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UK-headquartered and AIM-listed upstream oil and gas company Afentra has wrapped up its first operated offshore campaign on Block 3/24, supporting the maturation of three hydrocarbon discoveries toward a final investment decision (FID). FSO Palanca deployed at Block 3/05; Source: Stapem Offshore Afentra’s first operated offshore campaign on Block 3/24 enabled the inspection of the Palanca NE, Golungo-1, Quissama-1, and Quissama-2 subsea wellheads, acquiring video, measurement, and well integrity data to support the ongoing technical evaluation of the Golungo-Palanca NE-Quissama (GPQ) development, containing three of the ten discoveries identified on the block. The company emphasizes that no hydrocarbon leakage or seepage…

The wildfire that began on protected heathland in the New Forest in Hampshire on Sunday was reported to be under control on Tuesday. But with temperatures forecast to reach 36C or higher in parts of England on Thursday, the risk of further outbreaks remains high. Firefighters responded to 185 wildfires in the first 10 days of August. In coastal Suffolk, conservationists and locals are counting the cost of the blaze that devastated Dunwich Heath. Its vegetation and rare bird populations are expected to take decades to recover.Although the immediate cause of many wildfires is litter, the risks are elevated by…

Claim: U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee from Michigan, said he believes America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Rating: Context There is no evidence El-Sayed said the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks. Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who campaigned for El-Sayed in 2026, expressed the sentiment in 2019. A rumor spread online in August 2026 that Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, said he believed America deserved the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.  El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, relayed the claim on his official X account. On Aug. 6, 2026, he posted a video of himself saying,…

Six people have been killed and 10 injured in strikes by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on a cargo ship in the Red Sea, the internationally recognised government of Yemen has said.The transport ministry said the vessel was hit with three ballistic missiles, south of the port of Mocha, causing a fire on board and resulting in the deaths of four crew – three Pakistanis and one Indonesian. Yemen’s coastguard later said a second deadly missile strike targeted rescuers who tried to evacuate the ship. The Houthis said they hit a ship carrying Saudi military equipment. It appears to be the first…

During five intense days last month, Iran launched waves of drones and missiles at U.S. troops on three bases in Jordan, hoping to break through the formidable American air defenses.Using advanced missiles that can suddenly change course, Iran pummeled the bases’ defensive systems, forcing the Americans to burn through scarce supplies of Patriot interceptors.On the fifth day, the Iranians broke through.A missile struck prefabricated housing units at one of the bases on July 17, killing three U.S. soldiers and wounding more than 100. Pentagon officials later acknowledged that scores of other troops were injured and several aircraft damaged in attacks…

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect attention from his own financial affairs after issuing a legal threat to the Guardian.In a letter sent from his lawyers, a Guardian correspondent was singled out for her reporting on a series of Tice’s financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency.Tice is now suing the NCA, claiming that the information could only have come from an officer within the agency.In a separate letter to the Guardian, Tice’s lawyers made clear they would be seeking disclosure of documents…

The FBI is warning that cybercriminals are hacking into the social media accounts of adults and children to steal their intimate explicit images and videos. The perpetrators rely largely on social engineering tactics to target people, the alert said, and victims are often extorted, or their stolen content published online. “Victims often face re-victimization through harassment, sextortion, stalking or other targeted attacks, such as advertising stolen content on a victim’s own social media page,” the FBI wrote. These types of crimes have been known for years. But the FBI’s public alert could indicate that these incidents are now on the…

Cisco is warning that a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Secure Firewall ASA and Threat Defense (FTD) software is being actively exploited in attacks to remotely crash affected devices. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20349, has a severity score of 8.6 and impacts devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) or Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software with certain remote access services enabled. In a security advisory published today, Cisco said the vulnerability is caused by insufficient error checking while processing HTTP requests. “An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the Remote Access SSL…

Casa CEO Nick Neuman pointed to onchain data from the recent Coldcard firmware exploit as evidence that self-custody strengthens Bitcoin’s resilience as an asset class. In an X post on Aug. 9, Neuman cited figures showing that in the days after the Coldcard hack, where approximately 2.1k BTC was stolen, 22k BTC moved to exchanges and 233k BTC left long-term holder wallets in on-chain transactions, according to data by Checkonchain. “The onchain metrics around the Coldcard incident reinforce how important self-custody is to the resilience of Bitcoin as an asset class,” Neuman wrote. DATA BY CHECKONCHAIN Galaxy Research has tracked confirmed…

Strength training has long been seen as something you mainly do to build muscle or look good. But a new study adds to a growing body of evidence that shows lifting weights does far more than change how we look. It may help us live longer – even if you don’t spend hours each day in the gym. The study drew on three long-running US studies that followed nearly 150,000 nurses and other health professionals for up to 30 years. Every couple of years, participants reported how much time they spent on strength training and aerobic exercise such as walking,…