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US Indiana thousands without power for a week after storm https://apnews.com/article/indiana-power-outages-storms-gary-6c75175608a0f26fe8cf0b67fa08d47e
Central African Republic mine collapse kills over 100 people https://apnews.com/article/deadly-gold-mine-collapse-central-african-republic-4a52316da1f00085d60dd4d99ac9fdb2
North Korea fired missiles at the ocean https://apnews.com/article/south-north-korea-projectile-launch-military-exercises-b3af05067e4258f90f67023c7b2b3e9a
US national debt hits 40 trillion https://apnews.com/article/treasury-national-debt-limit-a27a8d3651ff810b25c610d3e1b6259d
Ukraine struck by Russian missiles and drones https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-attack-92ff5d7d1073fd8692a75e4e677f425b
Sudan 200k people newly displaced at fighting rages on in some regions https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/20/over-200000-people-newly-displaced-in-sudans-kordofan-as-fighting-rages
Lebanon struck by Israel https://aje.news/oabe7u?update=4868513
Iran gloats about how its missiles are super powerful (they’re not) https://aje.news/oabe7u?update=4868436
South Korea a university professor says North Korea denuclearization is off table and won’t likely ever talk about it https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260820/denuclearization-can-no-longer-be-on-agenda-for-us-nk-talks-foreign-policy-expert
South Korea says North Korea likely has upwards of 120 nukes https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260820/n-korea-typically-estimated-to-have-80-120-nuclear-weapons-defense-minister
Venezuela hit by small earthquake https://alertas24.com/funvisis-reporta-sismo-de-magnitud-32-entre-merida-y-el-vigia/
Bangladesh presidential elections https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/08/20/bangladesh-en-elecciones-presidenciales/
US to cut new drone assault unit and go back to the basics, drawing criticism by experts about falling behind in drone warfare https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/new-drone-unit-to-be-phased-out-as-hegseths-army-pick-makes-his-mark-ff5f5fc8?mod=mhp
China sentenced real estate founder to life in prison https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/business/evergrande-founder-life-prison.html
Iran says yemens rebels can’t be contained or stopped by Saudi Arabia https://aje.news/oabe7u?update=4868801
Japanese company making lightweight knitted clothing to protect against bear attacks https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260819-344250/
Japan having a festival soon, to hold bear scaring ceremony days before (likely just a group of folks with loudspeakers, likely translation quirk) https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/1098418
