Golden again. Simone Biles wins gymnastics Olympic individual all-around title (n.pr)
Remember to not to forget clearing your journal (lemmy.world)
Hezbollah's leader vows to respond to Israel's attack on Beirut - "war entered new phase" (english.almanar.com.lb)
The link is from a pro-Hezbollah source. Summary in my own words below....
Bomb smuggled into Tehran guesthouse months ago killed Hamas leader (www.nytimes.com)
An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a Times investigation....
Exclusive Leak: Pixel 9 Pro Fold Video Reveals Flat Fold, New Hinge, and Gemini Magic (www.androidheadlines.com)
The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is one of four phones that Google is slated to announce at its August 13 event. After sharing the promo videos for the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, we can now share the promo video for the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived (www.theguardian.com)
Mother finds blood in Burger King meal after daughter takes bite thinking it’s ketchup (www.nbcnews.com)
“I look in her bag and there is blood all over her bag, her toys, her fries, everything,” says New York resident Tiffany Floyd....
Pineapple Pizza insulta fly over Italian - Hong Kong fencing final (www.reuters.com)
Cheung Ka-long’s 15-14 victory in an Olympic fencing final against Filippo Macchi has resulted in a war of words between their fans. Italy supporters have attacked Cheung’s social media accounts, arguing that the referees - from South Korea and Taiwan - may have been biased towards him. In response, Hongkongers have posted...
Lawyers for Saudi Arabia seek dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers (apnews.com)
Lawyers for relatives of 9/11 victims say that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence in the Saudi government and aided the 9/11 hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Fifteen of the 19 Sept. 11 attackers were Saudis....
Abducted from Australia? The mystery of the missing child bride (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/14931321
Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan (www.npr.org)
Royal Mail deal to be probed over potential Russia links (www.bbc.co.uk)
Now that decent Arm-powered PCs exist, Qualcomm’s CEO wants to make them cheaper (arstechnica.com)
Cloudflare once again comes under pressure for enabling abusive sites (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit (www.404media.co)
Braid Anniversary Edition has ‘sold like dog sh*t’, creator Jonathan Blow says (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Mexican president says no evidence of fraud in Venezuela elections (www.reuters.com)
Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site (www.theverge.com)
After striking deals with Google and OpenAI, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is calling on Microsoft and others to pay if they want to continue scraping the site’s data....
Tricot - 18,19 [ Math Rock / Japan / 2017 ] (topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com)
Gimme a bit o' that drum kit.
KOSA is dead! (US) (www.fightforthefuture.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/20332183...
Xbox @ gamescom 2024: Xbox returns to gamescom on August 21 with over 50 titles to check out. (news.xbox.com)
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is shot to death near Atlanta (apnews.com)
The teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was shot and killed in his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May has been killed in a shooting in the Atlanta area, authorities said....
Donald Trump's gag order remains in effect after hush money conviction, New York appeals court rules (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican president’s argument that his May conviction “constitutes a change in circumstances” that warrants lifting the restrictions....
Mpox outbreaks declared in Kenya and Central African Republic. The race is on to contain the spread (apnews.com)
Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of mpox as Africa’s health officials race to contain the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines....
