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Last Week In The News (Jul 31st to Aug 6th)
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These are the top topics and stories aggregated by front-page attention across the most popular outlets.
🔥👨🏼⚖️🗳️ Trump's Legal Troubles
🇺🇸👥💼 Biden's Presidency and Policies
🇷🇺🚁🏢 Russia's Drone Attacks in Moscow
🏢🤔 Local politics & identity & race
🌍🇨🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸 Tensions between China, Russia, and the US
🔥👨⚖️🤬 DeSantis vs. Controversial Policies
💣😢🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Top 3 Stories from Internationally-based Outlets
These are stories that had high front-page rankings in outlets such as Reuters and BBC that didn’t rank high in domestic outlets.
1. The US extends an invitation to China's new foreign minister to Washington D.C.
Who is China's new foreign minister?
China's new foreign minister is Wang Yi.
Wang Yi was reappointed as China's foreign minister, replacing Qin Gang.
Qin Gang's sudden removal from his post has raised questions about transparency.
The United States has formally invited Wang Yi to Washington.
The invitation was extended during a meeting at the State Department between U.S. Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and Yang Tao, Director General of the North American and Oceania Affairs at China's Foreign Ministry.
The Chinese side has not yet confirmed whether they have accepted the invitation, but it is Washington's expectation that the trip will happen.
The meeting between Kritenbrink and Yang Tao was described as "candid, in-depth, and constructive" and focused on China-U.S. relations and global and regional issues of mutual interest.
The above was generated by CuriosityGPT [source].
2. Russia is facing a series of drone attacks in Moscow, leading to concerns about security and prompting the country to widen its conscription efforts.
Why is Russia widening its conscription efforts?
Russia is widening its conscription efforts due to the escalating conflict with Ukraine and the increasing threat of drone attacks in Moscow.
Hostile drones have been reaching the heart of the Russian capital in recent months, causing discomfort for the authorities who have claimed full control of their military operation against Ukraine.
In May, two drones reached the Kremlin, and last Monday, Russia thwarted an attack on Moscow with two drones, one of which was brought down close to the defense ministry headquarters.
The recent wave of drone attacks in Moscow has prompted Russia to take harsh retaliatory measures against Ukraine and widen its conscription efforts.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has stated that there will be more drone strikes, indicating an escalation of the conflict.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak believes that the drone strikes on Moscow signify that the Russian capital is becoming accustomed to a full-fledged war.
Russia's widening conscription efforts are likely aimed at bolstering its military forces to counter the threat posed by the drone attacks and the escalating conflict with Ukraine.
Source Articles: 1. Reuters, 2. New York Times, 3. CNN
3. Russian strikes in Ukraine result in civilian casualties
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