Russia’s central bank to hold extraordinary meeting after rouble falls to 16-month low (www.theguardian.com)
Bank will discuss interest rate after high spending on war in Ukraine and drop in export revenues put further pressure on Russia’s economy.
Sudan’s Warring Parties Continue Bombardment as Thousands of Corpses Rot on the Streets and Over 20 Million Face Hunger (peoplesdispatch.org)
India makes first crude oil payment to UAE in Indian rupees (www.reuters.com)
New responsibilities - Bastien Nocera (www.hadess.net)
One of RedHat’s packagers drops a lot of important packages’ maintainership due to management chain decisions. These include:...
Climbing death: What We Know About the Last Three Hours of Muhammad Hassan's Life on K2 (explorersweb.com)
The information surrounding Muhammad Hassan's death was sketchy. We try to piece together what happened and why no effort was made to rescue him.
Father of 'brick' mobile phone Marty Cooper sees dark side but also hope in new tech 'distributed on your body' (www.abc.net.au)
Transport Canada orders Boeing 737 jet operators to limit use of anti-icing system amid safety concerns (www.cbc.ca)
Anthropic launches improved version of its entry-level LLM (techcrunch.com)
Researchers strengthen defenses against denial-of-service attack (techxplore.com)
Western Australia to scrap 2021 Aboriginal heritage protection laws (www.reuters.com)
PlayStation 5 beta firmware allows you to stream your games at 4K (gamerkick.com)
PlayStation 5 beta firmware includes game streaming from our catalog with up to 4K resolution only for PS Plus Premium subscribers.
Study: China's Housing Bubble Break The Two-Child Policy (stop-population-decline.ghost.io)
Thief steals supply box from chiropractor, then takes pie from fridge (abc-7.com)
Linux passes Mac for Steam's second-most used OS, possibly due to Steam Deck (www.destructoid.com)
Linux overtakes Mac in Steam's July hardware report, with the Steam Deck and its popularity looking like a likely motivator.
Muslims in India’s Gurugram fear more violence (www.aljazeera.com)
Niger coup: Decision time for West Africa as deadline nears (www.bbc.com)
Deadline is extended One option is for the Ecowas leaders to extend the deadline....
Kai Cenat: Police plan to charge Twitch streamer after PS5 giveaway mayhem (www.bbc.com)
Police say they plan to charge US YouTuber Kai Cenat after a video games console giveaway event he organised sparked mayhem in New York....
The LK-99 ‘superconductor’ went viral — here’s what the experts think (www.theverge.com)
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat's hyped PS5 giveaway sparks mayhem in Manhattan (www.bbc.com)
A YouTuber’s announcement of a video games console giveaway sparked chaos and a major police response in the heart of New York City on Friday....
A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians (apnews.com)
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Christians have struggled since the Nineveh plains, their historic homeland of rolling hills dotted with wheat and barley fields, were wrested back from Islamic State extremists six years ago....
CNN Poll: Majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine in war with Russia | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human brain and memory - Cell Death Discovery (www.nature.com)
Florida man, 78, arrested after death of wife whose dismembered remains were found in suitcases (www.nbcnews.com)
William Lowe Jr. was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and abuse of a body in the death of his 80-year-old wife Aydil Barbosa Fontes.