Russia also launched glide bombs and drones of various types at the regional capital, according to the head of regional administration, Oleh Hryhorov.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Aug. 2026
According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Jason and Megan Showers, ages 45 and 38, are charged with one count of placing explosives near property and one count of possession of bombs with unlawful intent.
The quarterfinal winners will secure automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup, while the losers will face off in a final set of matches to determine which two teams advance to FIFA’s intercontinental playoff next year.
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Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2026
The winners and losers of that sort of shift remain to be seen.
Next week, for the first time ever, Taiwan will deliberately slow its mobile internet speed, testing how citizens would communicate if bandwidth becomes scarce in emergencies ranging from disasters to a Chinese invasion.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2026
Some of Europe’s biggest insurance companies told CNBC this week that the region isn’t adequately prepared to deal with the risks of wildfires and weather disasters, leaving a substantial share of financial damage uninsured.
Everyone loves a bowl of sunny lemons on the counter—not just for their beautiful color and smell, but also for their seemingly endless uses.
—
Laura Manzano,
Martha Stewart,
1 Aug. 2026
From juicy lemons and olives to intricate tile patterns, a fish motif, and a bright lobster, every nail nods to la dolce vita while incorporating the dreamy aura nail trend.
Planting these 11 annuals in August will give you great color until the first frosts of fall.
—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
1 Aug. 2026
Keep in mind that temperature, rainfall, and early frosts can shift peak color by several days and influence how colorful and brilliant the leaves appear.
Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.
—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2026
After all, their legacy consorting with carnies and flimflammers is less marketable than a tale of mother and daughter reuniting after surviving back-to-back shipwrecks.
Of course, this growing mass constitutes a serious threat to the ocean ecosystem, not to mention the environmental catastrophes regularly caused by tanker accidents themselves.
—
Alexander Klose,
Scientific American,
24 July 2026
Insurance is a risk mitigation product, and insurance carriers may choose not to renew with you in case of sustained catastrophes.
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