The global cat café trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has come to the besieged Gaza Strip. (Aug. 18)
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Keith Olberman explains how he became ‘born again in dogs’
August is Clear the Shelters month, but for advocates like Keith Olberman, the push for dog adoptions is year-round.
Russia shoots down Ukrainian drone over central Moscow
Russian air defences shot down a Ukrainian drone over central Moscow early Friday and some fragments fell on an exposition center, officials said. (Aug. 18)
Iran’s FM visits Saudi Arabia as tensions ease
Iran’s foreign minister has traveled to Saudi Arabia, marking the first trip to the kingdom by Tehran’s top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente with Chinese mediation.
Fire nears capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories were rushing to beat a noon Friday deadline to evacuate their homes as one of hundreds of wildfires raging in the territories moved closer to the city of 20,000. (Aug. 18)
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Middle-aged US adults binge drinking, using marijuana at record levels, new study finds
New research revealed middle-aged adults, between the ages of 35 and 50, in the United States are using marijuana and hallucinogens at record levels.
Some Lahaina residents begin healing process after wildfire disaster
Away from historic Lahaina town, where much of the early focus has been, crews fanned out into pockets of oceanside neighborhoods that also were destroyed by the fast-moving fire (Aug. 18)(AP video: Mike Householder)
ECOWAS defense chiefs discuss Niger coup in Ghana
West African military chiefs met in Accra after a deadline passed for Niger’s coup leaders to reinstate the president or face intervention. (Aug. 18)
Maui emergency services chief resigns after being criticized for not activating sirens during fires
The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned after facing criticism for not activating disaster sirens during the wildfires that killed more than 100 people (Aug. 17)(AP video: Mike Householder)