Pizzato Pizza, a late night pizzeria nearby the Pentagon, has suddenly surged in traffic. As of 2:04am ET

UPDATE: Spain / Portugal / south of France blackout. Very likely half-a-day needed to fully restore electricity. Black start-able units will need to spin before others can be re-connected. Spanish generation is running at little more than 11 GW (and typical load is ~25 GW).

BREAKING: Massive -- really, massive -- electricity outage hits Spain, which large part of the country suffering blackouts (including Madrid and Barcelona). Data from Spain's national grid shows a lost of >10 GW of demand, from ~26GW to ~12GW in a few seconds. Reason unknonw.

Heute Abend gibt es ab 19:50 CET einen Bericht zu unserer Arbeit bei @mdrde "Einfach Genial". Online ist der Beitrag schon, schaut gerne mal rein (ab Minute 13): https://t.co/4hcfjsWz1S

#China suffered its first-ever deficit in #FDI in #Q3Direct (- $11.8 bi) with foreign companies on the mainland redirecting profits to more appealing investment destinations. The world changes fast, no doubt about it

(1/2) Worst April heat wave in Asian history ongoing in more than a dozen countries 44.0C in Pakistan,43.5C in India,43.4C at Lampang in Thailand,0.1C from its all time record,43.3C in Myanmar,41.7C in Bangladesh,42C in Central Asia. Also hottest day on records at Sayabouri,Laos.

If you haven't yet, come meet us at booth E15 at #DIHAD2023 to lern about #cooling vaccines off-grid with solar heat and water instead of electricity! @dihad @UNIDO @ItpoG

We are standing at one of the most bizarre crossroads in Macro I have seen in my career Everyone and their mother agrees that a recession is imminent (I do as well) and yet we need to discount the reopening of the second biggest economy in the world at the same time 3/n

Bro what the fuck the fish tank of my hotel just exploded in the middle of the night WHATS GOING ON. #radissonblu #Berlin #aquarium #Explosion

UPDATE: China military exercises are making ships think twice about heading into one of Taiwan’s most important ports 🇹🇼 🚢 Ships are dropping anchor at sea to avoid a drill zone located just outside Kaohsiung port, according to Drewry Maritime Advisors https://t.co/Gv4UwhVs0y

68 Chinese warplane, 13 warship sorties recorded around Taiwan: MND - Focus Taiwan https://t.co/u7dUeofuRJ

China announces eight countermeasures in response to Pelosi’s #Taiwan island visit.

On August 4, from morning to night, Chinese drones (BZK-005, TB-001, and speculated as UAV) flew around Japan's Sakishima Islands and Taiwan. The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) launched fighter jets in response to these flights.

On Aug. 4, Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced that China had launched nine ballistic missiles into the waters surrounding Japan and Taiwan. Five of them landed in Japan’s EEZ.

The AsiaBerlin Summit is back this September. It’s going to be 5 action-packed days (12-16th September) of learning, networking and fun. In 2022 we are going to be focusing on SDGs. See how we'll be covering them under five pillars.

The world faces a 50% chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.

The current extreme #heatwave in #Pakistan and #India as seen today, on the fourth intense hot day, by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 LST (Land Surface Temperature, not Air!). LST collected on April 29 shows max value exceeding 62°C/143°F. Gaps due to cloud/snow/nodata. #ClimateEmergency

💧We've crossed yet another #PlanetaryBoundary, now 06/10: Freshwater. Plants are suffering from water scarcity caused by human interference into the global water cycle. Whole ecosystems like the #Amazon are starting to partly dry off as a result.

It has been hot over India and the heatwave is forecast to continue, with severe impacts. A heatwave that would have been rare without climate change but is, like heatwaves around the world, much more common now & will become more & more so as long as we burn fossil fuels.