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Report: Russia Evacuating 180,000 People from Border over Ukraine Invasion

The acting governor of Kursk, Russia – a border region Ukraine launched an invasion into last week – told Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Monday that he has evacuated 121,000 people from their homes and plans to move another 59,000 out of threatened areas as soon as possible.

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Iraq Parliament Moves to Legalize Marriage for Nine-Year-Old Girls

Organizers have planned protests in at least seven provinces on Thursday throughout Iraq in response to the introduction of amendments to a core family legal framework that could legalize child marriages, deprive widows of their inheritance, and facilitate sex slavery.

Abdul Haq (right) holds his 4 year old daughter Khadija (left) in Regreshan camp for the i

China, Caught Doping, Demands More Tests for U.S. Olympians

The China Anti-Doping Agency issued a statement on Thursday demanding the world force American athletes to take more tests for banned substances, an apparent respond to growing condemning of the Chinese Olympics team for allowing athletes who tested positive for banned substances compete in Paris.

NANTERRE, FRANCE - AUGUST 04: Caeleb Dressel of Team United States walks out ahead of the

Chinese Media: Mentioning Chinese Olympians’ Failed Doping Tests Is Racist

The Chinese state-run propaganda magazine Global Times accused international athletes and staff at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday of “racial determinism” for expressing concern in public regarding the fact that Chinese athletes who tested positive for banned substances were allowed to compete.

Yu Yiting of Team People's Republic of China competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medle

Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Refuses to Discuss Failed IBA Gender Test

Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, who has been at the center of controversy after the International Boxing Association (IBA) chief claimed Khelif had male chromosomes, refused to answer any questions on Sunday about biological sex or fairness concerns at the Paris Games.

VILLEPINTE, FRANCE - AUGUST 3: Imane Khelif (red) of Team Algeria competes against Anna Lu

Zelensky Wants Russia to Attend Second Ukraine Peace Summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with French media this week that he would support the presence of Russia at a second iteration of the failed global peace summit for his country held this year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with manufacturers in the f

South America Starts Reinforcing Borders Fearing Another Venezuela Migrant Wave

The governments of Colombia and Peru reportedly began plans on Tuesday to reinforce their borders out of concern that the ongoing political chaos in Venezuela – triggered by a sham presidential election the White House pressured the country to hold – will prompt a new wave of mass migration.

Hundreds of migrants, mostly from Central America and Venezuela, set out in a US-bound car

Martel: Democrat Foreign Policies Facilitated Venezuela’s Sham Election Crisis

The ongoing tidal wave of civil unrest in Venezuela is the result of a rigged election that President Joe Biden, through his top diplomat Secretary of State Antony Blinken, spent years pressuring the anti-socialist opposition of that country to accept — knowing well the socialist regime’s extensive history of rampant cheating.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters as he speaks during a campaign