“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Israel on Sunday …. Rubio said before the trip that he would seek answers from Israeli officials about their view of a path forward in Gaza, following Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar last week that upended efforts to broker an end to the conflict. … On Sunday, at least 13 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes across Gaza, according to local hospitals. … The Israeli military destroyed three high-rise buildings Sunday after warning residents to evacuate. One building, part of the Islamic University in Gaza City, was struck twice and flattened. Al-Shifa hospital reported casualties, but couldn’t confirm how many, saying some bodies remain trapped inside. … Separately, two Palestinian adults died of causes related to malnutrition and starvation in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, the territory’s Health Ministry reported Sunday.” (09/15/25)
“A Myanmar military airstrike on a school last week killed at least 19 students, an ethnic militia said, as the war-torn nation’s ruling junta steps up a campaign to retake territory ahead of a planned election in December. Children were killed and injured at the boarding school in Kyauktaw Township in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said in a statement. It did not say how many were killed in the incident, but the Arakan Army, a militia battling the military in the western state, said at least 19, aged between 15 and 21, had died.” 909/15/25)
“A source in Ukrainian military intelligence confirmed it was behind two attacks on railways that left three Russian national guard officers dead. The soldiers died when a bomb blew up a section of track in Russia’s western Oryol region late on Saturday, said the local Russian governor, Andrei Klychkov. The source in Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence told AFP that in another attack, tanker carriages were ‘destroyed along with their fuel.’ A Russian official confirmed the derailment of freight train carrying 15 fuel tankers between the villages of Stroganovo and Mshinskaya. … The Ukrainians said they also carried out a drone attack on a chemicals factory producing ingredients for explosives in Russia’s Perm region, more than 1,500km from the border between the two countries. … Ukrainian drones set the Kirishi oil refinery in Russia’s north-west on fire, Russian officials said on Sunday, reporting no injuries.” (09/15/25)
“The Venezuelan government accused U.S. personnel of boarding and occupying a civilian fishing boat on Friday, in the latest example of tensions as the U.S. carries out ‘counter narco-terror operations’ in the Caribbean. A U.S. official told ABC News that Coast Guard personnel stationed aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jason Dunham searched the fishing boat for drugs following a tip but did not locate any contraband. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry office claimed Saturday that the U.S. Navy deployed ‘eighteen personnel with long-range weapons who boarded and occupied’ the Venezuelan fishing vessel in waters within Venezuela’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).” (09/13/25)
“Tens of thousands of people protested in the capital Ankara on Sunday against a court case that could oust the head of the main opposition on Monday after a year-long legal crackdown on hundreds of its members. Live footage showed crowds chanting for President Tayyip Erdogan’s resignation while waving Turkish flags and party banners. The court decision on Monday whether to invalidate the 2023 congress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) over alleged procedural irregularities could reshape the party, rattle financial markets and influence the timing of a general election set for 2028. The court could also delay the ruling. Speaking at Sunday’s rally, CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said the government was trying to cling to power by undermining democratic norms and suppressing dissent following opposition victories in local elections over the past year. Ozel also called for a snap general election.” 909/14/25)
“The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. The lawsuit by Penske Media in federal court in Washington, DC, marks the first time a major US publisher has taken Alphabet-owned Google to court over the AI-generated summaries that now appear on top of its search results. News organizations have for months said the new features, including Google’s ‘AI Overviews,’ siphon traffic away from their sites, eroding advertising and subscription revenue.” [editor’s note: And if I read and verbally summarize a story to my neighbor, that neighbor might also just take my word for it instead of reading the story himself. So? – TLK] (98/14/25)
“China launched two probes targeting the U.S. semiconductor sector Saturday ahead of talks between the two nations in Spain this week on trade, national security and the ownership of social media platform TikTok. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping investigation into certain analog IC chips imported from the U.S. The investigation will target some commodity interface IC chips and gate driver IC chips, which are commonly made by U.S. companies such as Texas Instruments and ON Semiconductor. The ministry separately announced an anti-discrimination probe into U.S. measures against China’s chip sector. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Madrid between Sunday and Wednesday, He’s office said. U.S. measures such as export curbs and tariffs ‘constitute the containment and suppression of China’s development of high-tech industries’ such as advanced computer chips and artificial intelligence, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson said.” (09/13/25)
“An Immigration and Customs Enforcement [thug murdered] a man in the Chicago area on Friday as [thugs] attempted to [abduct] him, the Department of Homeland Security and local officials said. ICE [thugs] were conducting a vehicle stop to [abduct] Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez when he drove his car at the [thugs], the department said in a statement. An ICE [thug] fired at Villegas-Gonzalez after being dragged by his vehicle, according to the statement. The [thug], whose name was not released, was injured and in stable condition, according to DHS.” (09/13/25)
“The student president-elect of the vaunted Oxford Union debate society will be disciplined for heartlessly celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk, whom he debated just months ago. Oxford student George Abaraonye, who is the president of the historic debate club founded in 1823, callously cheered when he heard Kirk was shot and killed — and is now facing the repercussions. ‘Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s f–king go,’ Abaraonye, 20, posted on WhatsApp on Wednesday. In another message on Instagram, he wrote, ‘Charlie Kirk got shot loool.'” (09/13/25)
“The Trump administration has unveiled a pilot program to accelerate the use of electric air taxis, a move aimed at establishing U.S. dominance in airspace technology. … The program will include at least five pilot projects and will run for three years after the first project is up and running, the department said. The program will also include piloted and unmanned operations that focus on electric air taxis, also called an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft or eVTOL, that can help with delivering cargo and supplies. The aircraft will also be used to test their effectiveness in emergency situations, such as airlift and medical transport.” (09/13/25)
