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Monday, September 28, 2026
WindDaily Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)

Windmills of change: Dutch raise mill in rare operation

The Waardenburg windmill -- a rare hexagonal mill still grinding grain today -- has graced the banks of the Waal on the Rhine delta for 250 years and is a listed monument in the Netherlands. But a nearby dyke has been ra...

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WindDaily Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
From coal pits to wind turbines, Polish miners rise to the occasion

From the top of a wind turbine nearly 100 metres above the ground, Grzegorz Witek, a coal miner, gazes at the horizon.

WindDaily May 01, 2026 (SPX)
Princeton Study Maps Raw Material Risks as Drone and Robot Output Scales Toward Millions of Units

Researchers estimate commercial drone production could scale by up to 10 times by the late 2030s, while output of humanoid and qua...

WindDaily Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Desert Renewable Grids Built To Survive Extreme Heat And Calm

Growing interest in transitioning from fossil-fueled electricity to locally powered renewable grids has prompted communities such ...

FiscalDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Scandal-weary Brazilians to vote as Lula faces Bolsonaro son

Jaded by a dizzying array of scandals, Brazilians vote Sunday in a nail-biter election pitting leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula ...

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WindDaily WINDDAILY Apr 20, 2026 (AFP)
UK to accelerate clean energy drive amid Mideast war

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will use a speech later in the day to expand on the proposed measures, which include "driving forward plans to massively expand renewables" on governme...

WindDaily SOLAR Apr 16, 2026 (SPX)
Molecular Lock Design Pushes Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Past 26 Percent

To achieve record efficiencies, scientists typically use self-assembled monolayers, or SAMs, just one molecule thick to extract positive charges from the perovskite layer. However,...

WindDaily TECH SPACE Apr 03, 2026 (AFP)
'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface

Whitish ore, rich in copper and silver, is extracted from the country's depths and exported around the world to fuel technological and energy transitions. "These are the metals of ...

DisasterDay MILITARY Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Myanmar military airstrike kills 33 in market area

A military airstrike on a market in western Myanmar killed 33 people on Monday and wounded 36 more, a rebel faction which controls the area said in a statement.

DisasterDay NATURALDISASTERS Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Tolls mount in Thailand, Myanmar floods

Heavy rains have killed eight people in Thailand since mid-September, the government said Monday as Bangkok battled flooding for a fourth consecutive day, with at least eight more ...

DisasterDay NATURALDISASTERS Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Eight dead in Thailand floods since mid-September

Eight people have died in flooding in Thailand since September 16, although none in the capital Bangkok which declared a disaster this weekend following heavy rains, the government...

PolicyDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi defence minister invites Emirati VP to visit: state media

Saudi Arabia's defence minister invited the UAE's Vice President Mansour bin Zayed to visit the kingdom on Tue...

RoboDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
AMD buys firm founded by AI 'godmother' Fei-Fei Li

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday it has acquired World Labs, an artificial intelligence comp...

RadarDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Poland to allow fighter pilots to shoot down foreign aircraft: minister

Poland will allow its fighter planes and helicopters to shoot down foreign aircraft detected by radar under sp...

PolicyDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanon PM pushes for further implementation of Israel deal in Rubio meeting

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday called for the further implementation of a framework agreement w...