Birmingham PhD student guilty of using 3D printer to build ‘kamikaze’ drone ( www.theguardian.com )
Mohamad al-Bared used technology at Coventry home to make drone designed to deliver a warhead or chemical weapon for IS...
Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall ( www.theguardian.com )
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England....
A hard-right party gathers strength in Poland, pushing a new, less friendly course on Ukraine ( apnews.com )
No tritium found in fish one month after Fukushima water release ( www.japantimes.co.jp )
No detectable amount of tritium has been found in fish samples taken from waters near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, where the discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea began a month ago, the government said Monday....
Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1.5 °C of warming ( www.nature.com )
Even China's 1.4 billion population can't fill all its vacant homes, former official says ( www.reuters.com )
Even China's population of 1.4 billion would not be enough to fill all the empty apartments littered across the country, a former official said on Saturday, in a rare public critique of the country's crisis-hit property market....
Crown Prince: Saudi Arabia 'will continue doing sportswashing' for money ( www.nbcsports.com )
Never 'insult Poles again,' Poland's prime minister tells Ukraine's Zelensky | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
Russian soldiers say they dream of conquering Ukrainian cities and moving their families there in haunting recruitment ad ( www.yahoo.com )
Saudi energy minister says oil supply cuts are not about 'jacking up prices,' as Brent hovers at $95 a barrel ( www.cnbc.com )
Germany went from envy of the world to the worst-performing major developed economy. What happened? ( apnews.com )
For most of this century, Germany racked up one economic success after another, dominating global markets for high-end products like luxury cars and industrial machinery, selling so much to the rest of the world that half the economy ran on exports....
Turkey’s Erdogan asks Musk to build Tesla factory, state-owned media says ( www.aljazeera.com )
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in Turkey, according to the state-owned Anadolu Agency....
China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment ( apnews.com )
China’s military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent new high....
Apple informs journalists Russia is targeting them with Pegasus spyware ( www.businessinsider.nl )
Russia appears to be targeting journalists with spyware known as Pegasus....
Kadyrov, head of Chechnya, in critical condition ( newsukraine.rbc.ua )
American XL bully dogs to be banned after attacks, Rishi Sunak says ( news.sky.com )
China sanctions two US defence companies over Taiwan arms sales ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
China said on Friday (Sep 15) that it was sanctioning two United States defence companies, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, over their roles in supplying arms to Taiwan....
Russia's Putin praises Elon Musk as an 'outstanding person' and 'talented businessman' ( www.cnbc.com )
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised Elon Musk, calling the Tesla and SpaceX founder a “talented businessman.”...
China wants to ban clothes that 'hurt nation's feelings' ( www.bbc.com )
A draft law banning speech and dressing "detrimental to the spirit of Chinese people" has sparked debate in China....
Russian general who ran Ukraine war fired ( www.bbc.co.uk )
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces $1 million donation to American Red Cross for Maui ( ptv-news.com.pk )
Russian soldier admits proudly his comrades were killing POWs ( euromaidanpress.com )
London's clean-air zone expansion hit by camera vandalism ( www.reuters.com )
Nurse found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies at UK hospital ( www.sbs.com.au )
KEY POINTS...
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events ( apnews.com )
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
