🇨🇳🇪🇺 Beijing warns EU after China firms included in Russia sanctions — all consequences would be borne by the EU.

Beijing said the EU’s move runs counter to the consensus reached by the two sides, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce. China argues the sanctions undermine political commitments that underpin China‑EU relations.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea.

Belousov ​is due to hold talks with North Korea's top leadership and senior military officials. Vladimir Putin said earlier he was ​confident the two countries would continue ​to ⁠strengthen their strategic partnership.

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🕵🏼‍♂️🇨🇦 Mobile SMS blasters in vehicles prowled Canadian streets, causing 13 million network disruptions and infiltrating tens of thousands of devices.

Toronto police arrested three people involved in an SMS blaster scheme, in which the suspects drove around downtown Toronto with the devices running in the backs of their cars. These appliances mimic cell sites, intercept phone signals, and are used to send fraudulent text messages.

It recorded 13 million network disruptions. Affect devices were restricted from accessing legitimate cellular networks and emergency services such as 911.

This is the first-of-its-kind operation in Canada, and that the threat had ceased once the operation was broken up. Still, the authorities warned that people should remain vigilant, as they can still receive fraudulent texts via traditional channels.

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🇺🇸 Wisconsin data centers to pay full energy costs under new rate

Wisconsin's Public Service Commission approved a new energy rate, requiring data centers to pay 100% of their energy costs to prevent residents from facing increased bills as We Energies prepares to add massive amounts of power to its grid.

"This is a significant and consequential tariff docket unlike anything the commission has seen before," — PSC Chair Summer Strand said.

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🇨🇳China Formalizes Labor Rules for Gig Workers on Online Platforms

China formalized its first comprehensive policy framework for “new employment groups,” including delivery riders and livestreamers, signaling a shift from ad-hoc regulation to normalization of the platform economy.

The guidance calls for standardized contracts, fair pay and stronger labor protections, according to a mandate issued by the CPC Central Committee General Office and the State Council. It sets a target of broadly standardizing labor practices by 2027.

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🇨🇦 Canadian Province of Manitoba Says It Will Ban Social Media, AI For Youth

The Canadian province of Manitoba plans to prohibit young people from accessing social media and AI chatbots. Wab Kinew, the premier of the region of 1.5 million people located north of North Dakota, announced the policy during a speech.

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🛰 SpaceX flies 25 Starlink satellites to orbit on its 50th Falcon 9 launch of the year

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🇨🇳 Chinese-led team creates self-propelling material for uranium extraction from seawater

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have engineered a light-driven micromotor capable of navigating water and actively capturing uranium ions, marking a step forward in advanced materials for resource extraction.

Developed at its Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, the system is based on a metal-organic framework (MOF) that converts light into motion, allowing it to function as a self-propelling collector at the microscale. Uranium remains the critical fuel for nuclear reactors, and despite an estimated 4.5 billion tonnes dissolved in seawater, its extremely low concentration has long made extraction technically complex and economically unviable.

Further refinement is ongoing, emphasizing that translating the system into real-world applications will require sustained research and engineering improvements.

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🇩🇪 New solar panels that imitate roof tiles can retain around 95% of their power

German researchers have developed a technique for applying realistic designs to photovoltaic (PV) modules that allow them to imitate roof tiles, and blend more seamlessly into buildings. The new method, called ShadeCut, was invented by a research team at Freiburg’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

It enables complex visual patterns while also retaining approximately 95% of the power output of an uncoated module. The novel approach builds on the institute’s MorphoColor technology, a bio-inspired coating for solar panels. Such adaptability could help expand the role of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), where solar panels are used directly into the structure of a building rather than just mounted on top.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in St Petersburg for high-level discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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🇺🇸 Trump posts a new idea on Truth Social.

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