Ukraine captures town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region as it says advance continues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have taken control of the Russian town of Sudzha, over a week after his forces launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
Kyiv’s forces have been in the town, located 105km southwest of the city of Kursk, since last Wednesday, but this is the first confirmation from the Ukrainian president that his army had captured it.
Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn
Petition amassing more than 45,000 signatures repeats falsehoods about breakdancer’s selection for Paris 2024, says AOC
The Australian Olympic Committee has condemned an anonymous online petition that repeats falsehoods about how B-girl Rachael “Raygun” Gunn was selected to compete at the Paris Games.
Matt Carroll, the chief executive of the AOC, said the petition – which also criticised Australia’s chef de mission, Anna Meares – was “disgraceful” and amounted to bullying and harassment.
Gunn, a 36-year-old university lecturer, saw her performance in the Olympic breaking event attract widespread attention on social media. She failed to receive a single point from the judges and was knocked out at the round-robin stage.
India Independence Day: Modi condemns violence against women
Thousands of people took to the streets of Indian cities overnight on Wednesday to demand better safety for women following the rape and murder of a young doctor that has sparked nationwide protests.
Demonstrations have escalated since the body of a 31-year-old trainee doctor was first found in a hospital in Kolkata last week, with police saying she had been raped and murdered.
Wednesday's marches, during which protesters held up banners calling to "reclaim the night," led into Thursday morning, coinciding with India's 78th Independence Day.
Bangladesh mob beats ex-PM Hasina's supporters on site of planned rally
Hundreds of activists in Bangladesh, armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, on Thursday (August 15), assaulted supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as student-led protests flooded Dhaka's streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted rule of 15 years. FRANCE 24's Navodita Kumari tells us more from Bangladesh.
Aging veterans race the clock to pass down horrors of war
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 15, 2024 at 18:31 JST
Shigeto Fujiwara is one of the dwindling number of World War II veterans who are still around to share their battlefield experiences with younger generations.
Even 79 years after the end of the war, they have a message to give to the nation.
In July, the 99-year-old, who served in China, spoke at a meeting in Tokyo’s Asakusa district.
Fujiwara joined the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 at the age of 19.
US-Russian woman jailed for 12 years for $51 charity gift
Paul Kirby & Brandon Drenon
A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine.
Karelina, who has American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week after a trial held behind closed doors.
She had been living in Los Angeles and became a US citizen in 2021. She was arrested during a family visit last January in Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow.
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