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  • A Case of Delayed Right Ventricular Pacemaker Lead-Associated Perforation Causing Cardiac Tamponade

    A Case of Delayed Right Ventricular Pacemaker Lead-Associated Perforation Causing Cardiac Tamponade


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  • Japanese Equities Set for Gains as 15% Trump Tariff Deal Sealed

    Japanese Equities Set for Gains as 15% Trump Tariff Deal Sealed

    Japanese stocks climbed after President Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing his trade agreement with Japan, with a maximum 15% tariff on most of its products, including autos.

    The Topix rose 0.8% to 3,106.31 as of 9:15 a.m. Tokyo time, while the blue-chip heavy Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced 1.2% to 43,109.47. The yen was up 0.1% to 148.36 against the dollar.

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  • The Five Most Shocking Transfer Requests Ever in Football

    The Five Most Shocking Transfer Requests Ever in Football

    Players have become increasingly powerful in modern football and there is no better example than the transfer window.

    Every summer, clubs from across the world are held to ransom by their own employees, forced to sell their prized assets when players decide they want to leave. Unsolicited interviews, strikes and social media posts are all contemporary tactics for forcing an exit, with clubs seldom able to combat player power.

    A formal or informal transfer request is often the beginning of the end and usually has the desired effect for players, with plenty of high-profile instances of the tactic being employed both successfully and unsuccessfully over the years.

    Here are some of the most shocking transfer requests ever.

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    Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard with the Champions League troph

    Steven Gerrard is a Liverpool legend but could have had a very different career. / Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images

    It’s hard to conceive of a player more fiercely loyal to Liverpool than Steven Gerrard, but the summer of 2005 almost saw the midfielder’s career head in a very, very different direction.

    The Liverpool skipper had already established himself as a hero on Merseyside after guiding the club to the most famous of Champions League final victories—the Reds overcoming a three-goal half-time deficit to beat Milan on penalties in Istanbul in 2004–05. However, amid a contract standoff between Gerrard and Liverpool, the door opened to other possibilities.

    Unhappy with how the Reds were conducting themselves in contract negotiations, Gerrard handed in a shock transfer request in July, 2005. Supporters were furious and the club stunned, with Chelsea soon lodging a £32 million bid for the then 25-year-old.

    It was swiftly rejected and Gerrard soon opted against leaving Anfield under the scrutiny of fan backlash, instead committing to a new deal that would ensure his Liverpool legacy stayed firmly intact.

    William Gallas

    William Gallas traded Chelsea for Arsenal in 2006. / ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images

    Few relationships have turned quite as sour as the one between Chelsea and William Gallas. The Frenchman joined the Blues from Marseille in 2001 and spent five years with the club before demanding an improved contract in the summer of 2006.

    The defender decided to strike in an attempt to manipulate his employers, eventually choosing to pursue a move to Chelsea’s fierce rivals Arsenal. After eventually allowing his transfer to the Gunners, the Blues released a statement revealing that Gallas had threatened to score an own goal or get a red card if he was forced to turn out for the club again.

    Gallas denied the accusations and ended up representing Arsenal for four years, before leaving for their neighbours Tottenham Hotspur in 2010 on a free transfer. He was reportedly offered a new Arsenal contract but turned it down, with the club’s chairman at the time, Peter Hill-Wood, describing his demands as “quite extravagant”.

    Wayne Rooney

    Wayne Rooney twice wanted to leave Old Trafford. / IMAGO/Xinhua

    Despite claiming that he never formally handed in a transfer request, Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney spoke publicly about his desire to leave the Red Devils in 2010. He revealed he would not sign a new contract with the club as he wasn’t offered assurances over their ambitions in the transfer market.

    However, Rooney ultimately decided against leaving and penned a five-year extension shortly after his critique of United’s transfer policy, proceeding to win the Premier League title with the club in two of the next three seasons.

    But the drama wasn’t done there. After a falling out with Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, shortly before the legendary United manager’s retirement, Rooney decided he wanted to leave Old Trafford once again. Chelsea even tabled a £20 million bid for the England international, but were rebuffed in their approach. Arsenal and Real Madrid were other interested parties.

    David Moyes insisted that Rooney wasn’t for sale after he succeeded Ferguson, with the forward ultimately continuing at Old Trafford for another four years before returning to Everton.

    Raheem Sterling at Manchester City

    Raheem Sterling forced his move to Manchester City in 2015. / Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images

    Raheem Sterling emerged as a superstar from Liverpool’s academy and was integral in the club’s surprise push for the Premier League title in 2013–14, but the forward decided to pursue pastures greener in 2015.

    Sterling conduced a 27-minute BBC interview without the club’s permission in April, 2015, in which he admitted he had turned down a new contract offer from Liverpool and was flattered by interest from Arsenal. The player’s agent then revealed that no amount of money could convince his client to stay at Anfield as tensions rose.

    Sterling asked to be left out of Liverpool’s pre-season tour of Asia to focus on engineering a move elsewhere and, eventually, he did secure his desired departure. The forward joined Manchester City for just shy of £50 million, burning all bridges with the Reds and their supporters in the process.

    Alexander Isak

    Alexander Isak eventually got his Liverpool wish. / X/Liverpool

    In a summer of high-profile transfers and lengthy sagas, Alexander Isak’s future was the focal point. The ex-Newcastle United striker had his head turned by interest from Liverpool in mid-July, with the Reds making an informal approach for the Sweden international.

    However, the Magpies were adamant that Isak was not for sale and Liverpool turned their attention to other targets, signing Hugo Ekitiké—a player wanted by Newcastle—for £79 million. Shortly after the Reds signed the Frenchman, Isak revealed his desire to leave St James’ Park over the summer, with Liverpool the only club he wanted to join.

    Newcastle insisted that Isak would not depart and the player went into exile, eventually releasing a shock statement in which he claimed the Magpies had broken their promises over his future. The club rejected the 25-year-old’s comments, once again closing the door to his exit.

    But Newcastle were eventually pushed to their limit and knew they needed to cash in on Isak to preserve his value. They quickly signed replacement strikers in Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa before sanctioning Isak’s Premier League record £125 million transfer to Liverpool.

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  • Her Majesty The Queen officially names Cornwall Air Ambulance’s second helicopter – Emergency Services Times

    1. Her Majesty The Queen officially names Cornwall Air Ambulance’s second helicopter  Emergency Services Times
    2. ‘We will still be needed in another 25 years’  BBC
    3. Court Circular: September 2, 2025  The Times
    4. ‘Good-looking Cornishmen’ with boxes on their backs swayed Queen Camilla to become patron  Cornwall Live
    5. The Queen visits patronages in Cornwall  The Royal Family

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  • Trump expected to order rebrand of Pentagon as ‘Department of War’ | Donald Trump

    Trump expected to order rebrand of Pentagon as ‘Department of War’ | Donald Trump

    Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday authorizing the US Department of Defense to rebrand itself as the “department of war”, the White House said, as part of an attempt to formalize the name change without an act of Congress.

    The order will designate “department of war” as a “secondary title”, an administration official said, as a way to get around the need for congressional approval to formally rename a federal agency.

    But the order will instruct the rest of the executive branch to use the “department of war” name in internal and external communications, and allows the defense secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials to use “secretary of war” as official titles.

