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Chinese AI drives price competition among US labs
Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map
Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map

Residents of Moerdijk, a small Dutch port village that survived WWII bombing and subsequent flooding, are facing a new existential challenge: the threat of being bulldozed in the name of clean energy.

August 10, 2026

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Stopped broadcast, layoffs: Hungary media eyes post-Orban renewal
Stopped broadcast, layoffs: Hungary media eyes post-Orban renewal

A month after Hungary's state broadcaster MTVA suspended its news programmes, many employees are still waiting at home to hear when -- or if -- they can return to work.

August 10, 2026

Self-taught Turkish 'linguist' keeps dead language alive
Self-taught Turkish 'linguist' keeps dead language alive

Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: "Before me there was nothing. But by the power of the god Haldi I founded this city."

August 10, 2026

Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China
Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China

Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport.

August 10, 2026

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Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach Montreal quarter-final
Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach Montreal quarter-final

Defending champion Ben Shelton kept a clean slate at the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Joao Fonseca to power 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) into the quarter-finals.

August 10, 2026

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Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US
Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US

With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged harms to children in a case brought by four US states.

August 10, 2026