Reuters: EDF has halted four nuclear reactors at three power plants in France because of the current heatwave affecting Europe, a spokesman for the utility said on Saturday. High temperatures registered in the Rhone and Rhine rivers, from which the three power plants pump their water for cooling, led to a temporary shutdown of the…
Sayeed Muhammad: With rumours in the air that four schoolgirls were raped with many saying that two students were killed, Jigatola in the capital saw intense clashes between several groups of attackers and the students demanding road safety. The tense situation started intensifying after 1pm yesterday with reports of the so called rapes and murders…
Abrar Hussain: Eigh-teen people have died after a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil station in northern Siberia. The Russian transport ministry said the model Mi-8 aircraft went down soon after take-off from a gas field in Turuhansk at 5.43am local time due to a collision with machinery carried by another helicopter. Among…
Hossen Sohel: The protesting students yesterday halted the vehicle of the Chief of Bangladesh Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka and found licence of his driver expired. The students stopped the car of PBI chief Deputy Inspector General Banaj Kumar Majumdar at the intersection around 10:20am, reports The Daily Star….
Reuters: Russian police detained around 25 gay rights activists who took part in an unsanctioned rally in St Petersburg on Saturday, according to Reuters witnesses. A few dozen activists gathered at Palace Square on Saturday afternoon, defying a ban to hold the rally. Organisers had said they would stage one-man protests to demand freedom of…
The Hill: Federal officials are ramping up efforts to crack down on threats to the U.S. supply chain amid growing fears about the risks from foreign-made technology. The worry is that hackers can sabotage technology or software used in American products or computer systems for future cyber attacks or espionage. The moves come amid increased…
BDnews24: Two workers were killed after falling from an under construction building in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria on Saturday afternoon (August 4). The deceased were identified as Anikul Islam, 18 and Abdur Rahim, 30, both hailed from Parkanpara village in Shibganj upazila of Chapai Nawabganj. Kasba police station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Abdul Malek told Banglanews…
Reuters: Israel’s new “nation-state” law has provoked anger among members of its most integrated minority, the Druze, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek corrective legislation. Netanyahu has defended the law, which declares that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, from fierce criticism at home and abroad. But his conservative government…
The Hill: China announced on Friday that it would impose retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s plans to raise tariff levels on Chinese goods, a move expected to further escalate trade tensions. The Chinese Ministry of Finance said it would impose tariffs upward of 25 percent on…
MEMO: Lebanese citizens launched a hashtag on Twitter calling for Egypt to release a female Lebanese national who was sentenced to eight years, Al-Mesryoon reported yesterday. An Egyptian court sentenced Lebanese Mona Al-Madbouh to eight years over claims that she insulted Egyptians and published immodest videos on social media. The Arabic hashtag, “Return Muna to…