World News Roundup — August 10, 2026 (NOON)
A Ukrainian drone strike on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Tatarstan republic killed at least 13 people — the deepest such attack of the war — while Typhoon Dolphin pushed one million people out of their homes along China’s eastern seaboard. A morning earthquake shook Colombia’s Pacific coast, Taiwan rehearsed a Chinese invasion in its largest military drills of the year, and the Copernicus monitor confirmed June and July as the hottest months ever recorded across Western Europe. Below the fold: Trump’s Gulf-linked real-estate licensing business clears $59.5 million, and Meta open-sources its most powerful AI model.
Europe & Russia
Ukraine’s deepest drone strike kills 13 in Russia’s Tatarstan. A Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk — roughly 1,300 km from the front line — killed at least 13 people and prompted a day of mourning in Tatarstan. The strike hit one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes, marking a sharp escalation in Kyiv’s campaign against energy and industrial assets deep inside Russia. Tatarstan’s governor said emergency services were still working through the rubble and warned the toll could rise.
June and July hottest on record in Western Europe. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed that June and July were the hottest months ever recorded in Western Europe, with historically low rainfall worsening drought and fuelling wildfires from Iberia to the Balkans. The agency warned that the heat dome pattern is now consistent with the upper end of climate-model projections for the 2030s, not the 2050s.
Asia & Pacific
Typhoon Dolphin drives one million from homes in east China. Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China’s eastern coast on Monday, prompting authorities to evacuate more than one million people and ground hundreds of flights as flood and landslide warnings spread inland. The storm — the strongest to hit China this year — knocked out power to coastal towns and forced the suspension of high-speed rail services between Shanghai and Hangzhou.
Taiwan stages invasion-rehearsal military drills. Taiwan launched its largest military exercises of the year, focused on repelling a Chinese amphibious invasion, with reservists mobilised and civilian shelters tested in coastal counties. The drills follow a string of intrusions by Chinese warplanes and naval vessels into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone and come ahead of an expected visit by a senior U.S. defence official.
Americas
Earthquake on Colombia’s Pacific coast causes injuries and damage. A morning earthquake struck Colombia’s Pacific coast, shaking the capital Bogotá and sending residents streaming into the streets as far away as the Venezuelan border. Witnesses reported cracked walls and partial collapses in older buildings in Cali and Popayán; authorities said injuries were mostly minor but warned of aftershocks through the evening.
Trump’s foreign licensing business clears $59.5 million from Gulf developers. New financial disclosures show President Trump booked $59.5 million in foreign real-estate licensing fees over the past year, with nearly two-thirds coming from two Gulf developers — one in the UAE and one in Qatar — including a partner pursuing a $20 billion U.S. expansion. Ethics experts said the scale of the Gulf-linked fees, on top of domestic licensing, makes this the most lucrative foreign-licensing year of Trump’s post-presidency business.
In Brief
Meta open-sources its most powerful AI model. Meta launched Muse Glimmer and said it would release the weights for Muse Spark 1.2, its most capable model to date, in a direct challenge to OpenAI and Anthropic’s closed systems. The release lands a week after a string of AI-cyberattacks on those same labs and a coordinated push from U.S. lawmakers demanding testimony on frontier-model security. CNBC
Berkshire deploys Buffett’s cash hoard as earnings beat. Berkshire Hathaway reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, authorised a fresh multi-billion buyback, and CEO Greg Abel began deploying the cash pile his predecessor had built up — moves that lifted shares but drew fresh scepticism from short-seller Michael Burry. CNBC CNBC
SpaceX stock rebounds to within a hair of its $135 IPO price. Shares in SpaceX recovered to trade near their $135 IPO reference after a volatile first week, as Argus upgraded the stock citing AI-driven upside from Musk’s xAI investments. CNBC
Intel plans $15 billion stock offering to fund AI build-out. Intel announced a $15 billion equity raise to accelerate its AI-chip manufacturing push as it tries to claw back share lost to Nvidia and AMD. CNBC
Sudan army repels RSF offensives in western Sudan. Sudan’s military said it had turned back a series of attacks by the RSF paramilitary in the strategically significant western region, in what analysts called the most significant shift in momentum since the civil war began. Al Jazeera
Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes in reduced third phase amid unrest. Voting was postponed in seven of eleven constituencies in the Poonch division as boycott calls and pre-election violence roiled Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s third phase of polling. Al Jazeera
Nigel Farage vows to deport foreign criminals from UK prisons. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage unveiled a hardline deportation platform targeting foreign-national prisoners, reigniting the immigration-versus-cost debate that has dominated British politics this summer. Al Jazeera
Jeff Bezos-led consortium nears deal for stake in Liverpool FC. A consortium led by Jeff Bezos is close to buying a stake in Liverpool FC at a roughly $5.9 billion valuation — one of the largest football-club valuations on record. Al Jazeera
OpenAI tightens controls on its newest model over cybersecurity fears. OpenAI added new safety restrictions to its most recent model after red-team testing flagged cyberattack-enabling capabilities, as U.S. House Democrats called on AI labs to testify about a wave of recent hacks. CNBC CNBC
Record Channel-arrival numbers despite a fall in crossings this year. A single small boat brought a record number of migrants to the English Channel in one go, even as Sky News data show overall 2026 crossings running below 2025’s pace. Sky
Roundup compiled from the TTRSS NEWS feed. 13 articles from 6 sources summarised; 51 Iran-conflict articles excluded for the dedicated Iran coverage.