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From August 22 to 26, 2026, more than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries gathered in Beijing, China, for the second World Humanoid Robot Games. Over five action-packed days, these metallic athletes competed in 51 events. This was a big increase from the 2025 games. That year, about 500 robots competed in just 26 events....

On August 26, 2026, a huge glacier on Langtang Lirung, a mountain in the Himalayas, collapsed. It sent a massive surge of ice, rock, and water into Nepal's Trishuli River system. Within minutes, entire villages in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot Districts were swept away....

On August 10, 2026, a powerful earthquake shook western Colombia. The magnitude 7.4 tremor was the largest recorded in the country this century. It was felt across neighboring Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela....

Tako, the piano-playing octopus, has retired. His owner, Swedish YouTuber Mattias Krantz, announced the news in March 2026. It marked the end of an extraordinary experiment that captured the attention of millions....