WAO ART #59

The European Space Agency (ESA) has postponed the launch of its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission due to weather conditions that posed a risk of lightning. The mission aims to investigate whether Jupiter's moons, Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede, could sustain life by studying their hidden oceans.

Western Australia is bracing for the strongest storm to hit the region in 14 years as Cyclone Ilsa intensifies to a category five system. The storm is expected to hit Port Hedland, the world's biggest iron ore exporting port, late on Thursday night.

Chinese home appliance manufacturer Midea Group has started construction on a new factory in Brazil, its third in the country. The facility, located in Pouso Alegre, will cover an area of over 70,000 sq m and have an annual production capacity of 1.3 million units.

A missile launch by North Korea sparked confusion in northern Japan, where an evacuation order was issued and then retracted within 30 minutes. The missile flew about 1,000 km (620 miles), in what South Korea's military called a "grave provocation".

Former US President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for $500m, alleging breach of contract and making "improper, self-serving, and malicious statements". Cohen, has become a high-profile critic of the ex-president and a key witness in a New York investigation into him.

Ethereum's Shapella upgrade, the first major change since The Merge, has gone live. The upgrade enables users and validators to withdraw their staked ETH on the network, providing greater asset management flexibility. However, not all of the 18 million staked ETH are available for withdrawal.

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission has defended the results of the country's presidential election and urged all candidates to accept defeat. INEC filed its defence at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal against Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, who claim to have won.