
In this file photo, Ukrainian lawmakers vote for a new bill proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to restore the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies at the parliament session hall in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 31, 2025.
An anti-corruption investigation reaching into the highest ranks of Ukraine’s government and a former defense minister’s call for elections are adding to political tensions in Kyiv. Also, how AI is changing the way information about conflicts gets out, not just by creating fake images, but by making it harder to know what’s real. And, a restaurant 7,500 feet up in the Italian Dolomites is being overrun with tourists seeking a certain pastry. Plus, the UK creates a national strategy for combatting loneliness.