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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia later in September of 2023, according to U.S. officials.

Kim Jong Un to visit Russia to negotiate weapons sales, US officials say

Critics of Ukraine’s counteroffensive agains’t Russia say it's moving to slow. Ukraine is telling those critics they can help, or shut up.

Ukraine tells critics come help with Russia or ‘shut up’

Officially designated 2K12M2 Kub-M2, an image of the "Three Fingers of Death" was posted online showing the launcher is now in Ukraine.

Ukraine using ‘Three Fingers of Death’ to swat Russia

Florida begins to assess the damage after Hurricane Idalia slammed its Gulf Coast.

Florida begins cleanup after Hurricane Idalia: The Morning Rundown Aug. 31, 2023

Reports are swirling Ukraine used cardboard kamikaze drones to attack the Kursk airfield in Russia. But did it really happen?

Little evidence showing Ukraine attacked Russian airfield with ‘cardboard’ drones

The U.S. Marines is expanding the reach of the Iron Dome by equipping its new littoral regiments with the short-range air defense system.

US Marines taking Iron Dome from the desert to the sea

Eight of the 20 Marines who survived a helicopter crash in Australia on Sunday were still in the hospital as of early Monday morning.

3 US Marines die in Australia helicopter crash; 8 still in hospital

Ukraine made a deal with Sweden to produce CV90s domestically. The CV90 is lauded by many as the finest infantry fighting vehicle available.

Ukraine wants more ‘cool’ CV90s on the front lines

Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead, but August 23rd was a good day for Ukraine, whose armed forces took out a missile installation in Crimea.

Prigozhin aside, Aug. 23 was good to Ukraine

Donald Trump's mug shot was released by Fulton County Jail on Aug. 24, soon after the former president turned himself in on charges

Donald Trump’s mug shot released: The Morning Rundown Aug. 25, 2023

China's population has peaked, its workforce is aging and the Chinese Communist Party can't convince its people to have more kids.

China’s population problem: Aging people, fewer babies, ‘lying flat’ youth

A shopping mall in Russia will be used to make suicide drones. At the same time, teenagers are being forced to build the weapons of war.

Russia converts mall, forces teens to build kamikaze drones

According to a study, less than half of people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke reported taking aspirin to help prevent a second one.

Study: Less than half of heart attack/stroke survivors take aspirin

A video of Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Wagner's head mercenary recruiting in Africa, while other mercs continue training troops in Belarus.

Prigozhin pops up in Africa, Wagner mercs educate in Belarus

Sanctions against Russia have spurred renewed desires by some nations to move away from the U.S. dollar. Is dollar dominance at risk?

Russia sanctions ‘weaponized’ US dollar and now countries want to move away

Could king dollar lose its reign as the world's reserve currency? We look at the rise and fall of global reserve currencies before it.

The dollar is king but for how much longer? How reserve currencies fell.

The U.S. dollar's global dominance has been a sure thing for about a century. Now BRICS and emerging economies are looking to dethrone it.

Could BRICS nations dethrone US dollar dominance with a new currency?

Dedollarization pressure heats up as countries look to cut the U.S. dollar out of trade transactions. We examine the risks to the U.S.

Countries are souring on the US dollar. Is dedollarization really a risk?

A hearing was set for Tuesday where a judge will consider whether Texas can keep the floating buoy barrier it constructed in the Rio Grande.

Judge to rule on Texas river buoy barrier as governors visit border

Amid recent national security concerns, state legislators are moving to put restrictions on Chinese land ownership in the United States.

State legislators propose bans on Chinese land ownership in the US

Submarines rely on stealth to keep crews alive and in the fight, but researchers in China may have just blown that ability out of the water.

China may have cracked the code to track US submarines — using bubbles

Canada's 2023 wildfires produced around 647 teragrams of carbon, exceeding emissions from all but three countries.

Canada/Meta feud over online news accentuated by raging wildfires

A U.S. lawmaker said Chinese hackers obtained all of his incoming and outgoing emails for an entire month.

US lawmaker hacked by Chinese points to his criticism of CCP, support for Taiwan

The world's top chess federation ruled that transgender women cannot compete in female events until an assessment of gender change is made.

World chess federation bans transgender women from women’s events