Forbes Asia named 100 to Watch. Sixteen countries are represented; India leads with 18 firms. Funding is reviving. Biotech, green tech and enterprise tech rule. About $3B has been drawn.

Britain faces a political storm. The "far right" vows to pull Britain from the ECHR, igniting a row on GB News. In Labour's ECHR debate, Malone clashes with Lis after he says staying in the human-rights body is in Britain's interest.

The DNC opens in Minneapolis with a land acknowledgement for Dakota and Ojibwe on stolen land. Carville, on his podcast, says the aim is winning elections, not addressing past wrongs; the piece says they lack a coherent agenda.

Lebanon's army says two soldiers were killed and two wounded when an Israeli drone crashed in the south and exploded while being inspected. The blast comes as troops enforce the November ceasefire with UN peacekeepers, and calls grow for Israel to halt attacks and expand border authority.

The Digest, 8/28/2025 @630PM, CDT

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