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Los Angeles County recorded its highest number of flea-borne typhus cases in 2025, with 220 confirmed diagnoses and almost nine in ten patients reportedly hospitalised. The rise has renewed debate over homelessness, sanitation, rat control and whether public-health authorities are adequately containing a preventable disease INR Report: Based on reporting by Tyler Durden for ZeroHedge, published 21 August 2026. Read the original report HERE · …

OpenAI has temporarily slowed development of some of its most advanced artificial intelligence systems after researchers identified cybersecurity capabilities serious enough to trigger its internal safety framework. The development raises a larger question: as AI systems become increasingly autonomous and powerful, are voluntary safeguards enough? INR Report: Based on reporting by Frank Bergman for Slay News, published 21 August 2026. Read the…

Vladimir Putin tells a United Russia assembly that Russia’s unity and determination will be key to victory on the battlefield. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s forced mobilisation continues, with clashes between recruitment officers and civilians captured by a Western journalist. In China, a former property tycoon has been jailed for life over fraud, prompting comparisons with the 2008 global financial crisis, when few senior figures faced punishment.

The Netherlands' privacy regulator has imposed an €825 million penalty on Uber over automated decisions that could cut drivers off from their income. The case raises a much larger question as algorithms and AI increasingly make decisions affecting people's jobs: when must a human remain responsible? INR Report: Based on reporting by RT, published 22 August 2026. Read the original RT report HERE · €825 Million Penalty · The Dutch Data…

Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers sent to Germany for military training have reportedly deserted rather than return to their units, according to an investigation by German weekly Die Zeit. The accounts provide another window into Ukraine's growing manpower difficulties as the war enters its fifth year INR Report: Based on reporting by RT, citing an investigation by German weekly Die Zeit, published 21 August 2026. Read the original RT report HERE · …

Türkiye has asked Interpol to assist in the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Turkish officials. The request comes as legal proceedings concerning Israel's conduct in Gaza continue separately before international courts and relations between Ankara and Israel deteriorate further INR Report: Based on reporting by RT, published 22 August 2026. Read the original report HERE · Türkiye Seeks International Arrest…

Ukraine’s latest corruption investigation is widening beyond the original Energoatom scandal, with investigators examining an alleged scheme to disguise criminal proceeds and use them to fund bail for former minister Herman Galushchenko. Secretly recorded conversations have also raised questions about senior figures inside President Vladimir Zelensky’s administration INR Report: Based on an opinion column by historian Tarik Cyril Amar for RT…

Ukrainian pop star Olya Polyakova has broken with the country's wartime political consensus, asking whether Ukrainians are living in a “concentration camp” and condemning forcible mobilisation from the streets. Her comments have prompted both fierce criticism and public support, while reopening questions about civil liberties, conscription and dissent during wartime. INR Report: Based on an opinion column by historian Tarik Cyril Amar for RT…

Weeks-long protests in Kiev demanding changes to Ukraine’s military leadership end without result, as Western media turn on the former defence minister after he calls for elections. Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency releases recordings allegedly showing Zelensky’s inner circle discussing money laundering and control of corruption investigations. Meanwhile, tensions grow between Turkey and Israel, with reports suggesting Turkish troops would not…

New Zealand's only aircraft manufacturer is looking overseas again. NZAero has already begun building five new CT-4 Airtrainers as growing demand for pilots across Southeast Asia creates a potentially significant opportunity for New Zealand's advanced manufacturing sector. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by John Weekes, Senior Business Reporter for the NZ Herald, published 21 August 2026. Read the original report HERE · !The NZAero CT-4…