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ABC News turned down Vice President Kamala Harris' last-minute effort to alter the rules for her upcoming debate with former President Donald Trump. The request involved keeping both candidates' microphones unmuted throughout the 90-minute debate scheduled for September 10. Republicans viewed this as an attempt by Harris to gain an advantage, which led to days of back-and-forth discussions between the two campaigns, as per the reports of the New York Post.

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Japan's Defense Ministry Friday sought a record 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China's increasing threat, while focusing on unmanned weapons and AI to make up for the declining number of servicemembers as a result of the country's shrinking population. The ministry's request for 2025 marks the third year of Japan's rapid five-year military buildup plan under the government's ongoing security strategy. Japan aims to spend 43 trillion yen ($297 billion) through 2027 to double its annual military spending to around 10 trillion yen, making it the world's third-largest military spender after the United States and China. The budget request was approved at the Defense Ministry meeting Friday ahead of a submission to the Finance Ministry for negotiations through December.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India refuted allegations from a CNN report that suggested India's involvement in the recent flood situation in Bangladesh. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal criticized the report, calling its narrative «misleading» and «factually not correct.» The MEA maintained that excessive rainfall, rather than any actions taken by India, was responsible for the flooding. «We have seen the CNN report on the flood situation in Bangladesh. Its narrative is misleading and suggests that India is somehow responsible for the floods. This is factually not correct and ignores the facts mentioned in the press releases issued by the Government of India clarifying the situation,» Jaiswal said. Jaiswal also criticized the CNN report for ignoring the existing communication between India and Bangladesh regarding water resources management.

heavy rains and strong winds this week, raising the risk of floods and threatening the crops that are just weeks away from harvesting. Saurashtra and Kachchh regions of the western state of Gujarat will receive heavy precipitation for three days through Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department. A deep depression in the coastal parts may intensify into a cyclone on Friday, causing the wind speed to surge to as high as 85 kilometers (53 miles) per hour, it said in a bulletin Thursday. Any severe damage to cotton plants could put pressure on the South Asian nation to increase overseas purchases, potentially underpinning global prices of cotton that have slumped almost 15% this year. A likely drop in production of peanuts could tighten supplies of the commodity in the country that imports about 60% of its vegetable oil needs.

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Maryland transportation leaders have approved a contract for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after it collapsed under the impact of a wayward container ship

Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia's capital entered a seventh day on Thursday, with the operation hampered by strong undercurrent flows and worries about oil instability after a second sinkhole emerged nearby. Vijaya Lakshmi Gali, 48, was walking along a road in the Dang Wangi area in Kuala Lumpur on August 23 when the pavement beneath her suddenly collapsed. She plunged into the 8-metre-deep (26-foot-deep) sinkhole and disappeared. Rescuers have found no trace of her so far except her slippers. The search operation has involved flushing through portions of the drain system, using high-pressure water jets and excavators to remove debris, tracker dogs as well as remote cameras and ground penetrating radars to map inaccessible areas. Nor Hisham Mohammad, deputy director of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, said the search will continue. He said scuba divers may be sent into the sewage tunnel to check on an obstacle that was detected if conditions are safe. Two divers entered early Thursday but it was too dangerous and they were pulled out before they could reach the obstacle.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee remarking that Assam will burn, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked how she dared to threaten the state. West Bengal is witnessing protests over rape-murder of RG Kar doctor in Kolkata. “Didi, how dare you threaten Assam? Don't show us red eyes. Don't even try to burn India with your politics of failure,” said Sarma in a post on X.

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Both funds closed on 8 August, and had become too small to be commercially viable, the firm told shareholders in two respective letters. Regarding the China A Share Equity fund, abrdn said the vehicle had experienced outflows and a «gradual decline» in its net asset value down to around £8.2m as of 29 February. This had fallen further to £5.7m as at 31 July, according to the fund's factsheet.  Fidelity closes UK-domiciled Sustainable Water & Waste fund after less than five years «Small funds face a number of operating difficulties as they are unable to benefit from economies of ...

Panama Canal is lifting restrictions that caused a global shipping bottleneck as water levels normalize after a severe drought. The Panama Canal Authority increased the draft in the waterway to a maximum 50 feet and will allow 36 vessels a day to transit after recent rains lifted water levels at an artificial lake that forms part of the canal system, administrator Ricaurte Vasquez told reporters Monday. The agency expects rains to continue through November, further lifting water levels, he said. The canal handles about 3% of global maritime trade volumes under normal circumstances, and 46% of containers moving from Northeast Asia to the US East Coast. The channel is Panama’s biggest source of revenue, bringing in nearly $5 billion last year.

Mars. The six-wheeled rover has spent the last 3 1/2 years roaming around the bottom of a crater. On Tuesday, it began climbing to the top. The rover will go up 1,000 feet (305 meters) to the rim of Jezero Crater to dig up rock samples. Since landing on the red planet in 2021, Perseverance has collected 22 rock core samples from the floor of the crater, which was once filled with water. The rover's samples may help scientists piece together what the planet's climate looked like billions of years ago — and learn whether any ancient Martian life lurked. NASA is exploring ways to bring the rock samples to Earth.

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Nagarjuna, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said his government would not spare those who encroached upon lakes and also crack down on such activities even if they are influential in the society. Speaking at a function by the Hare Krishna Movement, Reddy said he would follow the preaching of Lord Krishna which proclaims that for the good of the people, one should follow Dharma in order to defeat Adharma through a fight. Officials of Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), GHMC, Town planning, irrigation and revenue departments on Saturday removed encroachments in the Full Tank Level of the / Buffer zones of Tammidikunta lake and amongst the many structures removed, N- Convention co-owned by Nagarjuna was also one of the unauthorised structures. The N-Convention is built in the FTL / Buffer zone and has no building permission whatsoever, a government release said. «That is the reason despite pressures, though ( some of our) friends have farmhouses, the HYDRAA was created ( for protecting lakes and government properties). I want to do some good to the people as part of that. The sole objective is to liberate these lakes from the encroachers. We will crush encroachments with an iron hand. Though there are pressures, we will not go back and we will remove those encroachments,» the CM asserted.

Conservationists say regulators failed to properly assess water supply impacts.

finance department of orchestrating a scheme to withhold funds from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), resulting in a critical shortage of manpower and equipment necessary for sewer line maintenance and repairs. Atishi alleges that since the beginning of the 2023-24 fiscal year, the finance department has been creating «unnecessary» obstacles and generating an "artificial financial crisis." Documents reviewed by the Times of India reveal that the release of funds allocated for this fiscal year has not adhered to the scheduled timeline, severely impacting the water utility's operations.

The energy transition challenge, often presented as a singular issue of greening our energy sources, is far from a one-dimensional problem. As with all public policy situations, the challenge is not amenable to a well-defined problem statement or an elegantly crafted solution. Two recent stories underscored the complexity of the task at hand.