    The order – seemingly in recognition of the limitation of the executive action alone – also directs Hegseth to recommend potential legislative moves the administration could take to permanently rename the defense department.

    Trump and Hegseth have been publicly pushing for the rebrand for weeks, claiming the change would present the US military as more aggressive to the world by reverting to the name that was used when the US was victorious in the first and second world wars.

    “Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was the Department of War,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last week. “Then we changed it to Department of Defense.”

    Asked about the need for congressional approval to change the name of a federal agency, Trump suggested the administration saw it as a formality. “We’re just going to do it. I’m sure Congress will go along, if we need that. I don’t think we even need that,” he said.

    White House officials privately suggested on Thursday that they were keen to do something symbolic to mark the 200th day of Trump’s second term.

    The US government had a Department of War until shortly after the second world war, when the Truman administration split the US army and air force and merged it with the navy. In 1949, Congress amended the National Security Act, which named the new agency the Department of Defense.

    The rebrand to the Department of War comes as Trump has repeatedly made the case that he should receive the Nobel peace prize for pushing for the end of conflicts in the Middle East and the Ukraine war.

    But critics have suggested the renaming of effort runs counter to the aims of the prize and his interventions to try to end conflicts have come at a cost, arguing Trump often aligns himself with aggressors.

    Additional reporting by Lauren Gambino

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  • Natural gas growth drives progress — Chevron

    Natural gas growth drives progress — Chevron

    Chevron’s reputation as a reliable operator—coupled with its strategically placed LNG hubs worldwide—has helped give its LNG business a leading edge, said Essner.

    For 75 years, Chevron has partnered closely with Japan, particularly on LNG supply.

    With the Chevron-operated Gorgon and Wheatstone projects in Australia, plus the company’s stake in the Northwest Shelf Project in the country, Chevron is among Japan’s largest LNG suppliers.

    “This relationship with Japan helped build the investment support that enabled our large-scale projects like Gorgon and Wheatstone,” said Makiko Matsukizono, Chevron’s general manager for Japan in its LNG origination organization. “This is a testament to our commitment to powering progress and the global impact of our LNG business.”

    Chevron also has significant natural gas holdings spanning the Asia Pacific, the Eastern Mediterranean, and West Africa. In the U.S., its holdings range from the Permian and DJ basins to Chevron’s expanding presence along the U.S. Gulf Coast. These holdings position Chevron to support the world’s evolving energy mix and energy security needs.

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  • Trust between community, researchers, nature can transform climate adaptation

    Trust between community, researchers, nature can transform climate adaptation

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    (Photo credit: Hoʻāla Kealakekua Nui)

    Long-term relationships built on a foundation of trust between communities, researchers and the natural world can transform science, education and climate adaptation. That is the central message of a study published in Emotion, Space and Society by Scott Laursen, a climate adaptation extension specialist with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC).

    The article, co-led by long-term Kealakekua residents, cultural practitioners and lineal descendants, showcases a decade of community-driven work on Hawaiʻi Island and its connection to multiple UH Hilo projects.

    ‘Speed of trust’

    “When science is co-led by communities rooted in place and guided by respect for human and more-than-human relationships, communities and science innovate rapidly; they drive effective actions, and create lasting solutions,” said Laursen. “Moving at the ‘speed of trust’ has been fundamental to the human condition since the dawn of time. Locating and empowering long-term, place-based networks offers a powerful way forward in a rapidly changing world.”

    The research focuses on how “relational worldviews”—where people, places and ecosystems are seen as deeply interconnected—are shaping new and effective approaches to climate adaptation. From coral restoration in Kapukapu to rethinking shoreline management on Hawaiʻi Island, the article demonstrates how sustained collaboration addresses urgent local challenges while training the next generation of scientists and resource stewards.

    The publication emphasizes:

    • Immersing the scientific method within place-based pathways to drive real-world impact through applied science.
    • Highlighting the value of building and maintaining long-term relationships between community and research networks.
    • Stressing the importance of storytelling and narratives for general audiences in academic literature.
    • Presenting hoe waʻa (traditional outrigger canoe paddling) as a metaphor for uniting diverse forms of knowledge (e.g., emotion, instinct, cultural norms, rational intellect).

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    The article uses the metaphor of hoe waʻa to illustrate how collaboration functions. Just as a canoe crew must trust each other and stay attuned to changing ocean conditions to navigate successfully, research partnerships require skill, humility, flexibility and an awareness of their surroundings.

    Co-author Akoni Palacat-Nelsen, executive director of Hoʻāla Kealakekua Nui and Kapukapu ʻOhana co-founder, connected this approach to on-the-ground action.

    “Climate adaptation is a global initiative. Hoʻāla Kealakekua Nui redirected its resources to address climate adaptation by implementing traditional ecological knowledge,” said Palacat-Nelsen. “It is critical to first re-establish the broken relationship between humans and the impacted resource(s), such that we transcend notions of ‘resources’ and instead engage such arenas as the ‘source’ of life. Place-based traditional knowledge employs methods like kilokilo (community-driven data collection), as seen in our Kanu Koʻa project, which focuses on rebuilding resilient coral communities and restoring the habitat for ʻopae ʻula (shrimp) in our anchialine pools at Kealakekua Bay. The practice of kilokilo reinforces trust in the long-term relationship between humans and the more-than-human experiences.”

    Other co-authors include artists, NOAA and National Park Service employees, a policy professional, UH Hilo geography and environmental science professor Ryan Perroy, recent UH Hilo graduate students Aloha Kapono and Rose Hart, and PI-CASC’s Executive Director Darren Lerner.

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  • R.F. Kuang’s latest novel ‘Katabasis’ takes readers into academic hell

    R.F. Kuang’s latest novel ‘Katabasis’ takes readers into academic hell

    R.F. Kuang In Conversation with Dean Nelson
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    Rebecca F. Kuang was in the middle of pursuing her doctorate at Yale when she heard people around her joking that “academia is hell.”

    “ So being me, I took that very literally and I thought, ‘What if academia literally was hell?’” Kuang said. “‘How silly would that be?’”

    “Katabasis” is Kuang’s sixth novel. The book follows two graduate students, Alice Law and Peter Murdoch, on a journey into hell to save their professor’s soul after he is accidentally killed during a magical experiment.

    But what started out as a satire of academia, evolved into something darker, as Kuang began exploring themes of mental health, suicide and chronic illness.

    Kuang joined Midday Edition to talk about her inspirations for “Katabasis” and the absurdities of academia.

    The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.

    On academia as hell

    The reason why hell is a university in this novel is that I have a theory that hell presents itself differently to everybody who encounters it. And we see a lot of this in ancient depictions and myths of hell. There’s a lot of Chinese paintings, for instance, where hell is just a regular courtroom.

    And of course, the Egyptian pharaohs were expecting to die and wake up surrounded by their favorite pets and their favorite servants and all the things they liked. So I was really curious that people thought that the afterlife was just a mirror image — a continuation of their life. They knew one possible explanation for this is that the punishments in hell would only make sense within a moral universe that was legible to you — a world that you were already familiar with, but were looking at from a different angle.

    I think geographically it is very on the nose inspired by Dante’s “Inferno” — the descriptions of desert landscapes, the barren rocks and the suffocating bogs of wrath.

