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Saturday, August 29, 2026

37 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.
WORLD Zelenskyy honors late Norway's King Harald V for support of Ukraine · via NV
WORLD Fedorov now advises Italy’s defense minister · via NV
WORLD Baltic Sea nations to form joint task force against drones · via NV
WORLD NABU expands Forrest Gump suspect list · via NV
WORLD War unlikely to end this winter — Budanov · via NV
WORLD Dan Lawrence grabs his opportunity on rain-ruined day at Lord’s · via The Telegraph
WORLD Cabinet backs new foreign volunteers bill · via NV
WORLD Norway’s King Harald V Dies At 89 And His Son Becomes King Haakon VIII · via HuffPost
WORLD Russia blows up munitions depot in Kyiv Oblast · via NV
CULTURE 14 Vintage Beauty Products That Experts Still Recommend · via HuffPost
WORLD Europe sees no evidence Russia will attack NATO, report says · via NV
CULTURE Compression Socks, Wedge Pillows, Warming Gloves: We Dug Into Which Tools Help Combat Poor Circulation · via HuffPost
WORLD Budanov: Russia mistook summer 2025 protests in Ukraine for a coup and expected capitulation · via NV
CULTURE 27 Products Teachers Say Make The School Year Easier · via HuffPost
WORLD Russia’s monthly troops deficit reaches 6,000, report says · via NV
CULTURE Dermatologists Say Your Wash Cloth Is Gross. Here's The Gentle Product You Could Be Using Instead. · via HuffPost
CULTURE When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks · via The Conversation
WORLD The devastating impact of copper and cobalt mining pollution in Lualaba, DRC · via Global Voices
WHITE HOUSE States move to fortify elections against Trump · via Michigan Advance
WORLD At least 37 killed after Russian strike hits an ammunition depot near Kyiv, triggering massive explosions. Many of the victims were residents of a nearby care home. · via Meduza
WORLD How rising temperatures likely contributed to Nepal’s deadly flood · via Grist
WORLD Siraya language, deemed ‘extinct’ over a century ago, finds its voice again in Taiwan · via Mongabay
WHITE HOUSE Michigan invests millions to study potential clean energy source buried underground · via Michigan Advance
WORLD Haiti’s security crisis forces displacement and relocation · via Global Voices
WORLD Trump’s Stupid Lake America Stunt Is Less Funny than It Looks | The Walrus · via The Walrus
WORLD Fedorov en route to Washington · via NV
CULTURE States cut funding for Dolly Parton’s child reading program · via Newsweek
WORLD Ruble plunges after CIA director’s Moscow visit · via NV
WORLD Ukrainian drone plant target of failed arson plot in Slovakia · via NV
WHITE HOUSE Manhattan rent hits all-time high in blow to Mamdani: ‘Pressure cooker’ · via Newsweek
WORLD Ratcliffe gave Kremlin “bleak” analysis of Russia’s position, report says · via NV
WORLD Ukrainian troops take part in Moldova’s 35th independence anniversary parade · via NV
WORLD Ukraine, Romania to discuss reciprocal minority-language education · via NV
WORLD 56 Ukrainians missing after deadly flash flood in Nepal · via NV
WORLD Washington Post: Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russia not to exploit perceived U.S. weakness from the Iran war, saying escalation in Ukraine would push Trump toward Zelensky · via Meduza
WORLD Drone raid hits Yaroslavl and Moscow, highway traffic and public transit halted — video · via NV
CULTURE How Important Will Danny Welbeck Be To Chelsea? · via Forbes
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