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Diners sit at an outdoor restaurant in Sevastopol, Crimea, on July 22. Ukrainian drone strikes are causing power outages, fuel shortages and cuts in cellphone service in the peninsula. Russia seized Crimea when it first invaded Ukraine in 2014, but now its hold on the territory is being challenged.
Igor Ivanko
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By sky and sea, Ukraine's drone strikes challenge Russia's grip on Crimea
Greg Myre
Russia maintained an iron grip on Crimea since seizing it from Ukraine in 2014. Many Russian civilians go there to enjoy the beaches. But now Ukraine is hitting Crimea hard, upending daily life.
People take cover inside at a MRT station during the Urban Resilience (Air-Defense) Exercise, part of the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.
Chiang Ying-ying
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AP
Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill
The Associated Press
The "AI Persona" badges which will start rolling out mid-September on Spotify.
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Spotify will now label AI creators posing as human artists
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
An injection of the new drug lenacapavir provides six months of protection against infection by HIV.
Osodi Emmanuel
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Reuters
The drug lenacapavir is a mighty weapon against HIV. Its rollout gets mixed reviews
Michal Ruprecht
Texas Standard
Migrant kids are often being held in a South Texas detention center five times longer than a court order allows
The nation’s only detention center for families is routinely holding children beyond the 20-day limit, including an Iranian-born “average American kid” who’s been locked up for 123 days and counting.
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