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Senior economic aide Sperling leaving White House to work on Harris campaign. (www.voanews.com)

Elon Musk's UK 'civil war' post criticised by No 10 (www.bbc.co.uk)

Exclusive: Google Pixel 9 has a new weather app, here's what it looks like (www.androidauthority.com)

Google is making a brand-new weather app for the Pixel 9 - and we've got screenshots.

Taiwan stocks fall 8.4% on tech sector fears, more weakness forecast (www.reuters.com)

TIL that VP Kamala Harris' Father Was a 'Marxist Economist'. (www.snopes.com)

Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18317331

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...

Mali cuts diplomatic relations with Ukraine after terrorist attack (www.aa.com.tr)

Mali announced Sunday that it is cutting off diplomatic relations with Ukraine following an admission of Ukrainian involvement in a recent deadly terrorist attack in the West African country....

China is exporting its AI surveillance state: Beijing’s trade with the developing world does not foster democracy, but appears to be doing precisely the opposite (www.taipeitimes.com)

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Lawsuits allege high levels of lead in General Mills’ Cocoa Puffs cereal (www.seattletimes.com)

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!

Nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in Oct. 7 attack on Israel, says UN (www.reuters.com)

California lawmakers got ticket freebies as they cracked down on Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift debacle (www.politico.com)

Ticketmaster’s troubled handling of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour prompted California lawmakers to spend months cracking down on the ticketing industry — while they enjoyed thousands of dollars worth of free tickets themselves from interest groups, a POLITICO analysis shows....

Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms (www.bbc.com)

Fuelled by heat from ocean waters, hurricanes are sometimes known as nature’s steam engines. As they barrel over the oceans, they turn its heat into brutal kinetic energy that flattens islands and inundates coastal cities, taking months of urgent repair work to heal. Ocean temperatures are now breaking all records, and these...

Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI (www.404media.co)

archive.is/…/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-mode…

‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year (www.theguardian.com)

Olympic 2024 boxing controversy: IBA add to confusion over eligibility row (www.bbc.com)

The Russian-led IBA, which was stripped of its status as amateur boxing’s governing body by the IOC in 2019 because of fears over its governance and regulation, called a news conference in Paris during which president Umar Kremlev and chief executive Chris Roberts were expected to shed new light on the disqualifications....

Virginia man charged with threatening U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris (www.ctvnews.ca)

A Virginia man was charged with making violent online threats against U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris days after she began her U.S. presidential campaign....

Most Americans Approve Of IVF, But Divided Over Embryo Destruction. (religionunplugged.com)

Palestinian prisoners describe widespread abuse in Israel’s jails (www.theguardian.com)

Conservationists Say 'Bizarre' Dead Bear Incident Proves 'Terrible' Judgment of RFK Jr. (www.commondreams.org)

Iranian students are still waiting for their visas to process, leaving lives in limbo. (prismreports.org)

Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign (apnews.com)

White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in November’s election....

Commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in wake of Congo mining bribery case (apnews.com)

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland said Monday they have found Glencore’s international unit “criminally liable” and ordered the commodities giant to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending a probe of bribery in connection with Congo’s mining industry over a decade ago....