    R.F. Kuang

    So that’s why Peter and Alice are in hell as a campus, but actually hell is the state of flux that constantly reconstitutes itself and presents itself differently the further they trek throughout.

    I think the point I’m trying to get across is not that academia is uniquely hellish, but for these two people who have spent their whole lives mired in academia, the punishments of hell would only make sense in a campus format.

    On being inspired by Dante and Eliot

     I think geographically it is very on the nose inspired by Dante’s “Inferno” — the descriptions of desert landscapes, the barren rocks and the suffocating bogs of wrath. All of that is imagery that I was so taken with when I read it in “Inferno” that I put my own riff on them in “Katabasis.”

    But it’s actually T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” that is the most influential text on how hell is described. There is this line in “The Waste Land” that reads, “I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” And when I read that, I got full-body shivers. I thought, “This is amazing.” That line forms the backbone of the alienating, disquieting creep of fear that Alice and Peter feel as they trek further into the deeper courts and start realizing that perhaps they’re not alone and something is stalking them throughout this desert landscape.

    On Alice Law’s delusions 

     Alice’s issue is that she’s totally delusional, and I think this is a common personality type in academia. People who constantly believe against the impossible, who are so passionate and obsessive about their research, that they’re willing to overlook a lot of things. For instance, the joke that every PhD student implicitly understands is the existence of a job market. Most of us doing PhD knows that we probably won’t get jobs — there just aren’t enough positions to go around. The PhD is in this impossible endeavor, but Alice thinks that if you just close your eyes and pretend that there’s nothing wrong — that everything’s going to be OK — then these systems of belief are going to keep you going up until the very end.

    On a very personal level, the book was a way for me to explore this basic question of why life is worth living and how you get there.

    R.F. Kuang

    So the key to Alice’s character is understanding that she’s wrapped herself in all these catechisms, these cages of belief that will ultimately fail her and fall apart. And when that happens, she will have nothing to orient herself. So much of the book is exploring how she finally comes to terms with the truth and learns to break free of the delusions that she has relied on for her survival.

    On rivalries as romance

     I like to write rival dynamics. They’re always so much fun for me because a rivalry is a kind of romance, and there’s so many examples in great works of literature where the rivalry feels more intimate and more sensual, almost, than a romantic relationship.

    As academic rivals, Alice and Peter have been forced to pay very close attention to one another. They’re probably the most careful readers of the other’s work. I mean, Alice can recognize every single letter of Peter’s handwriting. They understand how the other thinks. They understand the patterns of their minds, the mistakes that they tend to make or their particular forms of brilliance. That means that when they’re opposed to each other, they can go to nearly deadly warfare.

    But when they’re working on the same team, they’re basically unstoppable. That was a really fun dynamic to write.

    On crafting her sixth novel

     I find that every book feels harder to write because I’m learning more about craft and I am more attentive to issues that I never even would’ve noticed before. So I think certainly with this book, I was very careful with every sentence, every word choice. I wasn’t like that earlier in my career.

    When I was writing “The Poppy War” trilogy, the words just sort of flowed out of me because I wasn’t interested in the art of the sentence. I was just interested in getting my ideas across. Now I’m learning more about poetry and I’m thinking more about the rhythm and the musicality of a sentence. I did a lot more reading out loud of this book than I have with previous books.

    I think my ear is just becoming sharper and sharper for the sound and shape of language as I get better at writing, and I hope that’s reflected in the prose.

    On social media reading guides

     Oh, I think it’s amazing. I’ve been shown some of these videos and they make me really, really happy. I think in an era of all these attacks against intellectualism and a general dumbing down of culture, the fact that young people are on TikTok telling each other to read the “Aeneid” is so, so cool. I’m happy to have contributed to that in any little way.

    Personally, I don’t think that there’s a list that you have to read before you read the book. I’ve tried to make everything very accessible and intelligible, even if you have no background in any of the fields that I’m writing about, because I also don’t have an academic background in philosophy or logic or math. I’ve had to explain these concepts in terms that were accessible to myself.

    What I hope most of all is that readers who pick up on references in “Katabasis” then go on and read those texts as well. So if you read the book and then decide you wanna read T.S. Eliot or Jorge Luis Borges or Nabokov or Dante, then all power to you — and I hope you have a really good time.

    On life’s bigger questions

     I think on a very personal level, the book was a way for me to explore this basic question of why life is worth living and how you get there. So I hope that anybody who is in a similar place will find some comfort in the book and also think that the question of life has gotten more interesting.

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  • September 4, 2025 — World of Warcraft — Blizzard News

    September 4, 2025 — World of Warcraft — Blizzard News

    Here you’ll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.


    Hotfixes


    September 4, 2025


    Character Services


    • Fixed a bug that could cause player-characters to not receive the intended Renown and currencies when Boosted to level 80. Affected characters may need to log out and back into WoW to be granted missing items.


    Delves


    • Mercenary Acquisitionist’s damage reduced, and Mercenary Acquisitionist no longer casts Borrow Power while the shield is active.


    Dungeons and Raids


    • Manaforge Omega

      • Fixed an issue with the raid skip that prevented the Manaforge Translocator located in The Shadow Docks from being clicked after any boss encounter was engaged.

      • Nexus-King Salhadaar

        • Banishment now targets fewer players in smaller group sizes.

        • Behead damage reduced in smaller group sizes.

        • Manaforged Titan, Nexus-Prince, and Shadowguard Reaper health reduced in smaller group sizes.

        • Developer’s notes: These adjustments are aimed at reducing difficulty for small group sizes, with the greatest reductions applying to 10-player groups. These affect Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties, with no change for 30-player groups or for Mythic.

      • Dimensius

        • Living Mass health reduced for smaller group sizes in Normal and Heroic difficulty.

        • Voidwarden health reduced for smaller group sizes in Normal and Heroic difficulty.

        • Nullbinder health reduced for smaller group sizes in Heroic difficulty.

        • Nullbinder health reduced by an additional 10% in Heroic difficulty for all group sizes.

        • Massive Smash now only knocks players vertically (was also horizontally) in Raid Finder and Story difficulty.

        • When any player engages Dimensius in Raid Finder difficulty, all other players in the immediate vicinity are now also transported to his location.

        • Followers should now help more reliably in Story difficulty.

        • Broken World no longer dismounts players in Story difficulty.

        • Dimensius no longer casts Supernova in Story difficulty.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • Mogu’shan Vaults

      • Force of Nature from Balance, Guardian, and Feral Druids will now correctly be able to attack Elegon on Heroic difficulty.

      • Dancing Rune Weapon should now always correctly copy the Death Knight’s abilities used against Elegon on Heroic difficulty.

    • Druid

      • Balance

        • Arcane and Nature damage increase in Moonkin Form increased to 35% (was 25%).

    • Rogue

      • Combat

        • Shallow Insight’s damage increase raised to 20% (was 10%).

        • Moderate Insight’s damage increase raised to 30% (was 20%).

        • Deep Insight’s damage increase raised to 40% (was 30%).

    • Warlock

      • Destruction Warlocks should no longer incorrectly lose their Embers on encounter start if they cast a non-Fire and Brimstone Immolate to pull the boss.


