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The Italian Grand Prix takes place this weekend at Monza, arguably the most historic venue on the calendar. Monza has hosted Formula 1 races more times than any other circuit, staging grands prix in all but one year since the inaugural season in 1950. Ferrari's Giuseppe Farina (nearest the camera), Maserati's Juan Manuel Fangio and Ferrari's Alberto Ascari, on the far side, line up before the start of the 1953 race. These three men shared the first eight Formula 1 world championships.   https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/ckg8w8qj5z9o Valets viktigaste fråga präglas av felaktig information I en medievärld där vetenskap reduceras till åsikter och konkurrerar med sociala mediers ekokammare behöver Sverige ett nationellt informationsunderlag om klimatkrisen, skriver Johan Rockström, chef för Potsdaminstitutet för klimatforskning (PIK). DI  26 augusti 2026 https://www.di.se/debatt/valets-viktigaste-fraga-praglas-av-felaktig-information/   Europe; Record heat with...

  The southern US faces temperatures as high as 46C this week as forecasters warn of “dangerous record-breaking” heat for tens of millions of people. A high-pressure system known as a heat dome is sitting over the Southwest and south-central parts of the country, acting like a lid that prevents heat from escaping into the atmosphere. https://www.ft.com/content/ab090526-171c-4e85-b70b-65999fdc5c43?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Det som sker nu är inte normalt. Vi har gått in i vad som ser ut att bli den kraftfullaste El Niño som vi som lever nu har varit med om. De indikatorer som forskarna använder för att mäta kraften i klimatfenomenet är just nu ”off the charts”. Den amerikanska motsvarigheten till SMHI, NOAA, bedömer i  sin senaste uppdatering att risken för en ”mycket stark” El Niño – den högsta nivån på skalan – är 90 procent. Förra veckan gick den brittiska motsvarigheten Met Office ut med en ännu kraftfullare varning. ”Vi måste vara på det klara med att detta är något som vi aldrig ha...

Could Japan bring down the world economy? Japan’s vast hoard of financial assets means that problems in its economy can reverberate across the globe. What caused this mess? Is America right to intervene? And could Japan cause a crisis in the global financial system?   The Economist Recorded on Aug 14th · 41 min https://www.economist.com/insider/inside-economics/could-japan-bring-down-the-world-economy Elections in Ukraine?  Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has launched a sweeping political broadside against Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warning the president that rampant corruption is undermining the country’s ability to fight Russia and calling for extraordinary wartime elections. Financial Times 18 August 2026 https://www.ft.com/content/7bf79169-f84f-44a2-b64d-c1a3d1fb7d08?syn-25a6b1a6=1 The popular former Ukrainian defense minister, whose firing by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy triggered nationwide protests, strongly hinted at his political ambitions with a la...

  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-it-pays-to-stay-invested-no-amount-of-bad-news-could-stop-the-stock-markets-strongest-run-in-more-than-25-years-54ba3f8a Tunga techfall på Wall Street – Klarna rasade 23 procent De ledande indexen på Wall Street stängde på rött för tredje handelsdagen i rad när inflationsoro kylde ner riskaptiten. https://www.di.se/live/tunga-techfall-pa-wall-street-klarna-rasade/ The rise in the US is part of a broader global shift as investors demand more compensation to protect against the risk of persistently high inflation that’s likely to keep short-term interest rates elevated. The movement is also being fueled by a ramp-up of corporate borrowing to fund the artificial-intelligence investment boom and waning demand from traditional buyers of long-dated bonds. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/us-bond-selloff-drives-30-year-yields-to-the-highest-since-2007 Global Bond Slump Sends Long-Term Borrowing Costs to Highest in Decades https://w...

När jag gick i nian fick vi se en film i skolan om klimatkrisen. Jag hade nyss fyllt femton och blivit lite samhällsintresserad. Vidden av klimatkrisen hade jag dock inte förstått innan läraren släckte ner klassrummet och satte på projektorn. På duken visades en liten ensam isbjörn på ett drivande isflak. Glaciärer som kalvade och enorma isblock som rasade ner i havet. Skogar i lågor med flera meter höga eldväggar. Döda träd som sträckte sig mot himlen. Scenerna ackompanjerades av dramatisk musik och experter som förkunnade att slutet var nära. Jag uppfattade två budskap. Det ena var att vi måste göra något nu. Det andra var att det förmodligen redan var för sent. Tankarna for i huvudet. Å ena sidan: Det här kan omöjligt vara sant, för i så fall skulle jag redan ha vetat om det. Det skulle vara det enda människor pratade om. Å andra sidan: Varför skulle skolan visa en film om något som inte var sant? Varför skulle experter säga något som inte stämde? När jag försökte prata med mina vän...

Even now, when weather records are being broken, when climate change is demonstrably here, not in the future, we seem frozen.  We still go about our carbon-greedy lives: snapping up the last air-conditioning unit, booking another flight, seeking solace in the pathetic fallacy of recycling things we maybe didn’t need at all. It’s not that we don’t care. Multiple studies across the world find the majority of people now take climate change very seriously. But the scale of the thing can mire us in apathy. Shouting “fire” doesn’t work. I’ve learnt from experience that doom-mongering leads people either to turn away or become overwhelmed by the scale of the problem. Camilla Cavendish Financial Times 15 August 2026 https://www.ft.com/content/63a28eea-9d73-487b-bb46-34530e215fce?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Climate action does not seem to be a priority for the German government — despite record temperatures, heat-related deaths and drought. Why aren't more people taking to the streets in protest? https:...

Extremely high temperatures of over 35 C  forecast for France, Spain and Italy. Millions of people across Europe on Wednesday were set for more extreme heat, as yet another heat wave descends on the world's fastest-warming continent. In France, Italy and Spain, some 92 million people are expected to swelter in temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday. Some 300 million people — more than half Europe's population — will see temperatures pass 30 C. The German Weather Service has forecast highs on Wednesday of 34 C.  Temperatures are set to climb to 37 C on Thursday and as high as 39 C by Friday for much of western and southern Germany. Deutsche Welle 12 August 2026  https://www.dw.com/en/europe-braces-for-next-heat-wave/a-78334723 Warning for extreme heat will come into effect across a large swathe of the UK on Thursday, with temperatures set to soar as high as 38C  BBC 13 August 2026 https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/ce85pj0e20p...

  Tehran’s demands for a full reopening of Hormuz include the US lifting its naval blockade on Iranian ports, the release of frozen assets and compensation for war damages. It has also called for a permanent end to attacks on groups it backs in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Gaza. “I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts,” Trump wrote on social media.  “Additionally, compensation should be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protestors that Iran has killed over the last 50 years.” Shortly after his post, Trump added that Iran should also be held responsible for deaths and damage from conflicts in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza, where Tehran-backed militant groups operate. Bloomberg 11 August 2026 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-11/trump-hardens-stance-iran-clouding-hopes-hormuz-deal Stockholmsbörsen går mot en avvaktande öppni...