#UPDATE Two protesters were killed and Iraq declared a nationwide curfew on Monday after supporters of Moqtada #Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone following the powerful Shiite leader's declaration that he was quitting politics https://t.co/wZVDkHjQkz pic.twitter.com/EgYjhoQJp6
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 29, 2022
Russia will launch military drills in the country's east involving China, India and a number of post-Soviet countries. Beijing maintains that its involvement is "unrelated" to tensions around Ukraine and Taiwan. https://t.co/bq0TG0aYNn
— DW News (@dwnews) August 29, 2022
Pakistan floods: One third of country is under water - minister https://t.co/jjIQmmOq5s
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 29, 2022
Pakistan is experiencing a "serious climate catastrophe" as the death toll from devastating flooding passed 1,000, the country's climate change minister said. "We've had to deploy the navy for the first time because much of it... resembles a small ocean." https://t.co/BkegrwdlID
— DW News (@dwnews) August 29, 2022
Electricity shortages in China's Sichuan region have begun to ease, but the severe drought in the Yangtze river basin has yet to let up.
— DW News (@dwnews) August 28, 2022
Experts warn the energy crisis may not yet be over.https://t.co/ZjyVk1exSi
Royal Navy carrier breaks down off UK's south coast https://t.co/xKsm5d9WWB
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 29, 2022
J-20 vs F-22 pic.twitter.com/Lv57DFvii8
— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) August 29, 2022
NASA's planned launch of the colossal next-generation rocketship on a long-awaited debut test flight around the moon and back was halted due to an engine bleed that could not be remedied in time https://t.co/cWjERzksOA pic.twitter.com/MM6Epctppa
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 29, 2022