    September 2, 2025


    Classes


    • Druid

      • Elune’s Chosen: Fixed an issue with the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle (4) Set Bonus that frequently prevented the set’s Starsurges from splitting to nearby targets.


    Creatures and NPCs


    • Fixed an issue that could diminish client performance while engaging Reshanor, the Untethered.

    • Fixed an issue causing Kelp from Kelpmire to persist if the player was immune to roots when hit with Kelpsplosion!


    Dungeons and Raids


    • Player deaths in Mythic+2 and +3 keystones no longer reduces the timer or displays a death count in the objective window.

    • Manaforge Omega

      • Loom’ithar

        • Resolved an issue that caused Loom’ithar to stop tracking the player during the cast of Piercing Strand if they transformed.

        • Resolved an issue that caused Loom’ithar to face the wrong player or direction when Piercing Strand was cast.

        • Resolved an issue preventing damage reduction effects applied to Loom’ithar to modify the damage of Piercing Strand.


    Items


    • Araz’s Ritual Forge self-damage on use can no longer critically strike, and is no longer affected by damage done or damage taken modifiers.

    • The War Within Season 2 banner toys now use the correct appearance.

    • Nexus-King’s Command’s Oath-Bound effect on marked allies is now consumed by Word of Glory, Eternal Flame, and Lay on Hands.

    • Unyielding Netherprism no longer fails to split damage and scale as intended.


    Quests


    • More Flawed Rancors are now present in Maldraxxus for “I Don’t Even Work Here”.

    • More Necrorays are now present in The Oasis for “Dubious Intent”.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • Items purchased from the Avatar of the August Celestials can now be refunded.

    • The guild achievements Mogu’shan Vaults: The Heroic: Will of the Emperor and Heart of Fear: The Heroic: Grand Empress Shek’zeer are now earnable in 10-player difficulty.

    • August Stone Fragments can now be held up to a maximum quantity of 70 (was 55).

    • Druid

      • Druids’ prior shapeshift forms are now correctly canceled by Amber-shaper Un’sok’s Reshape Life.

    • Monk

      • Chi Torpedo should no longer have circumstances where it can deal its damage or healing more than once to targets.

    • Paladin

      • Holy

        • Sacred Shield will no longer absorb for an inflated amount after Crusader Strike has been cast.

    • Player versus Player

      • In 2v2 Arenas, every Shadow Sight after the first one has an increased duration of 5 seconds.

        • Developers’ notes: The Shadow Sight debuffs in Arenas were originally intended to allow for play against those who would delay or stall games using Stealth classes. With the current state of Subterfuge and other abilities in Mists of Pandaria, it has become clear that Shadow Sight behavior is not fulfilling its intended purpose. This change results in Shadow Sight lasting 15 seconds the first time it is picked up, and then 20 seconds, the second time, and then 25 seconds the third time, and so on.


    August 26, 2025


    Characters


    • Players who Boost a character to level 80 will no longer need to log out and back in to start “Adventuring in Khaz Algar” and “Something on the Horizon”.

    • The Fate of the Devoured campsite should again function as expected.


    Classes


    • Hunter

      • Marksmanship

        • Fixed an issue causing Aimed Shot Precise Shots to not correctly grant its damage bonus when consumed by a spell-queued Precise Shots consumer.

        • Fixed an issue causing Streamline to be consumed as soon as it is generated when firing spell-queued Precise Shot consumers.

    • Mage

      • Arcane

        • Fixed an issue where mages could consume each other’s Magi’s Spark effects.

    • Paladin

      • Lightsmith: Fixed an issue causing the 4-piece Vows of the Lucent Battalion Masterwork’s duration to not be refreshed after reaching maximum stacks.

      • Holy

        • Fixed an issue causing Blessing of Summer to sometimes fail to damage large enemies.

    • Priest

      • Resolved an issue causing Halo to sometimes fail to damage large enemies.

      • Archon: Resolved an issue causing additional Halos from Power Surge and Divine Halo to sometimes not deal damage to enemies close to the Priest.


    Delves


    • Fixed an issue where the Sands of K’aresh curio’s Sand Devils would not pull enemies in.

    • The Spiral Weave

      • Web Bombs should now properly drop to the ground if you enter combat.


    Dungeons and Raids


    • Eco-Dome Al’dani

      • Addressed an issue causing Xal’atath’s Bargain: Ascendant orbs to be affected by Devour.

    • Halls of Atonement

      • Addressed an issue where players were prevented from earning the Keystone Hero achievement for the dungeon.

    • Manaforge Omega

      • The Soul Hunters

        • Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause Adarus to fail to fall to the ground upon death, preventing the group from looting the corpse.


    Items


    • Screams of a Forgotten Sky on-death damage increased by 15%.

    • Perfidious Projector damage increased by 10%.

    • Naazindhri’s Mystic Lash damage increased by 15%.

    • Astral Antenna critical strike reduced by 3%.

    • Gigazap’s Zap-Cap damage increased by 15%. Internal cooldown reduced to 0.5 seconds (was 0.75 seconds).

    • First Class Healing Distributor healing increased by 20%.

    • So’leah’s Secret Technique buff duration increased to 1 hour.

    • Ashjra’kamas, Shroud of Resolve should again be upgradeable.

    • Celebratory Pack of Runed Ethereal Crests, Glorious Cluster of Gilded Ethereal Crests, and Triumphant Satchel of Carved Ethereal Crests can no longer be used if doing so would exceed the associated crest cap.


    K’aresh


    • Ethereal Strands should now drop after any character in the account has completed “The Tabiqa”.


    Player versus Player


    • Resolved an issue where the Severed Threads Commendation from PvP weekly quests did not give reputation with the selected faction.

    • Monk

      • Resolved an issue that could cause Song of Chi-Ji’s effect to be incorrectly removed by friendly player crowd-control effects such as Cheap Shot.


    Quests


    • Titan Disc Fragments can now be found from rares and repeatable treasures in K’aresh and the world bosses in K’aresh and Undermine while on the quests “Archives: The First Disc” or “Archives: Seeking History”.

    • Veilshards are now more plentiful when chasing rats for “A Dozen Veilshards”.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • When exiting an Arena, players’ Mana is no longer set to 0.

    • Heart of Fear

      • Fixed an issue that caused Blade Lord Ta’yak’s Wind Step ability to fail to apply the debuff.

      • Fixed a bug causing Holy Paladins to fail to be treated as melee by some abilities after using Crusader Strike.

      • Arms Warriors’ Sweeping Strikes no longer deal 100% increased damage to Garalon’s body when striking a Leg.

        • Developers’ notes: In Original Mists of Pandaria, during the first week of Heart of Fear Heroic difficulty, a Garalon hotfix addressed Sweeping Strikes, Blade Flurry, and similar effects. This was later superseded by changes made to Sweeping Strikes in patch 5.4, when Garalon was no longer the most relevant content. This fix returns Sweeping Strikes to its original behavior for Garalon’s body.

    • Rogue

      • Subtlety

        • Sanguinary Veins bonus damage reduced to 40% (was 50%).

          • Developers’ notes: A bug fix made right before the release of Heart of Fear addressed a situation where multiple rogues in a group were constantly removing this damage increase from each other and not benefitting from it. The bug was pulling down average Subtlety performance, and since the correction, things got a little out of hand. This may display an incorrect value between 40/45/50%, so to be clear, 40% is the intended value.


