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Volume 1 • Issue No. 230 • Updated Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:07 AM UTC

European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump

European and NATO leaders announced they'll be joining President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for crucial talks with President Donald Trump, rallying around the Ukrainian leader after his exclusion from Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sources: NPR


Stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along U.S. coast

A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Sources: NPR


One neurosurgeon, 8 million patients

Dr. Alieu Kamara, the first and only neurosurgeon in Sierra Leone, carries the neurosurgical disease burden of an entire country of eight million people.

Sources: NPR


After meeting Putin, Trump changes his position on the need for a ceasefire

President Trump reversed his position on the necessity of a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, aligning himself with Putin and against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Sources: NPR


Air Canada suspends restart plans after union defies return to work order

Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order, affecting about 130,000 travelers around the world per day.

Sources: NPR


Terence Stamp, '60s British film legend and star of 'Superman,' dies at 87

Terence Stamp, the British heartthrob whose performance as the arch-villain in early Superman films and as the title role in Billy Budd won critical praise, died at age 87.

Sources: NPR


Bolivia's presidential vote goes to runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates

Bolivia's presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after a vote that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation.

Sources: NPR


Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed in northwestern district

Rescuers recovered dozens more bodies from the rubble of collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended their response to the flooding.

Sources: NPR


National Guard says members patrolling D.C. 'may be armed'

D.C. National Guard members patrolling Washington as part of the Trump administration's plan to ramp up policing may soon be carrying weapons, a Guard spokesperson said.

Sources: NPR


Zelenskyy brings Europe’s top leaders with him to meet Trump on ending Russia’s war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is bringing with him to the White House an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show U.S. support for Ukraine.

Sources: AP News