Battlegroup West spokesman Ivan Bigma said Russian air-defense crews and mobile armed units destroyed three US-made HIMARS rockets, 82 fixed-wing UAVs, 111 heavy combat hexacopters and six loitering munitions over the past 24 hours. They also destroyed 55 Ukrainian UAV control centers, 36 robotic systems and two field ammunition depots.
Russia’s Defense Ministry says Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov inspected Battlegroup South’s combat mission progress and received reports from its commander, Sergey Medvedev, and other unit commanders. Gerasimov praised the group’s successes in “liberating” the Donetsk People’s Republic, set new tasks and awarded decorations to distinguished servicemen.
Russian assault units have moved to within 1.5 kilometers of Druzhkovka, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said. He claimed that more than 100 square kilometers had been “liberated” in the sector over the past two months.
Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov said the Kyiv regime is trying to persuade its Western backers that Ukrainian forces are succeeding on the battlefield despite having no tangible results. He accused Kyiv of spreading false information about an allegedly successful offensive in the Zaporozhye Region as part of a propaganda campaign.
Peter Zalmayev of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative argues that Ukraine’s expanding long-range strikes are raising the economic, military and social costs of Russia’s invasion and bringing the consequences of the distant war into Russian life. As another harsh winter approaches, Ukraine is trying to protect its cities, civilians and infrastructure while its air defences are dangerously depleted.
Russian forces remain on the offensive in every direction of the special military operation, Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov said while inspecting the Battlegroup South. He said the battlegroups continued carrying out their assigned tasks and the offensive was continuing unabated.
An AI-powered quadruped robot is patrolling vegetable rows in Shouguang, Shandong, using multispectral cameras and sensors to detect early signs of pests and disease while monitoring greenhouse conditions. It can coordinate spraying, fertilization and ventilation equipment, replace more than 60% of routine inspections and cut fertilizer use by 35%.
Russia’s Battlegroup North says its artillery units carried out more than 450 fire missions overnight in Ukraine’s Kharkov and Sumy Regions. The group reported 82 Ukrainian personnel, 10 UAV control centers and 11 motor vehicles eliminated.
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About 180 people have died and 1,400 are missing after an apparent glacial lake collapse in Tibet triggered flash floods across Nepal and Tibet. Settlements, dams, bridges and highways were destroyed, while rescuers search downstream and families look for missing relatives in Kathmandu hospitals.
The death toll from flooding in Nepal has climbed above 160, while nearly 1,500 people are missing. More than 700 foreign tourists are among those unaccounted for in the region popular with trekkers and pilgrims.
Scientists say a glacier near Nepal’s Langtang Lirung peak likely collapsed and triggered the deadly flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. Ice and rock debris surged into a tributary, pushing downstream water levels up by seven to nine metres within 30 minutes. Experts warn that melting Himalayan ice and thawing permafrost are increasing such hazards.
Massive landslides and flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed or left hundreds missing. Rescue and evacuation efforts are under way, with the disaster now attributed to a glacial collapse and debris flow rather than an earthquake. Scientists warn that blocked rivers could cause further flooding.
A flash flood swept through a Nepalese valley near the Chinese border, killing at least 165 people. Hundreds remain missing, while neighboring India has issued alerts and begun evacuations.
India sent a second shipment of relief supplies to flood-hit Nepal after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Nepal’s Balendra Shah and offered humanitarian assistance. Nepalese officials said more than 170 Indians were unaccounted for. The Nepal-Tibet border floods have killed at least 165 people and left more than 1,300 missing.
Massive flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have killed more than 175 people and left 800 missing, destroying entire villages. Survivors described relatives being swept away before their eyes, while rescuers worked through thick mud to deliver aid and relief supplies.
A glacier collapse and avalanche likely contributed to the deadly flood in Nepal. The Himalayan region is warming faster than the global average, driving rapid glacial melting and increasing disaster risks.