    August 20, 2025


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • The achievement Spreading the Warmth can now be completed.

    • Druid

      • Balance

        • Dream of Cenarius now correctly applies the Eclipse state without delay.

    • Warlock

      • Felhunters and Observers no longer cast their spell lock ability while being out of line-of-sight of their target

      • Summon Incubus is once again available.

      • Added Grimoire of Service Incubus.

      • Added Grimoire of Supremacy Archincubus.

      • Shadow Bolt will now correctly add stacks of Molten Core when the target is below 25%.

        • Developers’ notes: Previously Shadow Bolt was only adding an initial stack and could not contribute to more stacks. This also means that Touch of Chaos will add stacks of Molten Core.

    • Player versus Player

      • In the Dalaran Sewers Arena, Priests can no longer place Lightwells in areas that other players cannot reach.


    August 19, 2025


    Classes


    • Death Knight

      • Frost

        • Fixed an issue causing Legion Artifact appearance transmogrifications to cause some spells to fail to deal damage.

        • Fixed an issue causing Frostreaper’s tether to fail to sever against large enemies.

      • Unholy

        • Rider of the Apocalypse: Fixed an issue causing Chains of Ice from King Thoras Trollbane to sometimes fail to apply Chains of Ice to large enemies.

    • Demon Hunter

      • Fel-Scarred: Fixed an issue that prevented demon soul fragments generated by 4-piece tier set from applying their effect when consumed by casting Spirit Bomb.

    • Druid

      • Balance

        • Keeper of the Grove: Fixed an issue with Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece causing damage dealt to absorb shields to not count towards damage dealt while your dryad is active.

    • Mage

      • Fire

        • All damage dealt increased by 4%.

        • Flamestrike damage increased by 8%.

    • Paladin

      • Retribution

        • All damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

    • Priest

      • Shadow

        • Fixed an issue causing Shadow Crash to not apply Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch to targets not in line of sight of the Priest.

        • Fixed an issue preventing the spell visuals for the Idol of C’Thun talent.

    • Rogue

      • Fatebound: Fixed an issue that could cause the 4-piece class set’s skill cooldown reduction effects to apply twice under certain conditions.

      • Assassination

        • Fixed an issue that allowed Caustic Spatter to directly benefit from effects that provide damage bonus to all Rogue damage abilities.

    • Shaman

      • Enhancement

        • Stormbringer: Fixed an issue causing Static Accumulation to not continue to generate Maelstrom Weapon stacks if Ascendance was cast while Ascendance was already active.

    • Warlock

      • Affliction

        • All damage dealt reduced by 3%. Does not affect PvP.

    • Warrior

      • Arms

        • All damage dealt increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP combat.


    Delves


    • In the Spiral Weave delve variant Down to Size, Web Bombs will no longer disappear upon entering combat.


    Dungeons and Raids


    • Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

      • Avanoxx

        • Gossamer Onslaught’s missile damage reduced by 50%.

      • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market

        • Mythic+ timer increased to 35 minutes (was 34 minutes).

        • O.S.T. Master

          • Now starts gaining energy after 12 seconds of casting Unstable Goods (was 6 seconds).

        • Myza’s Oasis

          • Total number of enemy waves reduced to 2 (was 3).

          • Commander Zo’far

          • Health reduced by 16%.

          • Enemy forces value increased by 25%.

      • Manaforge Omega

        • The Soul Hunters

          • The Hunt damage reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Consume healing absorb reduced by 15% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Dark Residue damage reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Soulcrush healing absorb reduced by 15% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Immolation Aura damage reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.

        • Forgeweaver Araz

          • Health of Forgeweaver Araz reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Photon Blast cast time increased to 2 seconds (was 1 second) in Mythic difficulty.

          • Astral and Void Manifestation health reduced by 30% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Astral and Void Manifestation movement speed reduced in Mythic difficulty.

          • Increased time allowed before Containment Breach to 10 seconds (was 3 seconds).

          • Prime Sequence movement speed and number of missiles reduced.

        • Fractillus

          • Fractillus health reduced by 8% in Mythic difficulty.

          • Crystal Lacerations damage reduced by 20%.

          • Shockwave Slam now increases Physical damage taken.


    Items


    • Fixed an issue where K’areshi Voidstone would not grant additional Mage armor appearances.


    Player versus Player


    • The 2-piece bonus from equipping Gladiator’s Medallion and Gladiator’s Emblem now grants an additional 5% stamina in PvP combat.

      • Developers’ note: This is intended to slightly increase the time it takes to kill an enemy in PvP combat, to give players more time to react to incoming burst.

    • Death Knight

      • Anti-Magic Zone reduces magic damage taken by 30% in PvP combat (was 15%).

      • Frost

        • Deathbringer: Reaper’s Mark damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.

      • Unholy

        • Death Coil damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.

    • Druid

      • Druids who reached Combatant II during War Within Season 3 should now be granted the Elite legs appearance.

      • Balance

        • Whirling Stars reduces Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune duration by 30% in PvP combat (was 20%).

        • Damage of spells and abilities reduced by 4% in PvP combat.

    • Mage

      • Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage reduced by 13% in PvP combat.

      • Frostfire: Isothermic Core’s Comet Storm is called down at 150% effectiveness in PvP combat (was 200%).

      • Arcane

        • Sunfury: Arcane Soul now increases the damage of Arcane Barrage by 5% per stack in PvP (was 15%).

      • Fire

        • Hyperthermia’s stacking damage bonus to Pyroblast and Flamestrike reduced to 5% per stack in PvP combat (was 15%).

    • Rogue

      • Fatebound: Fatebound Coin (Tails) and Lucky Coin damage reduced by 33% in PvP combat.


    Quests


    • “Tranquila-Bee” is now completable again.


    August 15, 2025


    Dungeons


    • Halls of Atonement

      • Inquisitor Sigar

        • Display of Power’s damage radius reduced to 5 yards (was 10 yards).

      • Manifestation of Envy

        • Movement speed reduced by 42%.

        • Melee attacks can no longer critically hit players.

      • Lord Chamberlain

        • Erupting Torment impact radius reduced from 14 yards to 10 yards, and damage reduced by 22%.

    • Operation: Floodgate

      • Resolved a Swampface issue where Razorchoke Vines could get stuck on players after the fight ended.

    • Priory of the Sacred Flame

      • Fixed an issue where players would become phased out when entering the fountain near Captain Dailcry.

    • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market

      • Addressed an issue where Unstable Goods can fail to grant player the Throw Package ability during the Mailroom Mayhem encounter.

    • Tazavesh, Streets of Wonder

      • Timer increased to 34 minutes (was 32 minutes).

      • The Grand Menagerie

        • Alcruux’s health reduced by 16%.

        • Achillite’s health reduced by 16%.

        • Venza’s health reduced by 16%.

      • Commander Zo’far

        • Shock Mines’ duration reduced to 24 seconds (was 36 seconds) and ability cooldown increased by 100%.

        • Lethal Force’s damage-over-time effect reduced to 3 seconds (was 5 seconds).

      • Myza’s Oasis

        • Zo’gron’s Final Warning updated: now pulses Arcane damage every 1 second until the shield is broken.

