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Congo parties set verification mechanism but concrete dates remain
Delegates from the Congolese government and the AFC/M23 met in Switzerland from 17 to 21 August 2026 and issued a joint statement that creates a…
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Teen volunteers fight Borneo peatland fires in Superman costume
Indonesian peatland fires have burned over 200,000 hectares between January and July, producing thick smog that reached Malaysia and prompting the…
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NASA to launch Roman space telescope next week
The Roman space telescope, named for Nancy Grace Roman, will launch on the 30th aboard a SpaceX rocket and deploy about 1.5 million km from Earth…
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Israel strikes vehicle in southern Syria, wounds one
Syria said a strike in the south wounded one person after an Israeli attack on a vehicle near Beit Jinn, southwest of Damascus, and published a photo…
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U.S. says military moved millions of barrels through Hormuz
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the U.S. military helped move more than 15 million barrels of oil and products through the Strait of Hormuz…
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Trump calls Strait of Hormuz US territory as Iran allows Iraqi tankers
President Donald Trump said he views the Strait of Hormuz as under U.S. control amid a U.S. blockade that Centcom says has redirected 68 commercial…
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Ukraine says it struck Russian refinery and Saky airfield
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff said Ukrainian units struck the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery and a logistics hub in…
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Delayed rains and low Nile levels deepen Sudan farming crisis
Delayed seasonal rains and sharply lower Nile flows are worsening an agricultural collapse in Sudan already driven by internal war and rising input…
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Trump says Xi will visit United States in two weeks
President Donald Trump told a Republican rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States in two…
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Interior cuts Colorado River water allocations to three states
The Department of the Interior signed 2027–2028 operating guidelines on Aug. 21 that reduce Colorado River allocations to Arizona, Nevada and…
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Starcloud raises $250 million at $2.3 billion valuation
Starcloud Inc. said it raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation in a Series A extension led by Manhattan West and joined by Nvidia and Cisco…
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Senescent cells accumulate and drive age-related tissue dysfunction
Senescent or "zombie" cells are living cells that stop dividing but remain metabolically active and alter tissue function. They show markers such as…
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Thunderstorms produce seismic signals that map shallow crust
A Penn State team built a seismic model to interpret thunder-induced 'thunderquake' signals and tested it using two years of data from a 4 kilometer…
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China solar expansion reduces bird biodiversity
A Science paper by researchers from China, Vietnam, and the United States analyzed over 2,000 Chinese counties and found that rapid expansion of…
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Russian drones strike shopping center in Kryvyi Rih
Russian forces carried out drone strikes on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, with strikes in two waves that included a second hit…
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Trump administration launches economic pressure campaign on Iran
Near the six-month mark of the Iran war, the Trump administration announced an "unprecedented" campaign of economic warfare intended to pressure…
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Iraq seeks to boost oil exports to 8 to 10 million bpd
Iraq's prime minister Ali al-Zaidi said the government aims to increase oil exports to 8 to 10 million barrels per day within six years, working…
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Communities shift to climate-based forestry
Harela and similar tree festivals highlight longstanding cultural respect for trees while raising practical questions about modern afforestation…
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Study finds Earth microbes could survive in lunar south pole
A new study compared laboratory survivability data for three bacteria and two fungi commonly found on crewed missions with lunar south pole maps and…
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US sanctions alleged Hezbollah cash courier network
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned ten individuals linked to an alleged cash pipeline that transported up to hundreds of…
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Study finds cytotoxic CD4 T cells abundant in supercentenarians
Researchers analyzed blood from 28 Japanese participants and reported that rare cytotoxic CD4 T cells (CD4 CTLs) increase with extreme age, with…
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Astromech raises $20 million to build evolution early-warning ai
Astromech, co-founded by Ben Lamm and Harvard geneticist George Church, announced $20 million in new funding at a $3.8 billion valuation and plans to…
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Houthis strike Najran airport and Aramco facility
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they launched drone strikes on Najran Airport and an Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia's Najran region on August…
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Switzerland and China complete updated free trade deal
Switzerland and China have concluded negotiations on an updated free trade agreement that will expand Swiss access to the Chinese market, allowing…
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