WAO ART #188

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft, the country's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed into the Moon after losing control. The spacecraft was supposed to be the first to land on the Moon's south pole and explore the possibility of frozen water and precious elements.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao responded to claims that Bitcoin is a bubble, criticizing speculative and misleading headlines that often follow sudden drops in BTC price. He referred to a news article titled "Is the Bitcoin Bubble About to Burst" and commented "here we go again."

Argentina and Brazil have strengthened their maritime cooperation after a six-year hiatus. The Defense Minister of Argentina, Jorge Taiana, and Brazil's Ambassador, Julio Glinternik Vitelli, along with the head of the Argentine Navy, Admiral Julio Horacio Guardia, launched two joint naval exercises.

Australia's foreign minister has announced that negotiations are underway for China's foreign minister to visit Australia for high-level government talks. This comes as communications between Canberra and Beijing have resumed and relations have improved since the election of a Labor government in May 2022.

Hurricane Hilary has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it approaches Mexico's Pacific coast and California, but it still poses a threat of "life-threatening" flooding, according to US meteorologists. Hilary is expected to further weaken to a tropical storm before reaching southern California.

Y Hin Nie, a pastor in North Carolina, survived 17 years in the jungle during the Vietnam War. He preached to his comrades fighting Vietnamese troops long after the war had ended. He joined an armed insurgent movement called Fulro, which advocated for autonomy for ethnic minorities.

The price of AK-47 assault rifles has dropped by 50% on the black market in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, due to an oversupply of weapons. The conflict between the army and paramilitary forces has led to a saturation of the market with Russian-made Kalashnikov rifles.