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A sunflower farm on Hayling Island is asking customers to keep their clothes on

7:24am August 21, 2023

Owners of the farm on the island off the coast of England are asking customers to keep their clothes on. The request comes after three visitors were found posing naked with the sunflowers in one day.

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BRICS group of major emerging economies will hold a summit in Johannesburg

5:04am August 21, 2023

by Philip Reeves

The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.

FILE - In this image made from video released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.

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The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon

5:21am August 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.

Law enforcement officers inspect the site of a missile strike in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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Russian missile kills 7 and injures 90 in northern Ukrainian city amid local holiday

11:08am August 19, 2023

Many residents had just finished a morning of festivities and were leaving church in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a Russian missile struck the city's center, heavily damaging a theater building.

Michael Wetter from Stuart, Florida, says it's time for US aid to Ukraine to end. He's part of a trend among conservative voters who've soured in American support for Ukraine.

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Rural voters shaping the GOP presidential turn against U.S. aid to Ukraine

5:01am August 18, 2023

by Brian Mann

Populist politicians and right-wing media have convinced many voters that US aid for Ukraine is a waste of money. Domestic problems should take precedent, they say.

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko speaks in April during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee concerning the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sopko says the U.S. also needs to keep an eye on the billions of dollars provided to Ukraine.

Corruption in Afghanistan offers lessons for billions going to Ukraine

5:20pm August 17, 2023

by Tom Bowman

John Sopko has long been a U.S. government-appointed watchdog for how money was distributed in Afghanistan. He believes there are lessons that apply to aiding Ukraine's fight against Russia.

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Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska heads the country's mental health campaign, called "How Are You?" She says the country is still overcoming the legacy of the Soviet era, when the government sometimes said dissidents had "psychiatric problems" and locked them in mental institutions. She's shown here meeting with students in Paris last December.

With a simple question, Ukrainians probe mental health at a time of war

5:13pm August 17, 2023

by Greg Myre

Ukraine calculates the agony of war in many ways. Lives lost, homes destroyed, families turned into refugees. There's also trauma that's harder to measure — the collective mental health crisis.

After Dutch government's collapse, voters will choose a new parliament

5:08am August 17, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

Dutch voters will head to the polls this fall as Mark Rutte, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister, prepares to leave politics following the collapse of his coalition government.

Russia is trying to recover from currency dip by hiking interest rates

5:08am August 17, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Russia has increased interest rates to try to stabilize the country's currency. But that doesn't mean it's running out of money to pay for the war in Ukraine. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 16, 2023.)

As the war in Ukraine continues, China's defense minister visits Russia, Belarus

10:16am August 15, 2023

by Charles Maynes

China Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus this week.

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