News Round Up – August 2023

Ukraine News

01 Aug: Russia should expect more drone attacks on its soil after latest Moscow strike, Ukraine warns

02 Aug: Russia strikes port near Romania in blow to Ukraine’s grain exports

03 Aug: Ukraine says it launched July attack on bridge to Crimea

04 Aug: Ukraine’s invisible battle to jam Russian weapons

05 Aug: Ukrainian drones hit sanctioned Russian tanker in second sea attack in a day

07 Aug: Ukraine detains woman over alleged plot to attack Zelenskyy

08 Aug: Largest Ever UK Action Targets Putin’s Access to Foreign Military Supplies

09 Aug: One Killed, Dozens Injured After Powerful Blast Hits Optical Plant Outside Moscow

10 Aug: Ukraine orders evacuation of northeastern city of Kupyansk as Russia claims advances

12 Aug: Russia says it shot down Ukrainian missiles over key Crimea bridge

15 Aug: Ukraine war: Three killed after blasts in Lutsk and Lviv

16 Aug: Russia’s new tactic for cutting off Ukraine’s grain

18 Aug: Ukraine combat drone damages building in central Moscow, Russia says

22 Aug: Dramatic photos show moment after Ukrainian drone reportedly destroyed Russian supersonic bomber

23 Aug: UK backs nuclear fuel supply for Ukraine as Shapps visits Kyiv

24 Aug: Top Russian general who vanished after Wagner rebellion fired as head of aerospace forces

24 Aug: Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash

30 Aug: Russia sees biggest drone assault on its own territory since invading Ukraine, as Kyiv strikes back through the skies.

31 Aug: Ukraine’s months-long counteroffensive at the crossroads

31 Aug: Ukraine claims it damaged prized Russian jets using ‘cardboard’ drones from Australia in a daring raid

News

01 Aug: U.S. restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders over security concerns

02 Aug: China replaces nuclear force leadership in surprise shake-up

04 Aug: 2 US Navy sailors charged with providing sensitive military information to China

05 Aug: William Prate charged after explosion on new Skelmanthorpe housing estate

08 Aug: NHS flu jabs and Covid boosters axed for under 65s this winter

08 Aug: ‘Viable device’ found during west Belfast security alert

08 Aug: Germany arrests military aide suspected of spying for Russia

09 Aug: New covid-19 variant, Eris, detected in Ireland

10 Aug: Covid has not gone away warn health bosses

11 Aug: At least 20 Syrian soldiers killed in ISIL ambush

14 Aug: RAF Typhoon jets intercept Russian bombers flying north of Scotland

15 Aug: Three Bulgarians suspected of spying for Russia charged in UK

17 Aug: Canadian woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for sending ricin letter to Trump

17 Aug: Sydney: Radioactive material found in Arncliffe apartment, testing finds no evidence of exposure

18 Aug: A new Covid variant is on the rise – how worried should we be?

18 Aug: Businessman guilty of Gray’s Inn bomb plot amid £1.4m legal wrangle

19 Aug: China launches military drills around Taiwan in angry response to VP’s U.S. trip

20 Aug: Sudan conflict: Black market AK-47s flood Sudan’s capital

22 Aug: 3 dead after drinking milkshakes tied to a listeria outbreak in Washington state

23 Aug: How a Chinese spy reportedly used LinkedIn to target UK officials for state secrets

24 Aug: Japan begins releasing Fukushima’s treated radioactive water into Pacific, prompting strong rebuke from China.

25 Aug: Most wanted terrorist killed, says Mozambique

25 Aug: Coventry PhD student plotted to use 3D printer to make drone that could drop chemical weapons for Islamic State, court told

28 Aug: Andy Foster: Two men charged with murder over suspected ammonia attack

28 Aug: Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery

30 Aug: ‘Unpleasant smell’ at bank leaves man hospitalised and nine others ill

30 Aug: Death toll in Legionnaires’ outbreak in Polish town of Rzeszow rises to 14

30 Aug: US Warns of Possible Russia-North Korea Arms Deal

31 Aug: Ex-GCHQ worker admits attempting to murder US spy outside leisure centre

31 Aug: North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea and rehearsed occupation of its rival

Technology

31 Jul: Researchers Discover Method to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance

31 Jul: Scientists develop breath test that rapidly detects COVID-19 virus

02 Aug: Novel Molecules Fight Viruses by Bursting Their Bubble-like Membranes

03 Aug: AFRL AI agents successfully pilot XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed jet aircraft

03 Aug: New research published in Science highlights potential of a naturally occurring bacterium to help eradicate malaria

07 Aug: New vaccine research centre in UK to help scientists prepare for ‘disease X’

09 Aug: Synthetic Antibiotic Could Be Effective Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs

11 Aug: Common bacteria are already developing resistance to new antibiotics

11 Aug: Mosquito hearing could be targeted by insecticides

16 Aug: Department of the Air Force selects JetZero to develop blended wing body aircraft prototype

22 Aug: New antibiotic from microbial ‘dark matter’ could be powerful weapon against superbugs

24 Aug: On the warpath: AI’s role in the defence industry

24 Aug: Northrop Grumman Delivers Mini Laser to U.S. Government

30 Aug: Titanium micro-spikes skewer resistant superbugs

30 Aug: Wild Pigs in Germany Are Mysteriously Radioactive, And We Finally Know Why

31 Aug: Clotting proteins linked to Long Covid’s brain fog

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