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  • Aug 4

    France records its hottest month ever as July 2026 hits 24.9°C average, surpassing the deadly 2003 heatwave

    Météo-France confirmed July 2026 reached an average temperature of 24.9°C, edging past August 2003 and leaving surface soils as dry as they have ever been, matching the record set in August 2022.

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Tokyo lifts rates to 1.25%

Poland scrambles jets as central banks tighten and oil shocks squeeze Europe

The past 12 hours brought a familiar mix of hard power and household arithmetic. Poland treated Russian strikes near Ukraine's border as a NATO problem, Japan lifted rates, and Saudi pipeline damage pushed European refiners into the spot market.

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  • Trump threatens media White House ban

    Announces plans to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House press corps, citing allegations of false reporting.

  • Cuba nationwide power grid collapse

    Suffers a total collapse across the island, leaving approximately 9 million people without electricity following a failure reported by the energy ministry.

  • Drone hits Kursk nuclear plant cooling tower

    IAEA reports a drone struck a cooling tower at the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia, with officials reporting no change in radiation levels.

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The US under Trump: second term

No new discrete events this cycle; findings reiterate the troop-review presentation and tariff threats already recorded in the chronicle.

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