1. A senior official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, says the alliance is looking at ways to counter unmanned aircraft, other than shooting them down with fighter jets. The official made the plan known on Tuesday. On September 9 and 10, 19 unmanned Russian aircraft violated Poland’s airspace. Fighter jets from NATO member countries intercepted some of the drones.
2. A sustained rise in Japan’s land prices has started to attract younger buyers, with an increasing number of them looking to pick up condominiums as investment properties. A survey by the ministry of land shows average prices nationwide as of July 1st climbed 1.5 percent year on year. Gains accelerated in the Tokyo and Osaka metropolitan areas.
3. American actor and director Robert Redford has died. He was 89. US media say Redfort passed away at his home in the western state of Utah on Tuesday. Redford played a con man in “The Sting,” and went on to firmly establish himself as one of the finest actors of his time with his portrayal of a journalist in “All the President’s Men.”