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Mù Cang Chai (Vietnam) (AFP) – After months of prolonged heatwaves and drought, heavy downpours in August have damaged hundreds of homes, destroyed crops and killed at least eight people in Vietnam.

Muzaffarabad (Pakistan) (AFP) – Imran Khan supporters in Muzaffarabad protest the arrest of the former Pakistani prime minister, after a judge found him guilty of failing to properly declare gifts he received while in office and sentenced him to three years in prison. of Khan’s PTI party supporters

Hoffman Estates (United States) (AFP) – Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles made a triumphant return to gymnastics after a two-year hiatus, dominating the US Classic in her first competition since the Tokyo Olympics.

Marianne Dubuis stares intently through a magnifying glass, using a slim cutter to make tiny incisions in paper as she carves out delicate tableaux of life and human emotions. The 64-year-old designer is reinventing the Swiss traditional art of paper cutting, which typically shows Alpine landscapes and cows heading to mountain pastures, by infusing a large dose of poetry and modernity.

Niger’s coup leaders announce the closure of the national airspace due to the “threat of intervention”, as the ruling group defies a deadline from the West African bloc ECOWAS to reinstate democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum or face possible military action.

More than 15,000 people play the angklung, a traditional Indonesian instrument, at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium in the capital Jakarta. The gathering was a successful attempt to break Guinness World Record for the largest angklung ensemble.

England captain Owen Farrell says that Monday’s announcement of the 33-man squad for the World Cup will allow the team to “really rip into” their preparations. “All our focus is on making sure we’re becoming a better rugby team,” he explains. England begin their campaign against Argentina on September 9 in Marseille. TO COMPLETE 33QQ4ZW

In Ukraine, The Arm Women Now initiative uses donations to create and sew uniforms to fit female soldiers, featuring slim-fit jackets, trousers with adjustable waists and comfortable sports bras, which it gives to soldiers for free. It’s a welcome change for the thousands of women who serve within Ukraine’s armed forces, who until now have only ever received uniforms designed for men. the design is now being tested for roll-out throughout the armed forces.

People injured in the derailment of an express train in southern Sindh province are treated in a hospital in Karachi after the accident killed at least 28 people. Investigators scoured the wreckage on Monday of a weekend train derailment that killed at least 34 people, the latest deadly crash to hit Pakistan’s antiquated railway network. show derailed train carriages

At sea (AFP) – Video released by the Philippine Coast Guard shows one of its vessels being fired on by a Chinese water cannon in the disputed South China Sea on August 5. Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea as its territory, despite rival claims from several countries in the region, and has ignored a 2016 international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.