Australian state cancels 2026 Commonwealth Games over cost blowout (www.politico.eu)
Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen (www.npr.org)
Poll: US Public Support for Israel Wanes as 68 Percent Call for Ceasefire (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
IDF releases proof of Hamas stealing gas from Gazan hospitals (www.jpost.com)
Famous Oxford pub, The Eagle & Child, to be reopened (www.theregister.com)
America’s Crisis of Confidence: Rising Mistrust, Conspiracies, and Vaccine Hesitancy After COVID-19 - The Survey Center on American Life (www.americansurveycenter.org)
America is experiencing a crisis of expertise—one that has worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic and shows little sign of abating. A nationally representative survey conducted by the Survey Center on American Life finds that a growing number of Americans are distrustful of scientific and medical experts. This phenomenon cuts...
Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton suspended by GB News over Ava Evans insults (www.bbc.com)
Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox have been suspended over insults against Ava Evans on Wootton's show.
US and Iran expected to complete $6bn prisoner swap deal (www.theguardian.com)
The US and Iran are expected to pull off a controversial prisoner swap on Monday involving the unfreezing by the Biden administration of $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian oil money held in South Korea since 2018....
Mexico on track to break asylum application record (apnews.com)
Mexico is on track to receive more asylum applications this year than ever before as the flow of migrants threatens to overwhelm governments of several Latin American countries along the migratory route....
SEC Charges Connecticut Advisory Firm GlennCap and its Owner with Cherry-Picking. (www.sec.gov)
Europe probes China’s electric car subsidies as imports soar (www.cnn.com)
The European Union is launching an investigation into China’s state support for makers of electric vehicles as soaring imports of their cars stoke fears for the future of European auto manufacturers....
See you later, alligator: New Jersey police capture reptile on the loose for 2 weeks | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The alligator, described as a “non-indigenous reptile” between 3 and 4 feet long, was first spotted in the Ambrose Brook at Victor Crowell Park in Middlesex County on August 23, according to the Middlesex Borough Police Department....
At Russia's Doorsteps, B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Of US Air Force Performs Historic Hot Pit Refueling (www.eurasiantimes.com)
A US B-2 Spirit bomber recently carried out a historic hot pit refueling at Orland Air Base, Norway, marking the first landing of the stealth bomber in the Scandinavian nation....
India and Malaysia protest China’s land claim in a newly published map ahead of the G20 summit (apnews.com)
Malaysia on Wednesday joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory and Malaysia’s maritime areas near Borneo island ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi....
Maui tourism, an economic mainstay, sparks anger amid fire ruin (www.reuters.com)
The Clean Energy Future is Roiling both Friends and Foes (www.nytimes.com)
I hate NIMBY environmentalist hypocrites
Wildfire threat to Yellowknife deemed serious as parts of city on evacuation alert (www.cbc.ca)
The news briefing came on the heels of Yellowknife declaring an evacuation alert for parts of the city’s west end and Thompson declaring a territorial state of emergency due to wildfires and evacuations in many parts of the territory....
Hawaii fires: tourists warned against travelling to Maui in wake of disaster (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say hotel rooms needed to house thousands of displaced residents
Data leaks have given Irish republican groups ‘upper hand’ against police, analysts warn (www.theguardian.com)
Breaches hurt police morale and may help republican paramilitaries intimidate officers and their families
West African nations mobilize standby force as Niger crisis grinds on (www.washingtonpost.com)
West-African governments struggled to chart a clear path out of the crisis in Niger during an emergency summit on Thursday.
Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat (apnews.com)
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, according to an analyst....
Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers’ attention, and they have a lot of questions (apnews.com)
As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they’re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.
Class Action Lawsuit Takes Aim at Frontier’s “Low Cost” Model (www.flyertalk.com)
Thousands of Tydemy birth control pills recalled, may be ineffective, FDA warns (www.cbsnews.com)
Thousands of Tydemy brand birth control pills have been recalled, the Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday, after testing by drugmaker Lupin Pharmaceuticals found that two lots they made of the tablets might have lower effectiveness.
