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Recycling

Ohio firefighters responding to explosions and a fire at Toledo industrial recycling business

By: Dave Collins And John Seewer, The Associated Press Posted: 5:51 AM CDT Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026 Last Modified: 2:13 PM CDT Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026 TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Explosions rocked an Ohio industrial recycling business early Tuesday, killing two workers and sparking a large fire, officials said. Read…

bubmagAugust 18, 2026

Pikachu

All the best Pokémon TCG deals in Best Buys 60th Anniversary Sale: Booster packs, sealed collections, and a Pikachu playmat

All the best Pokémon TCG deals in Best Buys 60th Anniversary Sale: Booster packs, sealed collections, and a Pikachu playmatRead More

bubmagAugust 18, 2026

Silk Road

Can China’s new Arctic sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?

China has announced a new shipping route through the Arctic Ocean, which could ease the way for global trade amid the Middle East crisis that has paralysed critical waterways, including the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on the edge of the Red Sea. Shipping companies have become increasingly interested in alternative trade…

bubmagAugust 18, 2026

Putin

VeriSilicon reports 91% first-half revenue growth as AI orders reach 90%

Chinese semiconductor design company VeriSilicon reported first-half revenue of RMB1.864 billion, up 91.37% year on year. Its orders on hand stood at RMB12.449 billion as of June 30. AI-computing-related orders accounted for about 90% of the new orders signed by the company this year, indicating that AI infrastructure has become…

bubmagAugust 18, 2026

Geely

Li Shufu steps down as Geely Automobile chairman

Li Shufu has stepped down as chairman and executive director of Geely Automobile Holdings, with An Conghui appointed as his successor. Li will remain chairman of Geely Holding Group and the controlling shareholder of Geely Automobile Holdings. The change separates Li’s group-level role from the day-to-day leadership of Geely’s listed…

bubmagAugust 18, 2026

Brasilia

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil after teen’s suicide

PUBLISHED : 18 Aug 2026 at 02:45 Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has ordered the US-based tech company to suspend livestreams on August 12. (Photo: AFP) BRASíLIA - Popular messaging platform Discord said Monday that it had complied with a Brazilian government order to suspend livestreaming and video calls…

bubmagAugust 17, 2026

Ukraine

Russian State Bank Fires Economist Who Warned Moscow Losing ‘War Of Attrition’

LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Russian state development bank VEB has fired its chief economist over remarks in which he said the country was falling behind the West and China and suffering mounting economic damage from the war in Ukraine, two sources familiar with the matter said. Andrei Klepach, one…

bubmagAugust 17, 2026

NOAA

FEMA and NOAA cuts leave builders out in the cold during hurricane season

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Shirleen Laubenthal is a senior vice president, environmental in the Atlanta office of EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants. Opinions are the author’s own. AEC firms are facing the 2026 hurricane season with less federal support for disaster preparedness…

bubmagAugust 17, 2026

Silk Road

How climate change created a new ‘Ice Silk Road’ in the Arctic

August 17, 2026 3 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm China plans to send container ships along Russia’s northern coast, reviving environmental concerns about the fragile polar region By Tom Metcalfe edited by Claire Cameron A Chinese shipowner is set to begin the first weekly container service through…

bubmagAugust 17, 2026

Ukraine

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld its decision to bar Russia's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from running in the September legislative elections, as dozens of party supporters were detained outside the court. Last week, the court removed Yabloko from the ballot, upholding a suit brought by a nationalist party, which…

bubmagAugust 17, 2026

Ohio firefighters responding to explosions and a fire at Toledo industrial recycling business

All the best Pokémon TCG deals in Best Buys 60th Anniversary Sale: Booster packs, sealed collections, and a Pikachu playmat

Can China’s new Arctic sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?

VeriSilicon reports 91% first-half revenue growth as AI orders reach 90%

Li Shufu steps down as Geely Automobile chairman

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil after teen’s suicide

Russian State Bank Fires Economist Who Warned Moscow Losing ‘War Of Attrition’

FEMA and NOAA cuts leave builders out in the cold during hurricane season

How climate change created a new ‘Ice Silk Road’ in the Arctic

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko

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