• **September 8, 2025: China Launches New Earth Observation Satellites**

China launched a new group of Earth observation satellites on Sunday from the Taiyuan launch center in northern Shanxi province. The modified Long March-6 rocket, carrying the Yaogan-40 03 satellite group, launched at 0:34 and placed them into their designated orbits. **More here**

  • **September 9, 2025: Czech Economic Summary: Mortgages, LNG, BYD, FirstBank, and Cox Automotive (September 9, 2025)**

The average interest rate for mortgages fell below the 5% threshold at the beginning of September, reaching 4.99%, a decrease of 0.06 percentage points compared to August, according to the Swiss Life Hypoindex. Lower average rates may temporarily boost demand for housing, but financial institutions remain cautious in setting individual interest rates and requirements for the risk profile of clients. **More here**

  • **September 10, 2025: Poland Claims to Face Biggest Security Crisis Since World War II, Says It Will Respond with "One Fist"**

On September 10, 2025, Poland found itself in the most serious security situation since the end of World War II, allegedly due to repeated incursions into its airspace by Russian drones. The Polish government described the incident as an "act of aggression" and initiated a corresponding military response, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk reportedly stated that Poland would respond with "one fist," according to Reuters. **More here**

  • **September 11, 2025: China Promises to Support Healthy Development of Human Rights Worldwide**

A senior Chinese diplomat stated that China is willing to participate in improving global human rights governance and jointly promote the healthy development of global human rights affairs based on mutual respect and equality. Chen Xu, China's Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, made these remarks on Tuesday during a speech at the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council. **More here**

  • **September 11, 2025: Apple is Teaching Its Artificial Intelligence to Adapt to Political Changes**

In March 2025, two months after Donald Trump's return to the White House, hundreds of employees at the Barcelona branch of Transperfect, an Apple supplier, received new guidelines for working on the development of AI. According to documents obtained by POLITICO, the instructions differ significantly from versions used in 2024 and early 2025. **More here**

  • September 12, 2025: The Closer the Cooperation Among BRICS Countries, the Stronger the Solutions to Challenges

The international community has positively assessed the online summit of BRICS leaders, which took place on September 8th. At the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping presented three proposals to support "BRICS cooperation" and the joint building of a community with a shared future for mankind. More here

  • September 13, 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he was running out of patience with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump today stated that he was running out of patience with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump made the statement in an interview with Fox News. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has been trying to mediate peace in Ukraine, which was invaded by the Russian army in February 2022 at Putin's order. While Ukraine has repeatedly agreed to the U.S. proposal for an unconditional ceasefire, Moscow has not. More here

  • September 14, 2025: The Ungelt Theater in Prague is saying goodbye to "Rozpravy" by Milan Hein.

UNGELT THEATER – One chair for Milan Hein and two for his guests, and each time, an exceptional meeting and wonderful conversation ensued. Each had its own unique atmosphere and was always full of humor and surprising anecdotes that listeners and viewers loved. After eight years at the Ungelt Theater and on the airwaves of Czech Radio Two, this fall, the talk show "Rozpravy" by Milan Hein will say goodbye to its audience, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Ungelt Theater. More here

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