Herald section
The latest reporting from across the Belfast Herald news desks.
The National Cabinet agrees to reduce the mandatory isolation period for asymptomatic individuals infected with COVID-19 to five days, with exceptions for high-risk settings and symptomatic cases. The change takes effect from 9 September 2022.
Sweden reports its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a porpoise.
China has introduced fresh lockdowns in several cities following a rise in local COVID-19 cases, affecting millions under the zero-COVID strategy.
The Man of the Hole, the last member of his tribe who lived in total isolation for 26 years, is found dead in the Amazon rainforest.
Hungary's foreign minister confirms Rosatom will start building two new reactors at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, expanding its capacity and financing the project largely through Russian investment.
Torrential rains caused widespread flooding in Afghanistan, killing 182 people and injuring 250 across central and eastern provinces, destroying over 3,100 homes and killing thousands of livestock.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was fully disconnected from Ukraine’s power grid following shelling near the Russian-occupied site, which caused fires and triggered security systems. The event marked the first such disconnection in the plant’s 40-year history.