World News: 27 August 2022

Moscow film festival opens with praise of soldiers in Donbas
The 44th Moscow International Film Festival opened Friday with reduced foreign representation amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Festival head Nikita Mikhalkov, the Academy Award-winning director of “Burnt By The Sun,” brushed that off, saying “It makes no difference how big are the stars that come. I'm interested in people who come, because they are interested in meeting us."

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FBI: Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines, other items
No space at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was authorized for the storage of classified material, according to the court papers, which laid out the FBI's rationale for searching the property this month, including “probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found.”

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Dangerous heat predicted to hit 3 times more often in future
In much of Earth’s wealthy mid-latitudes, spiking temperatures and humidity that feel like 103 degrees (39.4 degrees Celsius) or higher -- now an occasional summer shock — statistically should happen 20 to 50 times a year by mid-century, said a study Monday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.

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Inflation hits Dubai’s karak tea, a beloved national staple
Oil-rich Gulf Arab governments have reaped a windfall since the world’s economic recovery from COVID-19 and Moscow’s attack on Ukraine boosted global energy prices.

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Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans
The Secret Service collaborated with Green Dot to find about 15,000 accounts and recoup $286m connected to the accounts through collaboration with the Department of Justice.

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Drought forces earliest harvest ever in French wine country
Grape growers adjusted their practices amid a series of heat waves, combined with lack of rain, that hit most of Europe. In the Bordeaux region, in southwestern France, giant wildfires destroyed large areas of pine forests. It did not rain from the end of June until mid-August.

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