A catastrophic flood caused by a glacial collapse swept through valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, destroying villages, roads and power infrastructure. Authorities said nearly 1,500 people were missing, most of them tourists. Nepal reported 165 bodies recovered, while Chinese state media reported three deaths in Tibet. Rescuers are searching for survivors.
Nepalese police say the floods have killed more than 160 people, while China reports three deaths on the Tibetan side. More than 1,300 people are missing across the two countries. Survivors describe relatives being swept away and rescues from rooftops, as blocked roads and a flooded border port hamper efforts to find and assist people.
Video from northern Nepal shows people being rescued from mud after deadly flash floods swept across the Nepal-Tibet border. At least 160 people have died and hundreds are missing. Nepalese army and armed police teams are carrying out rescues, while access to the disaster zone on the Tibet side remains difficult.
A devastating flood in northern Nepal near Tibet has killed more than 160 people across Nepal and China and left over 1,000 missing. Hundreds of tourists from 28 countries are unaccounted for on the Nepalese side. Authorities now say a glacier collapse, rather than an earthquake, may have triggered the disaster.
A glacial collapse triggered catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 165 people and leaving nearly 1,400 missing. Hundreds of foreign tourists are among the missing, while rescue teams continue searching for survivors after mud and rock swept through Himalayan communities.
Flash floods near Nepal’s border with China have killed more than 160 people and left over 800 missing. Rescue teams are racing to locate hundreds of people who remain unaccounted for.
Countries and international organisations have begun sending money, relief supplies and other assistance to Nepal after a devastating flash flood killed more than 160 people and left hundreds missing.
At least 160 people were killed and nearly 1,500 are missing after a glacier collapse triggered catastrophic floods and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border. The collapse sent an ice-and-rock avalanche into a river, temporarily blocking it before the natural dam broke and released a destructive surge downstream.
Nepalese police say 579 people are missing after flooding, including 466 foreign nationals from 28 countries and 113 Nepalese citizens. The bodies of 162 people have been recovered, while rescue operations continue.
China’s Xinhua News Agency reports that mudslides triggered by a glacial collapse in Tibet have left 558 people missing. Floods in Nepal have also left hundreds missing.
A Nepali tour operator fears 15 Australians died after flash floods devastated the Rasuwa valley near the China border. The missing group of 47 ranged from 11 to 64 years old and was believed to include two families from New South Wales. After surveying the area by helicopter, the operator said he had almost no hope of finding them alive.
Deadly flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday underscored how difficult it is to predict sudden landslides and mudflows in the Himalayas. Experts say the terrain can turn a blocked river into a devastating torrent within minutes, while climate change may be raising the risks of such disasters.
Rescue teams continued searching on Thursday for hundreds of people missing after mud and rock collapsed into a river along the Nepal-Tibet Himalayan border a day earlier. The collapse triggered catastrophic flooding through mountain towns and valleys, killing scores of people.
A worker filmed floodwaters surging into Mailung in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, forcing workers to scramble to safety. After roads and bridges were damaged, he was rescued by helicopter along with more than 100 others.
A landslide sent a torrent of mud and water across Nepal near the Chinese border on Wednesday, killing at least 157 people and leaving more than 400 tourists missing. Homes, roads and bridges were swept away, while officials warned the toll could rise as rescuers searched for survivors.
The death toll from flooding that began in Nepal on August 26 has risen to 157, Ratopati reported, citing police. Chitwan District recorded the most fatalities, with 64 bodies found, while 41 injured people are in hospital. More than 3,300 police officers have joined search-and-rescue efforts. Preliminary data links the flooding to a snow-and-rock avalanche near the Nepal-China border.
A massive block of ice that plunged thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have triggered the disaster in Nepal and Tibet, where at least 180 people were killed.
Reuters was told by Greek security sources that a group of unmanned aircraft was brought down on Thursday near Yanbu. The system used is based in Saudi Arabia, run by Greek servicemen and situated in an area with major petroleum-processing facilities.
