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Russia Pummels Kyiv in Deadly Missile Barrage

The New York Times | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:57 a.m. | Original

More than a dozen people were killed in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in an overnight Russian missile barrage, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.

Intel's next flagship CPU could be the 28-core Core Ultra 9 4950K

TechSpot News | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:51 a.m. | Original

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Rumor mill: A leak tied to Intel's next desktop processor lineup points to a high-end Nova Lake chip with 28 cores and benchmark results that could place it ahead of recent flagship CPUs. The unverified results suggest Team Blue may be targeting stronger single-core performance and a sizable jump in multithreaded output as it prepares its next desktop platform.

The processor appeared in a CPU-Z screenshot posted on X

一名中國公民承認將2萬澳元藏茶葉里行賄澳洲公職人員獲緩刑1年即將被驅逐

Radio France Internationale | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:50 a.m. | Original

當事人朱先生向澳洲法庭表示抱歉，並稱，“在我的國家，人們經常贈送此類禮物”。他被羈押26天後，獲緩刑12個月，即將被驅逐出境。

Why North Korea is ‘keeping the door open for dialogue’ with Trump

SCMP | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:45 a.m. | Original

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump inside the demilitarised zone separating South and North Korea on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, South Korea. Photo: TNS

Published: 8:45pm, 20 Aug 2026

At first glance, Kim Yo-jong ’s latest message to Washington looked like a rebuff to US President Donald Trump’s insistence that he would meet her brother Kim Jong-un later this year.

But analysts said the North Korean leader’s powerful sister stopped well short of shutting down Trump’s outreach, using a carefully worded statement to leave room for renewed summit diplomacy while making clear that Pyongyang intended to set the terms for

俄烏衝突升級普京轉向東望

Radio France Internationale | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:45 a.m. | Original

中東地緣戰火引發史上最嚴重能源供應危機之際，俄羅斯與烏克蘭的衝突非但沒有平息，反而呈現出錯綜複雜的升級態勢。隨着緬甸領導人頻繁出訪俄羅斯，亞太學者認為莫斯科正以緬甸為支點，開始踐行“轉向東方”戰略政策

洪永城以權謀私八卦嘉賓私隱爆高海寧、蔣祖曼上玄學節目有陰謀

Singtao | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:45 a.m. | Original

由洪永城、陳懿德、甄敏芳擔任主持，陳定幫任顧問主持的玄學競賽節目《玄戰》，今日（20日）舉行記者會，12位參賽者更首次正式亮相。擔任《玄戰》主持之一的洪永城，認為玄學博大精深，睇到一眾師傅利用高感、力

Gigabyte RTX 3070 ran for five years with factory protection film left on thermal pads

VideoCardz | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:44 a.m. | Original

Gigabyte RTX 3070 owner finds protective film on thermal pads after five years

The RTX 3070 worked for almost five years before its owner found protective film still attached to several VRM thermal pads. According to the owner, the Gigabyte card had never been opened or repaired before.

He eventually took it apart after experiencing black screens and unusual fan behavior, with the fans sometimes jumping to around 3,500 RPM despite a custom fan curve.

Protective film remained on the VRM pads

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Martin Parr Mural Planned at Iconic Location Where He Photographed ‘The Last Resort’

Peta Pixel | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:43 a.m. | Original

Two young children stand on a promenade by the sea, eating ice cream with messy faces. A red car is parked nearby, and a lighthouse and pavilion are visible in the background. The girl holds a teddy bear. — GB. England. New Brighton. From ‘The Last Resort’. 1983-85.

A permanent mural is being planned in tribute to the late photographer Martin Parr at the iconic location where he created his acclaimed series The Last Resort .

New Brighton Creative Futures CIC has announced plans to create a major seafront mural in New Brighton in Merseyside, England, in tribute to Parr, one of Britain’s most influential photographers who died in December 2025 at age 73.

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Assad officer extradited to Syria on war crimes charges for first time

BBC World News | Aug. 20, 2026, 8:38 a.m. | Original

Lebanon has handed Syria a former general who served under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the first extradition of its kind since his government fell.

Maj Gen Adel Issa, 67, is accused of a raft of crimes allegedly committed during the Syrian civil war, which ended in December 2024 when rebel forces took the capital, Damascus, and Assad fled.

Issa was detained on 8 August after visiting the Syrian embassy in Beirut to complete paperwork and was transferred into Syrian custody on Wednesday.