivel-de-sus-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-argentina-tras-nuevos-ataques-de-milei-a-lula/
Venezuela some folks going without power for 15 hours a day https://alertas24.com/la-gran-caracas-consume-mas-de-la-mitad-del-deficit-electrico-nacional/
China criticized Taiwan for attempting to get rid of pro-China party https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/08/05/condena-china-intento-de-disolver-partido-en-taiwan/
Latvia opened border crossing with Belarus https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/08/05/letonia-restablece-transito-de-vehiculos-en-frontera-con-belarus/
Benin and Ethiopia work towards greater cooperation on digital technologies https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/08/05/etiopia-y-benin-profundizaran-cooperacion-en-tecnologia-e-innovacion/
Japan man was attacked by a bear after taking grass cuttings to woods to throw away when two bears spotted him https://topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp/article/kyodo_nor/nation/kyodo_nor-2026080401002320?fm=topics&fm_topics_id=5364bb546a2c053aab81072d01870c66
UK gov backed research agency was attacked by OpenAI and Anthropic AI agents over the course of several days last month https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-just-went-rogue-again-this-time-it-turned-to-deception-ae68de09?mod=mhp
US appeals court says administration cannot block grants to climate projects https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/climate/epa-climate-grants-appeals-court.html
Iran said any deal on strait with Oman would not open strait https://aje.news/vv0n8h?update=4830697