Russian stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the MOEX and RTS indices each down 0.57% at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time. By 10:15 a.m., their losses had widened to 0.77%, while the yuan rose against the ruble.
Canada said Wednesday that fish and seafood would be left off the counter-tariff list for U.S. imports, a day after announcing duties on roughly $20 billion in American products.
Canada’s counter-tariffs are putting key US states under pressure ahead of the midterm elections. Canada’s former chief negotiator sees a rocky road ahead.
China’s Zhipu AI has released its latest open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash, previously known as Ox Alpha. The company says it ran entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips in a high-profile stealth trial, processing 62 trillion tokens through OpenRouter and OpenCode before its formal launch.
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Armenia’s anti-corruption court approved an investigator’s request to detain former President Robert Kocharyan as a preventive measure. He is accused of abuse of power, accepting an especially large bribe and money laundering. Kocharyan was hospitalized after his health worsened, about two weeks after heart surgery.
German lawmaker Johannes Volkmann, grandson of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, says Germany must continue supporting Ukraine. He argues that Ukraine is defending Europe as well as itself, making aid an investment in Germany’s security, and cites the AfD’s opposition to support as a reason to reject cooperation with the party.
Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said the Netherlands will keep pressing Ukraine and other EU candidate countries to complete rule-of-law and anti-corruption reforms. He said Ukraine’s accession remains important to European security, while warning that an extensive reform agenda lies ahead and linking progress to EU funding and integration.
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Screen recordings of surveillance camera footage, posted on Chinese social media platforms, reportedly show flash flooding hitting the Gyirong Port in Tibet.
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Screen recordings of surveillance camera footage, posted on Chinese social media platforms, reportedly show flash flooding hitting the Gyirong Port in Tibet.
The demolition of a modernist arts complex in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, has provoked outrage among some residents concerned about the city’s skyline and among the Italian architects who designed it.
Russia has declared an employee of Romania’s embassy in Moscow persona non grata in retaliation for Romania’s earlier decision to expel a Russian embassy employee, the Foreign Ministry says. Romania’s charge d’affaires, Liliana Burda, was summoned and handed the notice.
Pyth Network missed its scheduled Hermes cutover, requiring developers who call the service directly to use an API key. Incomplete authentication, endpoint or contract updates could prevent applications from verifying price updates and completing transactions. No outage, stale-price incident or loss of funds had been confirmed at the time of the check.
Pyth Network API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols
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An armed group has posted a video appearing to show hundreds of people kidnapped from a mosque in Nigeria's Niger State. David Lewis explains why the attack is piling pressure on the government of the country, where mass kidnappings for ransom have become common.
An armed group has posted a video appearing to show hundreds of people kidnapped from a mosque in Nigeria's Niger State. David Lewis explains why the attack is piling pressure on the government of the country, where mass kidnappings for ransom have become common.
Nvidia reported second-quarter revenue of $96.2 billion for the period ended July 26, up 18% from the previous quarter and 106% year on year. The US technology company expects about $108 billion in revenue next quarter, while CEO Jensen Huang pointed to the rapid development of artificial intelligence.
Asian-Pacific stocks rose at Thursday’s open for a third straight session after Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings. The result lifted technology hardware makers and renewed investor confidence, despite overnight data showing the Federal Reserve’s preferred US inflation gauge remains elevated.
Nvidia shares initially fell after the company released its quarterly results on Wednesday, then surged, giving investors a roller-coaster ride. The move underscored Wall Street’s lofty expectations for its favored AI chip designer.
Nvidia expects to generate $108 billion in revenue within a few months, following a record $96.2 billion quarter. Data center revenue more than doubled year over year to $89 billion, while profits reached $59.7 billion. Consumer business growth was tempered by slower PC sales, higher prices, and component shortages.
Nvidia’s sales outlook beat expectations but failed to satisfy all investors, deepening worries about whether artificial-intelligence spending can maintain its momentum.
