Deadly flooding wipes out villages in northwestern Pakistan
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118235)
Are US security guarantees enough to end the war in Ukraine?
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118234)
Israeli attacks, forced starvation have killed 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118233)
China angered as Hong Kong activists granted asylum in UK, Australia
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118232)
Trump downplays need for ceasefire before private Zelenskyy meeting
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118231)
JUST IN: 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian President Putin to meet in person with Ukrainian President Zelensky to discuss ending the war.
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Source: [BRICS News](https://t.me/bricsnews/8328)
Trump interrupts talks with European leaders 🇪🇺 to call Putin 🇷🇺, says EU diplomat
Source: [World News](https://t.me/WorldNews/66986)
Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted multiple times on Monday, sending ash column as high as 8 km into the sky and triggering the highest flight warning, according to the country's Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center.
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Source: [People's Daily China](https://t.me/PDChinaNews/12069)
Terrible forest fire in Valle de Fornela, El Bierzo, Province of León, Spain 🇪🇸 (18.08.2025)
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Source: [Disaster News](https://t.me/Disaster_News/7100)
The China-Europe Railway Express departing from China's tech hub Shenzhen in Guangdong marked its fifth anniversary on Monday, with a total of 878 trains, transporting more than 85,000 TEUs of goods worth over $3 billion, according to Shenzhen Shenguo Railway Logistics Development Co., Ltd.
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Source: [People's Daily China](https://t.me/PDChinaNews/12068)
Heavy rains accompanied by a hailstorm caused flooding in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸 (18.08.2025)
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Source: [Disaster News](https://t.me/Disaster_News/7096)
No-one was expecting this': European leaders 🇪🇺 rush to US 🇺🇸 to help Ukraine 🇺🇦 avoid 'capitulation'
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c9d0v8ljw3no
Source: [World News](https://t.me/WorldNews/66985)
Check out how the Haihe bascule bridge in N China's Tianjin, the largest of its kind in Asia, opens to let vessels pass. With a 76-m-wide main span, this engineering marvel showcases modern innovation in action.
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Source: [People's Daily China](https://t.me/PDChinaNews/12067)
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 President Trump says Russia agreed to accept security guarantees.
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Source: [BRICS News](https://t.me/bricsnews/8326)
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 Group picture with President Trump, European leaders, and President Zelensky.
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Source: [US News](https://t.me/remarks/1399)
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 President Trump takes group photo with European leaders.
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Source: [BRICS News](https://t.me/bricsnews/8325)
Canada 🇨🇦 board declares Air Canada ✈️ Flight Attendant strike illegal and to return to work August 18th, Union says "We will not be returning to the skies ☁️ this afternoon"
Source: [World News](https://t.me/WorldNews/66984)
Hamas agreed on Monday to a new Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by mediators from Egypt and Qatar, Egyptian sources told Egypt's Al Qahera News TV channel.
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Source: [People's Daily China](https://t.me/PDChinaNews/12066)
Air Canada strike continues, suspends financial guidance
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/8/18/air-canada-strike-continues-suspends-financial-guidance
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118230)
The children abandoned by South Korea’s adoption policy
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118229)
In Gaza, death does not come all at once. It comes in instalments
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118219)
Will Iraq integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces into the state?
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/8/18/will-iraq-integrate-the-pmf-into-state-insitutions
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118218)
‘Flames that consumed the hills’: Portugal, Spain reel from wildfires
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118217)
Qatar, Egypt push efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire; Hamas accepts proposal
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118216)
Fuel shortages in parts of Russia 🇷🇺 following drone strikes on refineries.
http://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/18/7526671
Source: [World News](https://t.me/WorldNews/66983)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House and began a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump, following Trump's Friday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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Source: [People's Daily China](https://t.me/PDChinaNews/12065)
The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has renewed a bilateral currency swap agreement with the Bank of Thailand, covering 70 billion yuan (about $9.81 billion) — or 370 billion baht — the PBOC said in a statement on its website on Monday.
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Source: [People's Daily China](https://t.me/PDChinaNews/12060)
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says "I know exactly what I'm doing."
Source: [US News](https://t.me/remarks/1397)
Greece’s Crete sees surge in boat arrivals despite harsher detention policy
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118213)
Israelis hold major protests and strike against Gaza war
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118212)
Palestinian reporter’s remains discovered, weeks after her killing
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118211)
Google agrees $36m fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118210)
Israel’s turn to ‘comply’: US envoy after Lebanon moves to disarm Hezbollah
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118209)
Trump-Zelenskyy meeting: What’s the schedule, what’s at stake?
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118208)
Humanoid robots race and tumble at China’s first ‘robot Olympics’
Source: [Al Jazeera](https://t.me/aljazeeraglobal/118207)