Terrifying mudslide at Gyirong Port in Tibet, China 🇨🇳 (26.08.2026)
Terrifying mudslide at Gyirong Port in Tibet, China 🇨🇳 (26.08.2026)
Tasmania quietly produces around half the world's legally grown opium, mostly destined for morphine and other essential painkillers.
Tasmania quietly produces around half the world's legally grown opium, mostly destined for morphine and other essential painkillers. But somewhere along the way, the local wildlife found out, and things got weird. Wallabies, small kangaroo-like marsupials that roam the island's farmland, have developed a habit of sneaking into these tightly regulated poppy fields at night to snack on the crop. The...
When you lay bricks like dominoes at the proper distance, on top of the obvious domino effect, you get an unexpected opposite wave starting as soon as the last bricks falls down.Science and facts💡
When you lay bricks like dominoes at the proper distance, on top of the obvious domino effect, you get an unexpected opposite wave starting as soon as the last bricks falls down.Science and facts💡
Russia has converted up to 17 S-400 launchers to strike Ukraine with RM-48U guided missiles, according to Ukraine's HUR.
Russia has converted up to 17 S-400 launchers to strike Ukraine with RM-48U guided missiles, according to Ukraine's HUR. Five special missile groups are deployed in Russia's Bryansk and Rostov regions. Russia used about 15 RM-48Us per month from January through June, but fired 46 in the first 20 days of July. HUR estimates Russia has around 400 missiles in stock and plans to produce up to 500 more...
China has become a key supply link for Russia's Shahed drones, WSJ reports.
China has become a key supply link for Russia's Shahed drones, WSJ reports. Ukrainian experts found turbojet engines from China's Telefly in newer variants that can reach about 480 km/h, roughly three times the speed of older models. Ukraine usually intercepts more than 90% of older Shaheds, but officials say the jet versions can outrun interceptor drones, forcing the use of fighters or scarce air...
Ukraine's General Staff says Ukrainian forces struck a series of Russian military targets on August 25 and overnight into August 26.
Ukraine's General Staff says Ukrainian forces struck a series of Russian military targets on August 25 and overnight into August 26. A Kasta radar was hit in Kacha in occupied Crimea, along with a drone training center in Luhansk and a repair base in Pervomaiske. Strikes also hit a fuel depot in Prychepylivka, logistics depots in Svobodne and Novoivanivka, ammunition depots in Staryi Krym and Vely...
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed Ukrainian forces struck the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, overnight, causing a fire at the plant. The extent of damage is being assessed. The refinery has a capacity of around 17 million tonnes of oil per year and produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen, sulfur and other petroleum products.
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed Ukrainian forces struck the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, overnight, causing a fire at the plant. The extent of damage is being assessed. The refinery has a capacity of around 17 million tonnes of oil per year and produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen, sulfur and other petroleum products.
Zelensky said Ukrainian forces struck 16 targets in Russia over the past day.
Zelensky said Ukrainian forces struck 16 targets in Russia over the past day. He said long-range strikes hit oil facilities, which he called Russia's "oil wallet" financing the war, as well as airfields, a missile unit and infrastructure regularly used to strike Ukraine. Other targets included a military enterprise and Russian logistics.
Russia's Afipsky and Novoshakhtinsk oil refineries stopped accepting crude after being struck on August 25.
Russia's Afipsky and Novoshakhtinsk oil refineries stopped accepting crude after being struck on August 25. Visible damage at the Afipsky refinery includes its gas and gas-condensate processing unit with a gas fractionation section, as well as a pipeline near unit 22/4.
❗️Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said CIA Director John Ratcliffe did not meet Vladimir Putin during his Moscow visit and that no meeting had been planned.
❗️Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said CIA Director John Ratcliffe did not meet Vladimir Putin during his Moscow visit and that no meeting had been planned. He said Ratcliffe came for talks between intelligence services but gave no further details.
Massive flash flood hits the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal 🇳🇵(26.08.2026)At least 8 people have died, and several others are missing.
Massive flash flood hits the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal 🇳🇵(26.08.2026)At least 8 people have died, and several others are missing.
President Zelensky awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Freedom for personal contributions to protecting people's lives and freedoms and developing relations between Ukraine and the United States, according to a presidential decree.
President Zelensky awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Freedom for personal contributions to protecting people's lives and freedoms and developing relations between Ukraine and the United States, according to a presidential decree.
Situation at the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo.
Situation at the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo.
❗️Ukrainian drones struck the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, overnight.
❗️Ukrainian drones struck the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, overnight. The refinery, one of Russia's largest, has a processing capacity of around 17 million tons of oil per year and produces gasoline, diesel, aviation…
Ukraine's HUR published an interactive 3D model of Russia's Su-35S fighter and data on 79 companies involved in its production, saying 22 remain unsanctioned by any country in the sanctions coalition. The firms are involved in engines, fuel systems, controls, communications, guidance, electronic warfare systems and missiles used by the aircraft. HUR named Rubin, Gidroavtomatika and the Oktava research institute among the companies that remain unsanctioned.
Ukraine's HUR published an interactive 3D model of Russia's Su-35S fighter and data on 79 companies involved in its production, saying 22 remain unsanctioned by any country in the sanctions coalition. The firms are involved in engines, fuel systems, controls, communications, guidance, electronic warfare systems and missiles used by the aircraft. HUR named Rubin, Gidroavtomatika and the Oktava rese...