Nvidia projected quarterly revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, but the forecast did little to calm investor concerns about the company’s long-term dominance of the AI chip market.
Nvidia, a bellwether for the technology sector, reported fiscal second-quarter results after Wednesday’s close that exceeded estimates. The company projected $108 billion in revenue for the following quarter.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, widely believed to have planned the September 11, 2001, attacks, is scheduled to face a US military tribunal in June 2028 alongside three co-defendants. The case has been delayed by disputes over confessions made after torture, the trial venue and the possible death penalty.
A US military judge set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Glassnode sees $81,000-$86,000 as a major resistance wall for Bitcoin on its way to the January high, partly because many long-term holders are near breakeven in that range.
Thailand plans to move away from imported gas and adopt renewable and nuclear power as it seeks an energy system less exposed to external shocks such as the Iran war.
Investors are preparing for Kevin Warsh’s first speech as chair of the US Federal Reserve at the central bank’s annual economic policy meeting. His comments on the US interest-rate outlook at Friday’s Jackson Hole symposium could offer clues for markets, including stocks and bonds recently pressured by rising Treasury yields.
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Treasury yields edged lower as investors prepared for the release of initial jobless claims data and a closely watched speech by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh.
Officials say a small plane carrying four people crashed Wednesday into shallow water beside a remote coastal town in Alaska. Everyone on board was killed.
Lawyers say Eman el-Shazly, a British-Egyptian woman from Birmingham, was arrested in Cairo on 16 August to pressure her sister Mona, a fierce critic of Egypt’s Sisi government. The UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene, but its Cairo representatives have not yet secured access to her.
Ukraine’s intensified drone campaign against Russian refineries has plunged the former crude-oil powerhouse into a fuel crisis. Russia is increasing gasoline imports from Turkey, India and Belarus and plans to process crude in Kazakhstan, while at least six regions have reinstated or tightened sales restrictions.
A powerful lightning bolt struck the top of Mecca’s famous clock tower amid turbulent weather and intense lightning activity. Dramatic video captured the moment.
The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed Hazem Mousa and Razek Sahil Suleiman Abu Shahma, whom it identified as members of Hamas's military wings.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, celebrated for her polka-dot paintings, pumpkin sculptures and immersive “Infinity Mirror Rooms”, has died aged 97. Her company said she died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on August 14. Kusama’s work drew on hallucinations and influenced minimalism, pop art and performance art.
Pioneering Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for covering paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world with her signature polka dots, has died in Tokyo at 97.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has died at 97. Known for her polka dot sculptures and immersive “Infinity Rooms,” she turned lifelong hallucinations and mental health struggles into a distinctive artistic practice. Her work also addressed gender inequality and protested the Vietnam War during her years in New York’s avant-garde scene.
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who became a global superstar after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died aged 97. She died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August. From the 1950s to the 2020s, her vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations often drew on her experiences of hallucinations.
An international team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology analyzed a 324-million-year-old insect fossil. The female Chosha praecursor lived in humid land-water transition zones, supporting the finding that early insects moved from water to land through a gradual semi-aquatic stage.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is meeting leaders from several EU net contributor countries in Berlin to build support for a smaller, modernized long-term bloc budget. Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Denmark are pushing to limit spending, with Merz calling for several hundred billion euros to be cut from earlier proposals.
Former NSW building commissioner David Chandler told Icac that fugitive developer Jean Nassif warned him in 2021 that he would be harmed if he interfered with Nassif’s projects, which were being inspected for defects. The inquiry is also examining whether $2m allegedly paid by Nassif to young conservatives constituted illegal donations and sought Chandler’s removal.
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A car deliberately struck a group of pedestrians outside the train station in Caen, northern France, on Wednesday evening, killing one person and injuring 10, local authorities said.
A car struck pedestrians in Caen late Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 10 others, seven critically. Police detained a 26-year-old man who fled, while prosecutors said the incident was not currently being treated as terrorism.
