A newly published analysis says heat-management software marked hundreds of Pakistani mobile towers as working even after their radios had gone silent. The researchers estimate 3.8 million people lost reliable service during a fierce July heatwave in Sindh.
A shutdown at a key import berth has cut Moroccan deliveries of household gas cylinders by a third, sending shoppers searching and informal prices soaring. Analysts warn that if supplies do not recover by Sunday, the squeeze could reach bakeries and small manufacturers next.
Japan’s chief scientist for a coastal monitoring network resigned on Wednesday after a newly detected slow-slip event advanced along the edge of the Nankai fault. His team says a major rupture could send waves up to 28 metres high onto parts of the Pacific coast, though officials stress that no one can predict whether or when a quake will strike.
A new Valencian licensing law forced 286 lorry drivers from an overnight freight yard near Valencia on Thursday, then a cabin-removal operation cut power to six refrigerated warehouses. Terminal operators say €3.2 million (about $3.8 million) of food was put at risk; officials say no one was injured.
A new scientific paper on 2,300-year-old Greek textiles has become the unlikely engine of an Athens fashion exhibition, where 46 gowns are being sold as a lost technology for catching light. The lead researcher says the clothes do not glow — but the show has already drawn 86,000 advance bookings.
A mistaken evacuation warning went to 8.6 million phones across Taiwan on Thursday, prompting calls for shelter from residents far beyond the rain-threatened east coast. Within hours, seven local leaders from rival parties announced a pact to challenge the central government’s control of emergency alerts.
A public inquiry in Kyiv has revealed that Ukraine’s western electricity network stayed stable through a major isolation test using a new AI system. The result has rapidly shifted a hearing on winter blackouts into a debate over how soon the country can help supply its neighbours.
A newly published study of emergency departments in three Mexican cities found that an automated triage system initially rated 1,276 urgent cases as low priority. The findings appeared after a court ordered the federal health ministry to release its safety evaluation before renewing the system’s contract.
A five-day strike at seven dyeing plants has brought the sharpest short-term fall in pollution ever recorded on a heavily monitored stretch of Turkey’s Ergene River. Researchers say the sudden improvement offers rare evidence of how much nearby industrial activity is affecting the water — and warn it could vanish when production resumes.
A baffling pitchside trick has interrupted a four-month fight over the future of a Nigerian football club’s home ground. Oyo Lanterns members have delayed a decision on a ₦4.8 billion lease after balls appeared to roll uphill towards the goal.
A new study says Thailand’s rainfall archive excluded hundreds of working gauges, concealing how often extreme downpours hit northern river basins. The researchers warn that billions of baht in drainage and flood-control plans may rest on rainfall estimates that are too low.
A pump failure at a citrus-processing plant has cut Portugal’s limonene reserves to six days, tightening supplies of a versatile orange-peel ingredient used in cleaners, coatings and fragrances. Analysts say the squeeze exposes how a small interruption in Europe’s by-product trade can leave manufacturers scrambling for alternatives.