Russian drone strikes damaged grain facilities at the Ukrainian ports of Izmayil and Odesa overnight, authorities said on August 2, prompting Turkey to call on the Kremlin to avoid escalating the already high tensions in and around the Black Sea.
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Did Xi Send Hidden Message to Oppressed Pamiri People?
Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded Paika Kalidibek, a 72-year-old veteran border guard, the national honorary title of “People’s Guardian” on the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Baika, an ethnic Tajik from the Pamir Plateau in Xinjiang, spent 37 years guarding China’s remote border with Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor.
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Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities
Eighteen people were killed and 130 injured in Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities on Tuesday morning. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 139 houses were damaged, and the death toll could rise as more people may be trapped under the rubble.
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6 killed at Nashville school and deceased shooter identified
Three children and three adults were killed by an attacker who carried two assault-style weapons and a pistol into an elementary school in Nashville. Officers shot and killed the attacker at the Covenant School, attached to the Covenant Presbyterian church in the Tennessee state capital. Lamenting the heartbreaking attack, President Joe Biden repeated his call for Congress to pass meaningful gun control reform including an assault weapons ban.
