Riots spread across France overnight in response to the shooting of a teenager by police. / Reuters

Wagner mercenaries apparently will no longer fight in Ukraine after the mercenary group's leader refuses to sign contracts with the Kremlin. / The Guardian

Remember that recent Chinese spy balloon? The spying tech on-board was American-made. / Reuters

President Biden is taking advice from Hollywood's Jeffrey Katzenberg to help turn his age into a punchline. / The Wall Street Journal

By 2030, poor countries will need to spend $2.8trn a year in order to reduce emissions and protect their economies against climate change. / The Economist

Eleven deaths in Texas this week were attributed to heat-related illnesses. / CNN

Can the weather get too hot to fly a plane safely? A pilot says yes, though it also explains why airports in places like Dubai have such long runways. / The Points Guy

Women's professional tennis gets closer to closing the gender pay gap, but the shift won't be complete for 10 years. / Forbes

See also: "Novak Djokovic and the Power of a Bosnian Pyramid." / Atlas Obscura

Influencers face backlash online for being paid to visit a Shein factory and then suggest damning reports about the company are "misinformation." / Buzzfeed 

A profile of Ibiza disco queen Róisín Murphy. "I had to fight, and go, 'No, that is a good song. Finish it.' Numerous times." / Pitchfork

Fans begin to notice there are multiple cuts of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse—a film about multiple versions of Spider-Man—out in theaters. / HuffPost

Drake's new poetry book is said to read like "if Barstool Sports commissioned E. E. Cummings for an anthology of pick-up lines, except less artful." / High Snobiety