Aug 17, 2026 · 4 min listen · Last updated August 17, 2026
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Ukrainian strikes kill six in Russia, acting governor says
Six people have been killed and four injured in Ukrainian strikes on Russia's Belgorod region overnight, its acting governor has said. A 14-year-old child was among those injured, Alexander Shuvaev wrote on Telegram early on Monday. The strikes come a night after what officials called the "largest-scale" attack launched by Ukraine this year, in which at least seven people were killed. Russian attacks on Ukraine also killed at least seven people and injured more than 39 on the same night. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.
Jesse Liu, CFO at Chinese robotics firm LimX Dynamics, says China' robotics industry is working toward bridging itself with frontier findings in academia. But he tells "Bloomberg: The China Show" that LimX has demonstrated "exponential potential" for scaling up. (Source: Bloomberg)
Eight Muslim nations condemn Israel's rejection of Gaza roadmap
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Will PM respond, youth demand answers: Congress on NTA retest for 3 UGC-NET papers
The Congress on Monday (August 17, 2026) attacked the government after the National Testing Agency announced the retest for three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination, asking whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will say anything about his own responsibility. Also read | NTA reorganisation: why good intentions need structural reforms for results The Opposition party also questioned why candidates should pay the price for mistakes in the examination system and asserted that the youth of the country demand answers.
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : l’Union européenne veut augmenter d’un tiers le nombre d’entités russes sanctionnées
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U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China
Washington last year launched the Pax Silica initiative aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing. About two dozen countries have joined, including Kazakhstan, a key potential source of critical minerals that has also joined China’s coalition, as well as close U.S. allies such as Japan, Australia and South Korea. The draft letter, prepared by the State Department, is addressed to the 35 signatories of a U.S.
Gaza : l’émissaire américain Jared Kushner attendu en Israël pour rencontrer Benyamin Nétanyahou et tenter de faire avancer le plan de paix
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Farage's Pyrrhic Clacton Victory Won't Rush Burnham Into an Election
In the battle between the bin and Nigel Farage, there was only ever going to be one winner. The leader of the populist Reform UK party romped home as expected in Thursday’s Clacton special election against 33 joke candidates, including his main antagonist and media darling, Count Binface, a self-styled space warrior with a trash can on his head.