At least one person was killed and 10 injured when a car struck a crowd near Caen train station in northern France, police said. One suspect was arrested after a reported fight at a nearby bar. Detectives are investigating, and residents were told to avoid the station area.
China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has reached about 90% penetration across key industries, with nearly 40 million active terminals, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said. More than 98% of smartphones shipped domestically in the first half of 2026 supported BeiDou positioning, while applications are expanding in transport, public safety and smart agriculture.
After a summer of popular measures that gave “people some breathing space now,” British Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces a tougher test when parliament returns next week: finding the money for some of his more ambitious policies.
The HICOOL 2026 Global Entrepreneurship Competition received 10,209 startup projects from 141 countries and regions, with overseas entries making up 56%. The accompanying summit in Beijing brought together 13,472 entrepreneurs, while artificial intelligence projects rose nearly 40% from a year earlier.
The film Run Hide Fight: Infidels, promoted by Ben Shapiro, is described as a repackaging of decades-old Hollywood stereotypes that cast Muslims and Arabs as terrorists or extremists. The article argues that it portrays critics of Israel’s actions in Gaza as extremists while noting that more nuanced Muslim characters have appeared in recent films and television.
Denmark’s Fayard shipyard is set to receive a third Russian-linked LNG tanker this summer while representing the country at a state-backed maritime trade fair. Urgewald accused Denmark of “speaking with two voices,” as the yard continues servicing Arc7 carriers used for Russia’s Yamal LNG project.
Forbes Russia says the combined wealth of the country’s richest women fell from $25.75 billion in 2025 to $18.95 billion this year. Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim remained first for the fifth time, but her fortune dropped from $7.1 billion to $5 billion amid falling share prices and Ukrainian drone strikes on the company’s warehouses. The number of female billionaires fell from nine to four, and the ranking had no newcomers.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said nearly 100 Chinese nationals are unaccounted for in the disaster-hit area on Nepal’s side of the China-Nepal border. China has activated a Level II national disaster relief response and sent rescue teams. Local authorities estimate about 260 foreign nationals are missing, with figures still being verified.
At least 165 people have died and more than 1,300 are missing after a massive collapse of mud and rock triggered catastrophic flooding across Nepal and Tibet. More than 700 missing people are foreign nationals. Rescuers are searching remote areas, while Chinese authorities warn a dammed lake could worsen risks in Gyirong county.
A disaster along the China-Nepal border has caused casualties and widespread disruption. A mudslide in Gyirong County, Xizang, left three people dead and 558 missing, while flash floods in northern Nepal killed 162 people and left 484 tourists missing, including 391 foreign nationals. China has activated high-level emergency responses and dispatched personnel, equipment and relief supplies.
Chinese search and rescue teams arrived in Dingri County on Thursday morning after a mudslide at the China-Nepal border affected Gyirong Port in Xigaze City. Communications, roads and electricity have been severely disrupted, and geological experts warn another collapse may occur.
The number of people missing in China’s Tibet after a mudslide disaster in Nepal has risen to 558, including 260 foreign nationals, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported Thursday. Authorities also warned of further geological risks upstream.
At least 558 people are missing after a landslide struck the Gyirong border crossing on the Nepal border, China Central Television reported. The broadcaster said 260 of those missing are foreign nationals. Xinhua reported that the slide occurred on the Nepalese side at about 10:30 a.m. on August 26, killing three people.
China has allocated 30,000 relief items, including tents, heating stoves, quilts, clothing, folding beds and moisture-proof mats, to support rescue work and the resettlement of residents affected by a major mudslide in Gyirong County, Xigaze City, Xizang. As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, three people had died and 265 were missing.
China has sent another 111 firefighters and rescue personnel to a mudslide-hit border port in the Xizang Autonomous Region. The team arrived at Dingri Airport in Xigaze with detection, lifesaving, breaching, communications and logistics equipment. Severe flooding struck the China-Nepal border on Wednesday, with at least 157 deaths reported in Nepal.
