VOA60: August 1, 2023

Ukrainian officials release new video showing their forces striking Russian positions. Ukraine's defense minister said the country's offensive has been successful.

In northern China, flooding near Beijing results in at least 20 deaths and leaves 27 people missing.

Myanmar's military-led government partially pardons Aung San Suu Kyi, reducing the ousted civilian leader’s 33-year prison sentence by six years.

And in Haiti, demonstrators gather in Port-au-Prince to protest the kidnapping of a U.S. aid worker and her child. The U.S. State Department has warned people not to travel to Haiti.