Germany news roundup for mid-August 2026 covers rising protection revocations for Syrian refugees, declining US investment, low Rhine water levels, a Yiddish festival in Weimar, and major sports wins by German athletes.
O Observatório do Pico dos Dias, maior complexo astronômico do Brasil na Serra da Mantiqueira, completa mais de quatro décadas de pesquisas sobre estrelas, exoplanetas e pequenos corpos celestes.
Mit einer Schweigeminute für die Opfer eines Terroranschlags hat die Technoparade Rave The Planet im Berliner Tiergarten begonnen. Die Polizei ist mit rund 1.500 Beamten im Einsatz.
A Washington University study reveals 4,000-year-old silkworm cocoons found along Uzbekistan's Surkhan-Darya River, showing they left China 2,000 years before the traditional Silk Road narrative.
Performance artist Marina Abramović has created a new installation titled 'Snowy/Windy/Spring on Planet Z' for New York's newly opened Balloon Museum, exploring themes of temporality and air through inflatable art.
Metaplanet debunked rumors of liquidating 5,000 Bitcoin, clarifying it was a custody move. However, financial disclosures revealed a ¥182.77 billion net loss due to valuation drops, prompting a shift toward credit and unsecured 'BitBonds' to fund further Bitcoin acquisitions.
Un eclipse solar total recorrió Europa y el Atlántico Norte el 12 de agosto, visible de forma completa en Groenlandia, Islandia, España y Portugal, y de forma parcial en otros países.
Metaplanet's CEO Simon Gerovich denies selling any of the company's 43,000 BTC holdings, attributing a recent transfer to a routine operation. Despite a $1.4 billion unrealized loss, the company reports a 134% year-over-year revenue increase in the first half of the year.
A study reveals that AI-driven productivity gains in the fossil fuel sector generate more planet-heating emissions than the climate benefits they provide to renewables, increasing annual net carbon pollution by 0.47-1.8 gigatonnes.
Decades of searching for extraterrestrial intelligence and exoplanets have yielded zero proof of alien life, deepening the Fermi paradox and raising profound questions about humanity's unique existence in the universe.
AI-driven productivity gains enable more fossil fuel pollution than they avoid from renewables, causing net yearly carbon emissions to rise by 0.47 to 1.8 gigatonnes, a new study reveals.
Mercury's massive metallic core, accounting for 85 per cent of its radius, causes the planet to continuously cool and shrink, fracturing its thin rocky crust with young tectonic faults discovered by recent research.
Europe's nuclear power sector faces severe disruptions as record heatwaves, droughts, and nearby wildfires threaten plant cooling systems, forcing closures and output reductions across the continent.
Saturn's moon Titan experiences rare, intense methane rainstorms that drastically reshape its surface, with over a foot of rain in a single day, resembling Earth's flash floods and offering insights into extreme weather's geological impact.
Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanı Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Trabzon'da düzenlenen projelerin açılış ve imza töreninde Türkiye'nin son 23 yıldaki sanayi ve teknoloji başarılarını anlatarak Trabzon'a yeni yatırımlar müjdeledi.
O BID ampliou de US$ 2,5 bilhões para US$ 4 bilhões o financiamento para segurança pública na América Latina e Caribe entre 2026 e 2028, devido à alta demanda dos países. O anúncio ocorreu em cúpula em Brasília.
An empty SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage has crashed into the Moon near the Einstein crater at about 5,400mph, providing planetary geologists with a rare accidental collision to study lunar geology.
An empty upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon near the Einstein crater, offering scientists a rare research opportunity to study lunar geology through the resulting impact site.
Author Gil Durán discusses his book 'The Nerd Reich', arguing that Silicon Valley tech billionaires are aligning with fascist movements to dismantle democracy and establish permanent hierarchies.
Uma nova onda de calor extrema atinge a Europa com temperaturas acima de 40°C, provocando incêndios florestais na Grécia, Espanha e França, além de afetar rios, energia e transportes.
Frente fria e ciclone extratropical devem provocar temporais, chuva de até 100 mm e ventos acima de 80 km/h no Sul e Sudeste do Brasil entre quinta e sábado, com risco de inundações no oeste do Rio Grande do Sul.
Gianni Infantino enfrenta una grave crisis como presidente de la FIFA tras retirar un controvertido proyecto de inversión privada, acumular críticas de la Concacaf y la UEFA, y lidiar con acciones legales de Michel Platini.
Tadej Pogačar wird an der Vuelta a España teilnehmen, um eine offene Rechnung zu begleichen, nachdem er 2019 Dritter wurde. Der Artikel kritisiert die zunehmende Berechenbarkeit des Radsports, da Pogačar und Vingegaard Grand Tours dominieren. Eine Meldung über Pogačars Niederlage gegen einen Amateur bei der "Pogi-Challenge" wird als "Milchmädchenrechnung" entlarvt, da die Umstände verzerrt waren.
New Zealand's SailGP team, the Black Foils, won an environmental award for supporting Jono Ridler's Swim4TheOcean campaign, which delivered a petition with 73,647 signatures to end bottom trawling in New Zealand, despite a recent government permit renewal.
