Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil. (www.voanews.com)
Long Battle for a Ruined City Takes a Desperate Turn (www.nytimes.com)
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Chuck Schumer’s ambitious plan to take the Supreme Court down a peg (www.vox.com)
More than 120 people died in Tokyo from heatstroke in July as average temperatures hit record highs (apnews.com)
TOKYO (AP) — More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in July, when the nation’s average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect much of the month, Japanese authorities said Tuesday....
Samsung’s 20-year-life EV battery runs 600 miles on 9-minute charge (interestingengineering.com)
Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons. (theconversation.com)
Australia: Human remains found in croc after fatal attack (www.dw.com)
Police say body parts have been found inside a crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in the state of Queensland. It is the second fatal attack in about a month and the third so far this year.
Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders, sentenced to 21 years (apnews.com)
A prominent Vietnamese business tycoon was found guilty Monday of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150 million by falsely inflating the value of his company, in a case that comes as the government cracks down on widespread corruption in the country....
Intel was once a Silicon Valley leader. How did it fall so far? (www.vox.com)
Cambodia breaks ground on controversial $1.7 billion canal funded by China (www.cnn.com)
Cambodia broke ground Monday on a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea, despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam....
Play Store could soon handle updates for sideloaded apps (APK teardown) (www.androidauthority.com)
Google is working on a change that may let users install updates for sideloaded apps right from the Play Store.
Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history (apnews.com)
US-Australia talks focus on China's 'coercive behavior,' climate change. (www.voanews.com)
Woah! Are you excited to see me or are.... oh (imgur.com)
'Unacceptable': Court Blocks Net Neutrality Rules During Legal Battle. (www.commondreams.org)
Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East? (www.theguardian.com)
If Iran’s newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was hoping for a honeymoon period after his inauguration last week, he must be sadly disappointed. Less than 12 hours after Pezeshkian was sworn in, an explosion, reportedly caused by a remotely controlled bomb, shook an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound in...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh's interim government, official says (apnews.com)
This is kind of big news. I never would have expected it.
Microsoft Ruined Windows (piped.video)
'Pro-democracy activist' convicted in US of giving dissidents' intel to China. (www.voanews.com)
US confirms 7 injured in attack on base in Iraq. (www.voanews.com)
Wikipedia editors label Israel guilty of genocide (allisrael.com)
Bangladesh’s dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuum (www.economist.com)
On the afternoon of August 5th, televisions in Bangladesh broadcast images of a helicopter rising from the residence of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s prime minister until minutes before. The chopper was carrying her and her sister “to safety”. Shortly afterwards images appeared of gleeful protesters entering the prime...