🇺🇸⚡️- Governor Gavin Newsom of California has called on California’s State Assembly to remove President Trump from any future ballots in the state, commenting that he is “not eligible” to run in the future.

🇹🇼⚡️- Taiwan to increase its annual defense budget to $19 billion.

🇳🇪⚡️- Al Arabiya reporting movement at military airports across West Africa, likely in preparation for military operations in Niger.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 - Ukraine has recognized the loss of Sinkovka.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 - Speculation mounting that Ukraine may launch a fresh wave of attacks on August 24, its "independence day".

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Republican Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has called for United States to end its special treatment of Israel.

🇹🇼⚡️- Taiwanese Defense Minister: “Taiwan has never been a country and will never be a country.”

🇺🇸⚡️ - Morris Brown, a black liberal arts college, reintroduced a mask mandate for its students.

🇮🇱🇸🇾⚡️- Israeli airstrikes against Syrian Arab Army forces in Damascus. Multiple Syrian troops are reported dead.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡️- Rumors that a Chinese nuclear submarine has suffered a "serious accident" in the Taiwan Strait.

🇺🇬 - Four Ugandans were arrested for "acts of homosexuality".

🇫🇮 - Finland declares it will no longer provide foreign aid to developing countries which align themselves with Russia.

🏴🇷🇺 - Nusrat al-Islam, al-Qaeda's regional organization in Mali, called for its supporters to begin a "jihad" against Wagner's forces in the region, accusing Wagnerites of several "crimes".

The PMC's presence in the region is linked to the Malian government, an ally of Russia.

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🇦🇷⚡️ - Rumors of looting in Buenos Aires.

🇳🇪⚡️ - The African Union has suspended Niger and imposed sanctions on prominent junta members.