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and National Fire and Rescue Administration have sent the China Search and Rescue Team to reinforce operations at Gyirong Port in Xizang. The team includes professionals from Beijing and Sichuan and arrived with specialized equipment and extensive disaster-response experience.
Portugal’s largest construction company, Mota-Engil, said first-half net profit rose 24%, driven by strong growth and higher margins in Africa and Latin America. Its global order book also reached an all-time high.
Chinese smart pet products, including AI-enabled feeders and health-monitoring devices, attracted international buyers at the 28th Pet Fair Asia in Shanghai. The event featured more than 2,600 exhibitors, while pet-product exports continued to grow, with Ningbo Customs recording 22.4 billion yuan in declarations during the first half, up 21.7% year on year.
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Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, deepening the chipmaker’s expansion across the artificial intelligence ecosystem.
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the popular open-source AI hub, for $12.9 billion. The deal would help Nvidia protect its chip empire while re-entering the cloud business.
CIA chief John Ratcliffe reportedly made a secretive trip to Moscow to warn Russia against attacking NATO. Russia and Ukraine have also intensified long-range drone and missile strikes, raising fears of further escalation.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow to warn Russian officials against attacking NATO members, especially Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal and Politico. A Politico source said the meeting focused on preventing escalation in the Baltic states, while Ratcliffe also demanded that Moscow stop its military and economic support for Iran. The Kremlin described the trip as security-service contacts, and Donald Trump called it “semi-routine.”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Russian officials during a previously unannounced Moscow visit against escalatory action toward NATO members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Politico reported. He also urged Moscow to reduce military and economic support for Iran. Donald Trump called the trip “semi-routine” and linked it to efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Australia’s regulators said on Thursday that Meta’s move to limit teenagers’ social media use in the United States demonstrates that companies have tools to better protect young people online. Australia is meanwhile dealing with uneven enforcement of restrictions at home.
Meta has agreed to pay $18bn to settle allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed children. The deal includes changes for younger users, including a default two-hour limit for known teenagers across both platforms, while new measures to identify child users may take a year to roll out fully.
Meta has reached a proposed settlement with 47 US states and several territories over claims that Facebook and Instagram used addictive features and harmed young users. The agreement could cost up to $17 billion over 10 years and would impose child-safety measures including time limits, overnight restrictions, stronger parental controls, age checks and independent oversight, pending court approval.
Israel’s sharp political divisions conceal a broad consensus supporting Jewish supremacy, the continuation of the occupation and the use of military force. The rediscovery of the Altalena has revived an old historical grievance during an election campaign, but the article argues that Israel is unlikely to descend into civil war.
A contest has emerged within Israel’s right over who can claim the strongest connection to the Irgun militia. After Itamar Ben-Gvir announced the discovery of the Altalena wreck, Benjamin Netanyahu appeared at the Etzel Museum with a rival address, seeking to reclaim the episode’s symbolism as he faces political pressure ahead of October elections.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing is considering merging its GEM board with the main board through a new listing-rules chapter, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Proposed Chapter 18D would form part of the second phase of a listing-regime review and could be put to public consultation by year-end.
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The SHRINCS proposal would allow Bitcoin transactions to use larger quantum-resistant approvals while preserving more network capacity than existing post-quantum signature designs.
NFL owners have unanimously approved the Seattle Seahawks’ sale to a group led by the Khosla family for a league-record $9.6bn. The deal follows the wishes of late owner Paul Allen. Vinod Khosla said the new ownership’s long-term goal is to sustain the team’s winning run and win another Super Bowl.
NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of the Seattle Seahawks to Vinod Khosla and his family on Wednesday. Commissioner Roger Goodell congratulated the family and said they had “great timing” in buying the team after its second Super Bowl win in franchise history.
The World Organization of Science Literacy, registered in Beijing in June, will launch in September with 32 founding institutional members from China and abroad. The China Association for Science and Technology says its inauguration will take place during the opening session of the World Conference on Science Literacy Promotion in Beijing on Sept. 19–21.
