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Thursday August 21st, 2025 evening edition

Russian Missile Strike Hits US-Owned Factory in Western Ukraine With 600 Workers Inside
Authored by united24media.com
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Russian forces launched a missile strike on the city of Mukachevo in Zakarpattia overnight on August 21, hitting a civilian enterprise, local officials reported.

Mukachevo Mayor Andrii Baloha confirmed that cruise missiles struck a major factory employing thousands of residents in the city and surrounding district.

According to Mukachevo City Council Secretary Andrii Hlagoła, around 600 employees were present at the plant when the missiles struck.

Thanks to a rapid evacuation into designated shelters on the factory grounds, a mass casualty event was avoided.

The aftermath of a Russian attack on an enterprise in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, on August 21.

This is not the first Russian attack on American businesses in Ukraine, after strikes on Boeing offices in Kyiv earlier this year and other attacks. »

India ‘successfully tests’ nuclear-capable missile able to reach deep into China
Authored by theguardian.com

India has said it successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China.

India and China, the world’s two most populous nations, are intense rivals competing for influence across south Asia and relations plummeted in 2020 after a deadly border clash.

India is also part of the Quad security alliance with the US, Australia and Japan, which is seen as a counter to China. »

Denmark to abolish VAT on books in effort to get more people reading
Authored by theguardian.com

Denmark is to stop charging VAT on books in an attempt to get more people reading.

Other Nordic countries also charge a standard rate of 25% VAT, but it does not apply to books.

The most popular genre was books for the very young, picture books and activity books and the second-most popular was crime, thrillers and suspense novels. »

Joe Rogan Trashes Trump Claims That Epstein Scandal Is A Hoax
Authored by huffpost.com
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Joe Rogan threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the Jeffrey Epstein controversy is a “hoax” orchestrated by Democrats.

Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in jail in 2018 after pleading guilty in Florida to charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution from a minor.

While being held without bail in a federal detention facility in New York City as he awaited trial, Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019. »

Trump's strategy on Russia is in tatters - again
Authored by inews.co.uk
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WASHINGTON DC – Not even a week after President Donald Trump’s fateful summit in Alaska with Vladimir Putin, the US leader’s strategy towards the Kremlin and its war on Ukraine is in tatters.

Now Trump is once again kicking the ball into the long grass, and using his favourite formulation in so doing.

“We’re going to find out about Putin in the next couple of weeks”, the President told Fox News. »

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