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Live updates: Wagner’s Yevgeniy Prigozhin believed to be aboard crashed plane in Russia ( www.washingtonpost.com )

As this is a developing story, I’m skipping the archive link.

Moon rocket blasts off, carrying Russia’s hope of first successful lunar landing since 1976 ( www.theguardian.com )

The Luna-25 mission will seek to land near the south pole of the moon, collecting geological samples from the area, and sending back data for signs of water or its building blocks, which could raise the possibility of a future human colony on the moon.

Why did the US credit rating just get dinged? ( www.vox.com )

On August 1, the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+ for only the second time in the nation’s history, in what’s generally seen as a signal of concern about the US’s creditworthiness....

Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest ( www.livescience.com )

Unilever to comply with Russian conscription law if staff called up ( www.theguardian.com )

China is flooding Taiwan with fake news and disinformation ahead of a major election. Here’s how it’s fighting back ( feddit.de )

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6763982

Danish MPs vote to ban desecration of religious texts after Qur’an burnings ( www.theguardian.com )

US reviewing Amnesty International report that said US-made munitions have killed civilians in Gaza ( www.reuters.com )

Israel military reportedly surrounding hospitals in Gaza and shooting at those trying to flee, UN says ( feddit.de )

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5569400...

Kenyan businesses are dropping the world’s favorite mobile money service ( www.semafor.com )

Thought this was interesting. Partially because of raised prices, but apparently mainly because of tax enforcement....

Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms ( apnews.com )

Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate murdered in prison ( www.reuters.com )

Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says ( apnews.com )

cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1022137...

Around 100 people killed, 150 injured in a fire at a wedding hall in Iraq ( www.nbcnews.com )

Pakistan army trades tanks for tractors in food-security push ( asia.nikkei.com )

Archive...

U.S. declassifies historic Nixon intelligence reports on 1973 Chile coup ( www.axios.com )

5 million bees fall off truck on Guelph Line in Burlington, Ontario ( www.cbc.ca )

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/4319858...

Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case ( www.npr.org )

A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has charged former President Donald Trump with a new count of willful retention of National Defense Information in the case related to his handling of classified documents. The new charge stems from a top-secret presentation Trump waved at aides at his Bedminster, N.J., resort....

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