        • Final Warning’s shield reduced by 10%.

        • Brawling Patron’s Throw Drink damage reduced by 50%.

      • Bazaar Overseer

        • Pierce’s damage vulnerability debuff value reduced from 20% to 10%.


    Items


    • Pyrite Infuser, Mjolnir Runestone, Wrathstone, Eye of the Broodmother, Living Flame, and Elemental Focus Stone effects decreased by 5%.


    Renown


    • Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes start from Rank 0 with the Manaforge Vandals instead of Rank 1. Affected players have been granted the missing Renown to allow them to reach Rank 2 this week.


    August 14, 2025


    Achievements


    • Addressed an issue where Keystone Hero: Tazavesh, the Veiled Market was not earned upon completing both Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder and Tazavesh: So’leah’s Gambit in a +10 or higher within the time limit.

    • Addressed an issue where the Keystone Hero achievement is not granted upon completion of a +10 or higher keystone in Halls of Atonement within the time limit.


    Delves


    • Fixed an issue where some Delve rewards would be awarded at an incorrect item level.

    • Fixed an issue where completing a Bountiful Delve would not grant any progress toward Delver’s Journey.

    • Kriegval’s Rest

      • Exiting the Ethereal Routing Station via the Ethereal Portal will now always spawn the corresponding entrance portal.


    Items and Rewards


    • Timewalking Raids (including the Timewalking quest cache) no longer drop cloaks.

    • Fixed an issue where armor converted with the Catalyst could be ineligible for Conqueror’s Astral Varnish and Conqueror’s Astral Lacquer.

    • Disabled “The Fate of the Devoured” Warband background, to fix an error that could cause the game to crash. This will return after it is fixed.

    • Great Vault rewards unlocked from defeating bosses in Manaforge Omega will scale in item-level based on the hardest boss killed that week per difficulty.

      • Developers’ notes: For example, defeating all eight bosses on Heroic difficulty would cause any items offered from earlier bosses to scale to 4/6 Hero as dropped from Nexus-King Salhadaar and Dimensius, the All-Devouring. If two Mythic raid bosses were also defeated to unlock one Mythic raid reward, that item would still be limited to 2/6 Myth, etc.


    Dungeons


    • Addressed an issue causing the Group Finder to default a Tazavesh: So’leah’s Gambit group to Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder.

    • Eco-Dome Al’dani

      • Addressed an issue causing A’wazj to unintentionally reset.

    • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market

      • Hyperlight Bolt and Brackish Bolt now target random players.

      • Addressed an issue where items in Tazavesh’s bazaar event can sometimes become uninteractable.

      • Addressed an issue where Zo’gron can skip his second Final Warning cast if the health threshold was reached during the first cast.


    K’aresh


    • Addressed an issue causing creatures near Reshanor to have their vision obscured.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • Galleon now respawns every 30 minutes (was 1-2 hours).

    • Avatar of the August Celestial’s vendor lists cleaned up substantially.

      • Developers’ notes: Players should no longer see armor pieces that do not correspond to their best armor type, or items that provide a primary stat that none of their class specializations utilize

    • Celestial Dungeons

      • Clearing a dungeon on Celestial difficulty now rewards the Heroic achievement.

      • Blessing of Niuzao: Oxen Fortitude Strength, Agility, and Intellect per stack increased to 5%, now lasts 45 seconds, and can proc every 2 seconds.

      • Blessing of Xuen: Xuen’s Ferocity scaling with Attack Power increased, and the damage loss per jump reduced to 5% per jump (was 25%).

      • Blessing of Yu’lon: Serpent’s Jadefire periodic damage reduced and its scaling with Spell Power increased.

      • Blessing of Chi-Ji: Blazing Song periodic damage reduced and its scaling per Spell Power increased.

      • The visual for Blazing Song has been color shifted to green to make its intended behavior more clear.


    August 13, 2025


    Classes


    • Druid

      • Restoration

        • Keeper the Grove: Fixed a bug causing Swiftmends enhanced by the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece to not splash healing to allies.

    • Hunter

      • Fixed an issue causing Precise Shots to not grant its global cooldown reduction effect if its consumption was spell-queued after Aimed Shot.

    • Mage

      • Sunfury: Fixed an issue causing Gravity Lapse to occasionally ignore line of sight.

      • Arcane

        • Nether Flux no longer has a grace period after receiving damage from Arcane Missiles.

        • Fixed an issue causing Nether Flux to be castable while silenced.

        • Fixed an issue causing the 2-piece and 4-piece set bonus PvP-only reductions to not apply correctly.

      • Fire

        • Fixed an issue where multiple casts of Fireball could benefit from one instance of Flame Accelerant.

    • Paladin

      • Protection

        • Fixed an issue with Sanctuary and Undisputed Ruling where players could lose the benefits of Consecration if two or more were active when the first expired.

    • Warlock

      • Diabolist: Fixed an issue where the Manaforge Omega 2-piece tier set bonus was doing the incorrect amount of damage.


    Dungeons


    • Addressed an issue where Lindormi can fail to trade keystones with players after a Mythic+ dungeon is completed within time limit.

    • Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

      • Addressed an issue where Cultivated Poison can be applied to the boss herself when there are fewer than 3 targets.


    Player versus Player


    • Conqueror’s Astral Lacquer and Conqueror’s Astral Varnish may now be purchased for Conquest to add Season 3 PvP item-level to Season 3 class set armor.


    Quests


    • Fixed an issue that can block progression if “Return to the Veiled Market” is attempted while the player is on the quest “Repossessed!” at the same time.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • August Stone Fragments held are now capped at 55 (was 45).

    • In Rated Battlegrounds, non-tanks holding that flag now take 20% increased damage, as intended (was 25%).

    • Fixed a bug preventing the Exalted Reputations achievements from progressing with MoP reputations.

    • “Paint It Red” and “Unleash Hell” no longer auto-complete, and must be completed as originally intended.

    • Celestial Dungeons

      • Blessing of Chi-Ji: Blazing Song now lasts 15 seconds and healing increased.

      • Blessing of Yu’lon: Serpent’s Jadefire damage amplification reduced to 3% and periodic damage reduced.

      • Blessing of Xuen: Xuen’s Ferocity can now jump to an additional target and its direct damage increased.

      • Blessing of Niuzao: Oxen Fortitude duration increased and the Stamina it provides per stack increased by 1%.

      • The daily Celestial quest should no longer be removed when entering a random dungeon.

    • Mogu’shan Vaults

      • Gara’jal the Spiritbinder should now correctly summon Shadowy Minions regardless of when he is put into combat.

      • Cutting Edge and Ahead of the Curve achievements can again be earned in Mogu’shan Vaults.

    • Enchanting

      • Jade Spirit and Spirit of Conquest now have the same per-level scaling and internal cooldown of 3 seconds.

      • Dancing Steel and Bloody Dancing Steel now have the same per-level scaling.


    August 12, 2025


    Classes


    • Death Knight

      • Frost

        • Obliterate damage reduced by 5%.

        • Rider of the Apocalypse: Mawsworn Menace now increases the damage of Obliterate by 5% (was 10%).

        • Rider of the Apocalypse: Hollow Sentinel’s Wake 2-piece now increases Trollbane’s Obliterate damage by 15% (was 35%).

