Global sales of battery electric and plug in hybrid vehicles reached 1.85 million units in July 2026, up 9% year over year, marking the fifth consecutive month of growth.
CVE 2026 55040 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) authentication bypass in SharePoint's JWT validation pipeline, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to forge tokens and impersonate any user, including administra...
In mid August 2026, Sudan's civil war reached a new inflection point: the RSF appointed governor of Kordofan defected to the army in a televised address, 21 RSF commanders and 270 fighters surrendered in the...
Sebastian Coe warned at the 2026 European Championships that politicians must be kept 'on the bus but not anywhere near the steering wheel' of sport, citing Donald Trump's direct intervention to overturn a U.S.
On August 15, 2026, South Korean President Lee Jae myung proposed formal talks among the two Koreas, the US, and China to replace the 1953 Armistice with a permanent peace treaty, linking a nuclear freeze to...
On August 15, 2026, Russia formally demanded that the U.S. and Turkey explain a reported plan to transfer 70 ATACMS missiles, 12 M270 launchers, 2,524 cluster rockets, and 47,000 howitzer rounds from Turkish...
A Russian Shahed type attack drone crashed in Romania's Tulcea County on August 14, 2026, after evading radar by flying at low altitude, sparking a fire but causing no casualties.
As of mid August 2026, the escalating naval conflict in the Black Sea has created a dual supply shock: a Ukrainian drone strike on Aug.
Since August 9, 2026, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes in Qusra, cutting water and electricity, trapping families — including a Palestinian American household — as the IDF delayed inter...
Demi Vollering won the 2026 Tour de France Femmes on August 9 with a decisive solo attack on the Col d'Èze, becoming the first rider — male or female — to win two editions of the race.
Iceland holds an advisory referendum on August 29, 2026, asking voters whether to resume EU accession negotiations frozen since 2013; the result is non binding but the government has committed to following i...
As of August 2026, over 20.07 million Bitcoin have been mined — 95.6% of the 21 million hard cap — but Binance founder Changpeng Zhao estimates that 10–20% of all mined BTC is permanently lost, reducing the...