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China's People Liberation Army has deployed its submarine with a laser weapon installed in its midsection to counter military threats to Beijing including Elon Musk's Starlink. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-comes-up-with-attack-plan-for-elon-musks-starlink-like-satellites/articleshow/111931523.cms

  As Ethiopia hosted the African Union Summit last month, the government’s attempt to generate a sense of exuberance in the capital city, Addis Ababa, masked the expanding spiral of instability and humanitarian tragedy in the country. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/06/ethiopia-amhara-conflict-civil-war/

  Here’s what we know: Israelis were told to ready safe rooms at home, paramedics conducted emergency drills and hospitals prepared to move patients underground if needed. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/03/world/israel-hamas-iran-hezbollah-gaza https://www.npr.org/2024/08/03/nx-s1-5062390/us-military-deployment-middle-east-israel-iran https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iranian-attack-on-israel-soon-us-general-visits-middle-east-as-fears-of-war-grow-101722744906445.html https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/02/us-military-middle-east-iran-israel-00172524

Ukraine’s military says it attacked overnight Russia’s Morozovsk airfield and a number of oil depots and fuel storage facilities in the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/3/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-890