        • Deathbringer: Exterminate first scythe damage increased by 10%.

        • Resolved an issue causing Howling Blast to not consume Rime procs at high Haste levels.

        • Resolved an issue causing Frost Strike to not generate Killing Machine in Obliteration windows at high Haste levels.

        • Resolved an issue causing Frostbane casts to fail at high Haste levels if it is cast as soon as it is available.

    • Demon Hunter

      • Havoc

        • All ability damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

    • Druid

      • Balance

        • All ability damage increased by 8%.

        • Keeper of the Grove: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now accumulates 3% of damage done (was 2%) and Dryad’s Favor is now capped at 10x spellpower (was 6x) and splashes 15% (was 20%) of its damage onto nearby enemies.

        • Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece Starfire damage increase changed to 20% (was 25%), and has a 40% chance (was 50%) to launch a Starsurge at 45% effectiveness (was 50%).

        • Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece Split Starsurges deal damage at 40% effectiveness (was 80%).

      • Feral

        • Ferocious Bite and Ravage primary target damage increased by 6%.

        • Shred damage increased by 5%.

        • Sabertooth causes Ferocious Bite to increase damage taken from your bleeds and other periodic effects by 6% per combo point (was 5%).

        • Wildstalker: Bloodseeker Vines damage increased by 5%.

      • Restoration

        • Wildstalker: Fixed a bug causing the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece bonus to generate extra Symbiotic Blooms for Regrowths cast by Rampant Growth.

        • Wildstalker: Fixed a bug preventing Twin Sprouts from generating extra Bloodseeker Vines or Symbiotic Blooms from the ones created by the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece set bonus.

        • Wildstalker: Symbiotic Bloom and Bursting Growth healing increased by 15%.

        • Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece bonus increases the rate of Symbiotic Bloom growth by 45% (was 30%).

        • Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now causes Symbiotic Bloom healing to have a 35% (was 20%) chance to trigger Bursting Growth at 100% effectiveness (was 80%).

        • Developers’ notes: The bug involving Rampant Growth was generating a large number of unintended Symbiotic Blooms, which consolidated a lot of Wildstalker’s healing power into the 4-piece and Clearcasting procs. We’ve added healing power to counteract the healing loss from the bug fix.

    • Hunter

      • Beast Mastery

        • Tireless Collector’s Bounties – 2-piece chance to fire a free Barbed Shot reduced by 50%.

    • Mage

      • Frost

        • All damage dealt reduced by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

    • Monk

      • Brewmaster

        • Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 2-piece bonus Flurry Strikes deal 10% increased damage (was 20%).

        • Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 4-piece bonus Flurry Charge generation increased by 30% (was 50%).

        • Shado-Pan: Damage dealt by Flurry Strikes from Wisdom of the Wall reduced by 20%.

    • Priest

      • Shadow

        • Fixed an issue causing Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch applications from Shadow Crash to ignore line of sight.

    • Shaman

      • Enhancement

        • Lava Lash damage increased by 15%.

        • Windstrike damage increased by 20%.

        • Totemic: Surging Bolt damage increased by 25%.

        • Totemic: Searing Bolt damage increased by 35%.

        • Stormbringer: Awakening Storm damage increased by 35%.

        • Stormstrike damage increased by 10%. Does not affect Windstrike.

        • Elemental Blast damage increased by 8%.

        • Stormbringer: Tempest single target damage increased by 8%.

    • Warlock

      • Threatening Presence now increases the threat generation of your Voidwalker and Felguard by 950% (was 400%).

      • Affliction

        • Spliced Fiendtrader’s Influence 2-piece set bonus adjusted – Jackpot! chance reduced by 30%.

      • Demonology

        • Wild Imp damage reduced by 20%.

        • Immutable Hatred damage reduced by 30%.

      • Destruction

        • Diabolist: Inquisitor’s Feast of Madness 2-piece has been adjusted – Eye Blast damage reduced by 45%.

    • Warrior

      • Protection

        • Mountain Thane: Damage dealt by Ionizing Strikes reduced by 30%.


    Player versus Player


    • Death Knight

      • Frost

        • Frost Strike damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

      • Unholy

        • Festering Wound damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.

    • Druid

      • Feral

        • All damage reduced by 8% in PvP combat.

    • Mage

      • Arcane

        • Nether Flux now increases the damage an enemy receives from the next targeted spell by 40% (was 100%).

      • Fire

        • Meteor direct damage reduced by 40% in PvP combat.

      • Frost

        • All damage reduced by 10% in PvP.

    • Paladin

      • Holy

        • All healing reduced by 12% in PvP combat.

        • Divine Plea (PvP talent) duration increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).

    • Priest

      • Shadow

        • Void Volley damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

    • Rogue

      • Assassination

        • Garrote damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

    • Warlock

      • Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Summon Demonic Gateway would cause Diabolic Ritual to work incorrectly.

      • Demonology

        • All damage reduced by 5% in PvP combat.


    Delves


    • Players using Waygates to change levels in Archival Assault should no longer break stealth.

    • Enemies now teleport after players who move up or down levels in Archival Assault more reliably.

    • Fixed a bug in Sidestreet Sluice where Maulspike would run back to his spawn point instead of respawning.


    Dungeons and Raids


    • Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

      • Avanoxx

        • Insatiable’s damage increase reduced to 30% (was 50%).

        • Starved Crawlers can no longer critical hit on their melee attacks.

    • The Dawnbreaker

      • Speaker Shadowcrown

        • Shadow Shroud’s healing absorb reduced by 33%.

        • Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Shroud’s healing absorb to not scale with keystone level.

    • Eco-Dome Al’dani

      • Adjusted the spawn locations of Frenzied Mites to be more consistent.

    • Halls of Atonement

      • High Adjudicator Aleez

        • Pulse From Beyond’s damage now occurs every 1.5 second (was every 1 second).

      • Lord Chamberlain

        • Stigma of Pride removed.

        • Ritual of Woe’s group damage when it hits a statue reduced by 38%.

        • Resolved an issue where Lord Chamberlain’s statues collision could persist.

        • Resolved an issue where Lord Chamberlain’s Sinstone Statues did not inflict damage to players in their path during Telekinetic Onslaught.

        • Reduced the damage of Telekinetic Collision by 30%.

    • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market

      • Addressed an issue where Adorned Overseers’s Drifting Star can be fired at a wrong angle.

      • Addressed an issue where So’azmi will stop using his abilities after being interrupted by Solar Beams during Double Technique / Triple Technique.

      • Addressed an issue where Zo’gron’s Crowd Control can go off if he is defeated while channeling.

    • Liberation of Undermine

      • Chrome King Gallywix

        • Resolved an issue that caused the visual for Haywire Environment to go haywire.


    Items and Rewards


    • Fixed a bug that prevented Visions of N’zoth Revisited items in Season 3 from working with the S.A.D. Season 3 socketer. Season 3 items that drop after this fix can now be socketed.

    • Resolved an issue where some World Quests were showing an incorrect low gold value as their primary reward.


    K’aresh


    • Devourer Mites from the Devourer Attack: Tazavesh event should now despawn after a short delay once the event ends.


    Quests


    • “Sparks of War: K’aresh” now correctly appears in the correct section in the quest log.

