Monday, 31 August 2026

🧚‍♀️ TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, all! ☁︎☼ and ☔︎︎ ⛆ Well, good weather for ducks 🦆 and ouchritis ⚡I got up feeling like a transport truck 🚚 had run over my back 𖠣 Ya know what that's like if you're pushin' 80. Mum used to call it galloping 🐎 arthritis because it never hurt in the same place every day. But otherwise, I kept on steamin' ahead with making the coffee. Ever see how "Sore Ass Arthritis" looks in emoticoneese.*_

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Now! If that ain't a very good mornin', maybe I don't know a good mornin from 💩 and peanut butter 🍯on toast ♨️🍞. But I can at least tell my good days from my bad ones, and on my bad ones, I try my best not to be too judgemental. When I'm not up to snuff, my wires tend to get more easily frayed, and at times I short out, when I fly off the handle 🔨 which, thank Great Spirit 🙏✨ is not very often; the short circuits are mostly caused by my *galloping pains in the butt* shorting me senses out💥(‿ˠ‿)🩹 🐎🫏🐪🐘🐂🦌 🏃‍♀️🐭 well, ya know how that goes if your pushin' 80...

The sun will fix a lot of that when it comes out again, and I can sit outside in my Green Space 🌱🌿 🍃☀️

"Well, there you are. That's about all the action taking place here today: me squawking to you, and you, my dear readers, allowing me to make my unpleasant noise from the Newsroom, eh? Elbows up, man!" 💪ᝰ▬🫩

Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

STAY COOL! ✨🟰 & 🍁

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

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Question: staying cool when everyone else is losing theirs

🔹AI Overview

The phrase refers to the famous opening lines of the If— Poem by Rudyard Kipling, which advises staying calm and levelheaded when everyone else is panicking.

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Understanding the Poem's Advice

The famous opening lines are:

"If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you..."

• Stay calm: "Keeping your head" means holding onto your composure and clear thinking during a crisis.

• Resist blame: People who panic often look for someone to blame. The poem advises not taking that bait or losing your own temper.

• Trust yourself: Maintain inner confidence even when others doubt your decisions, while still remaining humble enough to listen.

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🙏If you have a moment to spare today, I would like to request that we turn our attention to caring and all the compassion and empathy we can give to others in need and pray and meditate for those who will be living in tents on the STREETS THIS WINTER with no food and proper clothing, unsanitary conditions, and NO HEALTH CARE!🙏

Thank you again from me, Cindy, the publisher of Tree House News, and my editor, Paula Koval, for your attention, prayers, and meditation, and to all of my followers and members. Your loyal readership means everything to us.

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CNN's Anderson Cooper reports from rescue operation at Nepal hydropower tunnels

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*"I think there are about 45-50 people inside,"* a Nepali army colonel, who is part of a rescue operation at a hydropower plant on the border, told CNN's Anderson Cooper.

Nepal authorities say the search for workers who could be trapped inside hydropower tunnels is now the “highest priority.” More than 900 workers at various projects are missing.

World News

CNN's Anderson Cooper reports from rescue operation at Nepal hydropower tunnels

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August 31, 2026, 07:19 • Source:

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Europeans Protest Russia’s Presence at Meeting of Finance Ministers in U.S.

What We’re Covering Today

G20 Meeting: The Trump administration’s decision to allow Russia’s finance minister to attend a gathering of top global financial officials in North Carolina drew immediate protests from European nations on Monday. Europe has sought to isolate Moscow since it invaded Ukraine in 2022, and the Russian minister’s surprise appearance comes amid increased tension between President Trump and longtime allies. Read more ›

Middle East: The first exchange of fire in a month between the United States and Iran highlighted how their war, which Mr. Trump had promised would end quickly, has persisted for more than six months despite his attempts to find a resolution.

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Aug. 31, 2026, 11:22 a.m. ET1 hour ago

The Russian finance minister has faced a cold shoulder from western counterparts at such meetings for years. In 2022, former Treasury Secretary Janet L.

Ellen walked out of a G20 meeting on the sidelines of the I.M.F. spring meetings when Siluanov, who was attending virtually, started to speak. In 2023, Yellen confronted Russian finance ministry officials at the G20 in India, blaming them for the...

More To Read:

August 31, 2026 - 1 hr ago

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The Trump administration’s unholy — and un-American — surveillance of Minnesota churches

I keep asking myself what the federal government hoped to discover by tracking, documenting and investigating people inside houses of worship. But here’s what I hope they saw.

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Every Epiphany, I read to my congregation the story of the magi coming from the East to Jerusalem to find the one born king of the Jews. The story says that when King Herod and all of Jerusalem heard the news of this newly born king they were … troubled. I’ve often wondered what mainline churches could do for today’s officials to be troubled. Those of us in the Twin Cities have just found out: truly love our neighbors.

So many of our churches affirmed our commitment to welcoming the stranger as President Donald Trump’s second administration made deporting them a priority, and we spoke boldly against Operation Metro Surge, the administration’s deadly escalation of its deportation plan here in the Twin Cities. Recent court documents, filed by a defense attorney of one of the 15 members of Direct Action Minnesota charged in June...

University Baptist Church believed itself to be covered by a February federal injunction against DHS conducting activities on its property without a warrant.:
Despite the terror, horror and intimidation on the streets, as they loved their neighbors with abandon, people inside our churches began feeling hopeful and courageous.:

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Aug. 31, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

The Canadian suspected of spying on NATO was denied bail. Here’s what comes next

Biwei Zhang, 33, could face up to a decade in prison if convicted of espionage

The Canadian suspected of spying on the NATO military headquarters in Belgium is expected to remain in detention until her trial, which could be a year or more away.

Biwei Zhang, 33, will remain in custody after a Belgian judge on Monday denied the former NATO intern’s appeal for release. "Today, the Chamber of Indictments decided to extend the suspect’s pretrial detention by one month," the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

Zhang must appear before a judge at regular intervals — once a month for the first three months and every two months thereafter — to determine whether pretrial detention remains appropriate...

WATCH | CBC identifies suspected spy:

Espionage 'test case':

WATCH | Avoiding the 'Streisand effect':

WATCH | Canadian officials involved:

Suspect may have 'crossed the line' later:

CBC Investigates

CBC identifies Canadian woman accused of spying at NATO military HQ_

WATCH | Suspect may have looked fine 'on paper':

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Posted: Aug 31, 2026 11:58 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Russia is rattling NATO’s nerves, but how far will Moscow go?

Incursions may be aimed at testing Western military alliance's resolve

It would be fair to say this summer has been the season of fear and loathing in Eastern Europe, as more signs emerge that Russia could be ready to further test NATO solidarity in the hopes of breaking it.

Poland and Romania have witnessed a series of Russian drone intrusions and at least one missile strike since the spring. The idea that the Kremlin is preparing some kind of incursion drove speculation surrounding the CIA director's surprise visit to Moscow last week.

What is worrying officials in Poland and the Baltic states is not the prospect of Russian armoured divisions suddenly crossing the frontier...