Six months into the Iran war, OPEC+, the world’s most powerful oil alliance, finds itself unable to influence a market it once helped shape, while China is gaining influence.
The 2026 China International Fruit Expo opened Wednesday in Shanghai, bringing together nearly 300 exhibitors from more than 60 countries and regions. Representatives from major exporters including Chile and Australia expressed confidence in China’s market. An expo report said Chinese fruit consumption is moving beyond basic needs toward emotional and social experiences as incomes rise and wellness trends grow.
The 17th Dongguan Taiwan Famous Products Fair, scheduled for Sept. 3–6, will for the first time include all 22 counties and cities from China's Taiwan Province. Organized around industrial chains, the event will cover semiconductors, AI and new energy, with project signings, supply-chain matchmaking and participation by more than 150 major buyers.
Ukrainian drones struck Ozon logistics sites in Orenburg and Ufa overnight, the company said. Employees were evacuated and no injuries were initially reported. Orenburg resumed operations, while the Ufa facility suffered minor damage and remains closed for inspection, with deliveries suspended.
A new project in Africa is giving people $700 and allowing them to decide how to spend it, aiming to demonstrate what aid could look like in the future.
Ethereum developers have opened an early draft to make validator deposits flexible enough for future quantum-resistant keys and to allow a later upgrade to permanently stop new BLS-format deposits. The draft remains unmerged, while credential formats and verification rules still need separate design and adoption.
China supplied 21.9% of the EU’s goods imports in the second quarter of 2026, remaining the bloc’s largest source, Eurostat said. EU imports from China totaled 153.6 billion euros, up 7.9% year on year, while exports to China rose 2.8% to 50.3 billion euros. The United States was the EU’s largest export market.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport has opened a family space of more than 110 square meters near Gate C77 in Terminal 2. It includes private infant-care rooms, feeding and changing facilities, child-sized toilets, a play area and quieter seating for parents. The airport also added family strollers and two pediatric clinics.
Ukraine’s General Staff says Russian forces have suffered about 1,482,150 casualties since the full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, including 1,400 over the past day. It also reported losses of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, aircraft, ships and other equipment. Ukraine has withheld its own figures for operational-security reasons.
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South Korea’s media regulator said Meta’s steps to better protect young users from potentially addictive social-media features should ideally cover young people worldwide, rather than only users in selected markets.
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Gamescom, the world’s biggest trade fair for video games, opened its doors on August 26 with more than 1,700 exhibitors in Cologne, Germany. Felix Falk, managing director of the German Games Industry Association, said much of the focus was on "the sensible use of artificial intelligence."
Gamescom, the world’s biggest trade fair for video games, opened its doors on August 26 with more than 1,700 exhibitors in Cologne, Germany. Felix Falk, managing director of the German Games Industry Association, said much of the focus was on "the sensible use of artificial intelligence."
Gold entering Hong Kong declined to about 107 tonnes in July, even as mainland corporate buyers invested heavily in new bullion vaults. Non-monetary gold imports dropped around 18% from June, when banks built inventories ahead of the July 7 trial launch of the city’s gold clearing and settlement system, pushing imports to a decade high.
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Hong Konggold imports fall 18% in July as mainland giants rush to build vaults
Closing arguments are due to begin in Lindsay Clancy’s trial over the deaths of her three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Clancy has not disputed killing them, but her lawyers argue that severe mental illness, including postpartum psychosis, means she is not legally responsible. Prosecutors say the killings were intentional and calculated.
The 2026-27 Bundesliga season begins on August 28, with defending champions Bayern Munich hosting Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund welcoming Hamburg. The season includes new time-management rules, expanded VAR involvement and a longer September-October international break, alongside major transfers across the league.
Poland’s digital affairs minister said on Wednesday that he had asked the European Commission to impose a €250 million fine on Meta and act against scams and false advertising.
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Game of Drones: Deep strikes into Russia keeping Ukraine 'in this game'
