In a "monster monsoon," a third of Pakistan is now underwater. / NBC News Related: Before-and-after satellite photos of the destruction in Pakistan. / Axios The Greenland ice sheet is losing ice at a rate that will add nearly a foot to sea levels—and there's
NASA cancels today's "mega-moon" rocket launch due to an engine problem. / NPR The project's conception and execution are said to be "a near-perfect example of pork-barrel politics." / The Economist Related: How to eat desert like an Apollo 11 astronaut.
Russia blocks adoption of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty over a Ukraine mention. / BBC News Remembering a forgotten Navy catastrophe that helped force the US military to desegregate. / Smithsonian Magazine State and federal authorities investigate the killing of a Yellowstone wolf by a veteran Park Service employee. / The Intercept An
Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging they infringed on patents for the mRNA technology behind the Covid vaccines. / NBC News Following the fall of Roe, trigger laws took effect yesterday in Idaho, Tennessee, and Texas, banning abortion in those states. / CNN Unaccompanied immigrant children who are in US custody
Are sanctions on Russia working? Yes, but they're not a knockout blow, and other autocracies are watching. / The Economist Suketu Mehta: It is crucial that India remains a democracy for all its citizens. / Scroll.in The White House says it will cancel up to $20,000 of student
Six months after Russia's invasion, Ukraine today marks 31 years of independence, forgoing large celebrations over worries of "brutal strikes." / Associated Press See also: "We cannot stop, and we cannot move into a boring, low-intensity war. We need to think how we can squeeze
The costs of grains and oils have returned to levels last seen before Russia invaded Ukraine. / The Economist French supermarkets and gas stations freeze prices for the next few months. / CNN See also: A bull rampages through a bank in Israel. / The Times of Israel In the UK, heatwaves and
Russia claims Ukraine is responsible for the car-bombing death near Moscow of Darya Dugina, daughter of Putin ally and invasion proponent Alexander Dugin. / BBC News Visualizing data from American mass killings—when four or more people are murdered—underscores how most of the deaths aren't those that
TMN is going on a week's vacation. See you Monday, August 22. The White House unveils a new Africa strategy that seeks to avoid "painting African countries as geopolitical pawns." / Foreign Policy Kenya's presidential election remains too close to call, not to mention a
In the raid on Mar-a-Lago, the FBI was searching for classified documents, including some concerning nuclear weapons. / The Washington Post With an estimated 95% of Americans over 16 having some level of Covid immunity, the CDC relaxes its guidelines on quarantining, social distancing, and school testing. / Associated Press
