Tweets Of The Day

- Military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea rocked by explosions
- Forest fires in Algeria kill or injure dozens
- Tear gas used to disperse protesters in Sudan

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— DW News (@dwnews) August 19, 2022

Finland PM Sanna Marin says she has taken drugs test after party video emergeshttps://t.co/tTuGXH418C pic.twitter.com/8q341AoP89

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 19, 2022

Imagine the Prime Minister of Finland being your leader in wartime

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 19, 2022

#UPDATE Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu in a hail of gunfire and explosions on Friday, with casualties reported, security sources and witnesses said https://t.co/4ee1UVVs6p pic.twitter.com/pLdtSzl71x

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 19, 2022

An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, killing 202 people, could be released on parole in the coming days after his sentence was reduced. Australia, which lost 88 people in the bombing, is distressed at the possible release https://t.co/TTFT2Z64oP pic.twitter.com/GafVlpdKBn

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 19, 2022

The Polish prime minister claims the EU is democratic in name only — with Germany and France wielding the real power. https://t.co/ojYpm97l9G

— DW News (@dwnews) August 19, 2022

Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze after China's driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers barely half its normal width and set off a scramble to contain the damage to a weak economy in a politically sensitive year. https://t.co/FMamkkwNAl

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 19, 2022

New nuclear capacity under construction, by country.

China is happy to supply the West’s demand for solar panels and wind turbines, but definitely isn’t under the illusion they’re sufficient to provide reliable energy. pic.twitter.com/IRWa1tvLpw

— Russ Greene (@GreenPlusAnE) August 19, 2022

Video shows ‘flash mob’ of looters ransack 7-Eleven in Los Angelespic.twitter.com/39moaiyfCb

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 19, 2022