News for July 31, 2025

The US Energy Department said a radioactive wasp nest was found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, but there was no sign of a leak or risk to the public.

The US, under Marco Rubio’s State Department, said it will sanction the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organisation over their handling of the conflict with Israel.

Cutbacks in humanitarian aid in north-east Nigeria are leaving many people short of food and medicine, and aid workers warn this could help Boko Haram recruit more fighters.

Russia said it captured the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar while also launching a deadly drone and missile attack on Kyiv, but Ukraine denied the town had fully fallen and said fighting was still underway.

Nvidia is facing new scrutiny in China over possible security risks in its H20 AI chips, even as U.S. rules on those exports have recently been eased.