    • The quest “Crest Transmutation” is once again available.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • Riding Turtle now correctly appears in the mount collections tab.

    • When in a Rated Battle for Gilneas, dying now always correctly places players back at their starting graveyard.

    • Ancient Mogu Keys are now correctly usable in Heroic Mogu’shan Palace.

    • Creatures for the achievement Over Their Heads should now correctly randomize.

    • Mogushan Vaults

      • Jan-Xi and Qin-Xi should no longer get desynced when performing the Arcing Slash combos.

      • Opportunistic Strike should now consistently appear when successfully avoiding Devastating Combo.

      • Titan Gas visual reduced in intensity.

      • Magnetic Armor now has a visual indicator for where Magnetic Pull will occur.

      • Elegon’s Energy Sparks should now consistently idle for a brief moment after spawning.

    • Warlock

      • Wrathguard will no longer occasionally deal no damage when using Wrathstorm.

    • Arenas

      • All Arenas now correctly display the number of remaining players on each team.

      • All Arenas now include timers displaying when the Arena will end.

      • The UI at the top now correctly displays the teams as being Purple and Gold. 


     


    August 8, 2025


    Classes


    • Death Knight

      • Frost

        • Resolved an issue causing Frostwyrm’s Fury dragon to not despawn.

    • Shaman

      • Elemental

        • Resolved an issue causing Liquid Magma Totem to not apply Flame Shock to enemies not in combat with the Shaman.

      • Enhancement

        • Totemic: Fixed a bug that allowed Tremor to be dodged, parried, or blocked.


    Delves


    • Arcane Barrier is now interruptable and dispellable. Recast time increased.

    • Arcane Barrier shield is now 10% of health (was 15%).

    • Sand Step DoT damage reduced by 65%.

    • Mana Feast damage reduced by 66%.

    • Arcane Lash damage reduced by 15%.

    • Fixed a bug where Warlocks’ Wither could remove stacks of Static Charge from Durable Information Securing Container.


    Items


    • Void-Touched Ocular now has the correct amount of Intellect.

    • Fixed an issue that caused several weapons from Eco-Dome Al’dani to sheathe incorrectly.

    • Resolved an issue where Pinnacle Caches were not giving Resonance Crystals and Kej.


    K’aresh


    • Multiplayer pet battles can now take place in K’aresh.


    Quests


    • “The Void Hunter” should now point you to Leona Darkstrider’s correct location.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • “Survival Rings: Blades” should now correctly always gain progress at all times.

    • Classes

      • Priest

        • Fixed a bug that allowed Monks to bypass Guardian Spirit via Touch of Death.

        • In Arenas, Priests can no longer place Lightwells in areas that other players cannot reach.


    August 7, 2025


    Achievements


    • Fixed an issue where players could not obtain My Stab-Happy Nemesis after defeating Nexus-Princess Ky’veza in her lair.


    Classes


    • Priest

      • Shadow

        • Resolved an issue causing Shadow Word: Death to not deal additional damage between 20% and 35% health with Deathspeaker talented.


    Items


    • War Within Season 2 gear should now be convertible for free at the Revival Catalyst.


    K’aresh


    • Reduced Reshanor’s health and overall difficulty.


    Quests


    • Fixed a bug causing some Shadowguard Infiltrators to not count for “Break the Assault” as intended.


    Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • The Longest Day achievement no longer requires that dailies need to be completed in a single day.

    • The Saurok Stone Tablet is now correctly enabled. Players can now discover this treasure once for experience and progress towards their treasure achievement.

    • Classes

      • Death Knight

        • Frost Death Knights will now correctly display their Death Rune as refreshed from Blood Tap without having to spend another rune.

      • Warlock

        • Void Ray now correctly costs 40 Demonic Fury.

        • Developers’ notes: This was an unintended bug in patch 5.4 for Demonology, which looks to have gone uncorrected in the original game until Fel Flame was removed in patch 6.0.2.

    • Player versus Player

      • Fixed an issue where picking up the flag in a Rated Eye of the Storm match could affect the player’s ability to Stealth even after the flag had been capped.

    • Quests

      • During “The Wrestler” daily, Sling Sweat puddles will now be the correct size and the Slimy Feet debuff should now correctly always be removed when moving out of the ground effect.


    August 6, 2025


    Achievements


    • Fixed a bug that made Mad World and Through the Looking Glass go missing.


    Delves


    • In Sidestreet Sluice, Vindel Snapcrank will now properly respawn if he leaves combat and resets.


    K’aresh


    • The map icon for Tazavesh should now show the proper Renown Rank.

    • The nearest Phase Diving conduits should now be visible on the map when Phase Diving.


    Quests


    • Resolved an issue where “Crest Transmutation” would not always give players extra Carved Ethereal Crests.

    • Players who selected a talent for their Reshii Wraps should be able to wrap up “Wrapped Up”.

    • Fixed a bug where bosses in the Horrific Visions were not counting towards the quest: “Worldsoul: Horrific Visions Revisited”.


     Mists of Pandaria Classic


    • World Bosses should now correctly reset, weekly.

    • The Enchanted Pearl, Enchanted Tear, and Nightmare Tear gems will now give correct stats at max level.

    • Windshear Cactus, Raptorleaf, and Snakeroot now have loot that is appropriate for the current patch.

    • Classes

      • Priest

        • Shadow Apparition missiles now move at the correct speed.

    • Player versus Player

      • Fixed a bug causing class adjustments to not work as intended in Battle for Gilneas and Deepwind Gorge.

      • Carts in Deepwind Gorge are now correctly returned when clicked on by the defending faction.

    • Transmog

      • Straw Hats that correspond to your Armor type are now usable as Transmog appearances.


    The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.

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  • Japan July real wages turn positive for first time in 7 months

    Japan July real wages turn positive for first time in 7 months

    Office workers are seen reflected in a window as they walk to a train station.

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    Japanese real wages turned positive for the first time in seven months on the back of hefty summertime bonuses, but elevated inflation added to pressure on consumption, data showed on Friday.

    Inflation-adjusted real wages, a key determinant of households’ purchasing power, edged up 0.5% in July from a year earlier, the first increase since December last year when they inched up by 0.3%. Special payments, including the bonuses, jumped 7.9%, labour ministry data showed.

    “The significant contribution to real wage growth comes from factors such as bonus increases and the steady rise in regular wages,” a labour ministry official said.

    The consumer inflation rate the ministry uses to calculate real wages, which includes fresh food prices but not rent costs, rose 3.6% year-on-year in July.

    While it rose at the slowest pace since November last year, it far exceeds the Japanese central bank’s 2% inflation target.

    Regular pay, or base salary, grew 2.5% in July, the fastest rise in seven months. Overtime pay, a barometer of strength in corporate activity, rose 3.3%, the highest since November 2022.

    Total cash earnings, or nominal pay, increased 4.1% to 419,668 yen ($2,848.49) in July, the fastest growth in seven months.

    Major Japanese firms, on average, agreed to pay hikes of more than 5% during annual spring wage talks this year.

    Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said last month that wage hikes were spreading beyond large firms and likely to keep accelerating due to a tightening job market, but there are lingering worries that the U.S. tariffs would cause a global economic slowdown and squeeze corporate profits.

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