Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes – Reuters

  1. Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes  Reuters
  2. Tibet Mudslide Engulfs Complex at China’s Gateway to Nepal  Bloomberg.com
  3. Chinese rescue workers reach border crossing destroyed by Himalayan flood  Financial Times
  4. China Offers Condolences to Nepal While Emphasizing Disaster Began There  The New York Times
  5. China-Nepal floods: police officer filmed guiding people away from border post  South China Morning Post
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Plug-in solar panels could save households up to $370 a year – if Australia made them legal as in the UK

A plug-in solar kit that costs about $1,000 ‘pays for itself in three years’, one expert says

Millions of Australians could be saving up to $370 a year on energy bills and doing their bit for the climate crisis if Labor followed the UK’s lead in legalising plug-in solar panels, an advocacy group has said.

Plug-in solar refers to small standalone solar units that could be attached to balconies or used in back yards and plugged into power points, offsetting the energy used by household appliances.

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‘Winter panic’: EU gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years

As one of Europe’s biggest consumers of gas the UK may be particularly exposed to heightened price volatility

Europe is on course to enter the cooler months with gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years, which has triggered “winter panic” among energy traders, experts have warned.

The EU’s gas stocks were 63% full in the last week of August, well below the 80% average for late August over recent years and among the lowest levels ever recorded for this time of year.

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Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Ozon warehouse, sites across Rostov Oblast in mass attack on southern Russia – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Ozon warehouse, sites across Rostov Oblast in mass attack on southern Russia  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Ozon next in Kyiv’s sights as sheds of Wildberries rival burn  The Guardian
  3. Ukrainian Drones Attack Ozon Warehouses in Overnight Barrage  The Moscow Times
  4. A Wildberries depot in Russia is destroyed as Ukraine extends its drone campaign  AP News
  5. Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes  BBC
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Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwards – BBC

  1. Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwards  BBC
  2. Turkish, Somali forces free pirate-seized vessel in Somalia  DW.com
  3. Turkish vessel freed after seizure by pirates, Somali officials say  10tv.com
  4. IMO warns piracy surge leaves more than 90 seafarers captive  Splash247
  5. Piracy attacks off Somalia surge in 2026: AFP analysis of IMO data  Al-Monitor
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