Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Tests of seawater near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday (Aug 27), days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors....
China’s stockpiling of ASML chip-making machines push imports past 2023 estimates (www.scmp.com)
China’s imports of Dutch lithography machines have surged this year, with the first seven months already surpassing ASML Holding’s previous forecast for 2023 sales to China, according to a new report, as Chinese firms stock up on the equipment ahead of new export curbs....
Despite war and sanctions, Russia becomes a high-income economy (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Despite sanctions by Western countries against Russia due to the Ukraine war, the country has become a high-income economy from an upper-middle income economy. In its latest rankings, the World Bank has promoted the Russian economy to the top income category.
Paris wants an AC-free Olympic Village. Team USA and others aren't so chill with it (www.npr.org)
King Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activists (inews.co.uk)
Al Jazeera denies rumor that hostage was held at employee’s home (www.timesofisrael.com)
Qatari news network Al Jazeera is stridently denying any link to Gaza-based journalist Abdallah Aljamal, amid unverified rumors that hostage Noa Argamani had been held at his home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat....
We’ve just had a year in which every month was a record-setter (arstechnica.com)
Israel has offered a plan for 6 week Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, Biden says (www.usatoday.com)
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16243336...
China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs (www.cnn.com)
Coming soon to a western military near you…
Russia leaves thousands of planes without GPS in northern Europe (english.elpais.com)
Several NATO members accuse Moscow of deliberately jamming positioning signals...
EU pulls its gun on China: The EU is accelerating its crackdown on what it sees as Beijing’s unfair support for companies that undermine European rivals (www.politico.eu)
Europe’s phoney war with China is at an end. After years of building up an improved arsenal for a trade war, Europe is now showing it is willing to get tough on Beijing....
4 Germans caught marking Hitler's birthday outside the Nazi dictator's birthplace (www.nbcnews.com)
Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay hotel and pub in London (www.theguardian.com)
A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farm (electrek.co)
Netanyahu says Israeli strike unintentionally killed Gaza aid workers (www.bbc.com)
Fatah slams Hamas: Responsible for the current ‘Nakba’ (www.jpost.com)
Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat (www.wired.com)
Estonia considers closing its border with Russia (kyivindependent.com)
Estonia announced that the country may be forced to close its border crossing points with Russia due to increased migration pressures, Estonian Police and Border Guard announced on Feb. 13....
Deepfake Video Call Scams Finance Bro Out of $25 Million (gizmodo.com)
No evidence of antisemitic 'gas' chant at pro-Palestinian Sydney protest, police find (www.sbs.com.au)
Edited footage of protesters chanting "gas the Jews" at a rally outside the Sydney Opera House in October was shared on social media, but NSW Police said an extensive investigation found no evidence of it happening.
'Never again': Huge protests against far-right continue in Germany (www.i24news.tv)
Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets across Germany this weekend as the nation enters a second week of protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party....
Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages saying they'll learn 'fate' on Monday (www.standard.co.uk)
The undated 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, released on Sunday night showed them speaking presumably under duress, pleading with Israel’s government to end the war and get them home....