(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest August 27, 2023 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-08-27 Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. BBC Evergrande: Shares in the crisis-hit Chinese developer plunge by 80% Shares in embattled Chinese developer Evergrande have plunged by over 80% as they started trading in Hong Kong for the first time in a year and a half. The shares have lost more than 99% of their value in the last three years as Beijing cracks down on property firms. Evergrande is at the centre of a real estate market crisis threatening the world's second largest economy. On Sunday, the firm posted a 33bn yuan ($4.5bn; £3.6bn) loss for the first six months of the year. However, that was an improvement on the 66.4bn yuan loss it reported for the same period a year earlier. The company's "directors have taken a number of measures to improve the liquidity position and financial position of the group," Evergrande said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday, NPR Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars Two people dressed in dark colors and wearing masks dart into a busy street on a hill in San Francisco. One of them hauls a big orange traffic cone. They sprint toward a driverless car and quickly set the cone on the hood. The vehicle's side lights burst on and start flashing orange. And then, it sits there immobile. "All right, looks good," one of them says after making sure no one is inside. "Let's get out of here." They hop on e-bikes and pedal off. All it takes to render the technology-packed self-driving car inoperable is a traffic cone. If all goes according to plan, it will stay there, frozen, until someone comes and removes it.An anonymous activist group called Safe Street Rebel is responsible for this so-called coning incident and dozens of others over the past few months. The group's goal is to incapacitate the driverless cars roaming San Francisco's streets as a protest against the city being used as a testing ground for thisemerging technology. NPR Marine Corps Osprey crash in Australia kills 3 and injures 20, at least 5 critically CANBERRA, Australia — A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said. Three had been confirmed dead on Melville Island and five were flown in serious condition 50 miles to the mainland city of Darwin for hospital treatment after the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed around 9:30 a.m., a statement from the Marines said. "Recovery efforts are ongoing," the statement said, adding the cause of the crash was under investigation. Aircraft had been sent from Darwin to retrieve more survivors from the remote location but no further details on the fate of the other 15 Marines on board had been released hours later. NPR Minnesota returns voting power to thousands. The question is whether they'll use it MINNEAPOLIS — Inside layers of heavy steel doors and locked gates of the Stillwater correctional facility in Bayport, Minn., Secretary of State Steve Simon stood before 15 inmates approaching their prison release. "Can I ask a quick question?" Simon said to the men assembled to get pointers on how to transition back into society. "If you care to say, how many of you have voted in the past, in any election?" Only a few hands went up. "Man, you got political power the minute you step out of here and it's a gift. Use your power, use your voice. That's my advice," Minnesota's head election official, a Democrat, told them during an August stop. "I know you have a ton of other things to think about. But I just hope this is on the list." Reuters Asia shares rally as China measures boost market SYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Asian shares rallied on Monday as China announced new measures to support its ailing markets, though the mood was cautious ahead of readings on U.S. jobs and inflation that could decide whether interest rates have to rise again. Beijing on Sunday announced it would halve the stamp duty on stock trading in the latest attempt to boost the struggling market and followed steps to support the housing market. The help was needed given profits at China's industrial firms fell 6.7% in July from a year earlier, extending this year's slump to a seventh month. Investors welcomed any aid they could get and Chinese blue chips (.CSI300) jumped 3.0% in choppy trade, coming off their lows for the year so far. Eyes are now on the official PMI for August out on Thursday which is still expected to show activity is in the red. Al Jazeera (What fools we mortals be.) Donald Trump campaign raises more than $7m by selling mugshot merchandise Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign says it raised more than $7m after he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia on charges he schemed to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Since appearing on Thursday to have his mugshot taken – the first time in US history it happened to a former president – Trump raked in millions in donations, spokesperson Steven Cheung said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. On Friday alone, Trump brought in $4.18m, making it the highest-grossing day of his campaign so far, Cheung said. The record haul underscores how Trump’s legal woes have been a fundraising boon for his campaign, even as his political operation has spent tens of millions on his defence. Mounting legal charges have also failed to dent Trump’s standing in the Republican presidential primary, with the former president now routinely beating his rivals by 30 to 50 points in polls. Deutsche Welle Loch Ness Monster search ends without evidence of existence Surprise! not Several reports of possible sightings have been recorded as the biggest Loch Ness Monster hunt in decades ended on Sunday in Scotland. However, no conclusive evidence of the famous beast has yet been found. According to project leader Alan McKenna, he received a series of videos and tips from people following live streaming cameras aimed at the famous lake in the Scottish Highlands. However, going through the data and separating fact from wishful thinking will take a long time, he said. The Loch Ness Center has partnered with the volunteer research team Loch Ness Exploration to organize "The Quest." According to the organizers, the two-day hunt was the most systematic search since 1972 for the elusive or imaginary monster known as "Nessie." They said they would be using surveying equipment that had not previously been tried at the lake, including thermal drones. A hydrophone was also used to detect acoustic signals under the water. Raw Story Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima TOKYO — Tests of seawater near Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday, days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors. Japan started releasing water from the wrecked Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, sparking protests in Japan and neighbouring countries, in particular China, which banned aquatic product imports from Japan. Japan started releasing water from the wrecked Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, sparking protests in Japan and neighbouring countries, in particular China, which banned aquatic product imports from Japan. Japan and scientific organisations say the water is safe after being filtered to remove most radioactive elements except for tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. 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