WORLD
3 rare Barbary lion cubs born in Czech zoo park
One of the biggest lion subspecies, which once roamed its native northern Africa, Barbary lions were almost completely wiped out due to human activities.
WORLD
Bob Woodward's book Rage: Kim Jong Un told Donald Trump about killing his uncle
The excerpts also provide new details about the president’s thoughts on North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, racial unrest and a mysterious new weapon that Trump claims other world powers don’t know about.
BUSINESS
4 Big Tech CEOs take congressional heat on competition
The powerful CEOs -- Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple -- sought to defend their companies amid intense grilling by US lawmakers on July 29.
BUSINESS
Federal Reserve sees dim economic outlook as coronavirus squeezes economy, keeps rate unchanged
The central bank said it will also continue to buy about $120 billion in Treasury and mortgage bonds each month, which are intended to inject cash into financial markets and spur borrowing and spending.
WORLD
Iran launches underground ballistic missiles during exercise
Drone footage captured by the Guard showed two missiles blasting out from covered positions in what appeared to be a desert plateau in central Iran, with debris flying up in the air in their wake.
ENTERTAINMENT
Nomination surprises: 'The Mandalorian,' Quibi get Emmy Awards love
'The Mandalorian' — maybe thanks to Baby Yoda — bagged 15 nominations, mostly technical nods for things like production design, costumes, stunts, makeup and cinematography.
TRENDS
'Oh Well' writer and Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green dies at 73
Green, to some listeners, was the best of the British blues guitarists of the 1960s.
WORLD
Coronavirus clusters still popping up in China, say officials
Authorities in Liaoning province have closed theaters, night clubs and indoor tourist attractions trying to stem further infections.
WORLD
WHO chief upbraids Pompeo over 'unacceptable' allegations
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted WHO is focusing on “saving lives” as he lashed out Thursday at the comments British media have reported that Pompeo made at a closed-door event earlier this week in London.
WORLD
In struggle against coronavirus pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly
Populism in politics means pushing policies that are popular with “the people,” not the elites and the experts.
WORLD
Satanic Temple offers scholarships to high school graduate
Malcolm Jarry, the organization's co-founder said the scholarship aims to draw attention to the problems of compulsory education.
WORLD
Remdesivir, HCQ and dexamethasone: New studies clarify what drugs help, hurt COVID-19 treatment
Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results.
WORLD
Why does white always go first in chess?
Socially speaking, an ideal solution would be to give both colours a 50 percent chance to move first. That is the way it was in shatranj, a precursor to modern-day chess.
WORLD
Pakistan validates most licenses of pilots working abroad
The verification process for the licenses of the remaining 10 pilots will be concluded by next week, Khokar said. He said the agency informed airlines from the 10 countries about the pilots' qualifications at their request.
BUSINESS
Explained: What's behind the Twitter Bitcoin hack?
The hack might be a simple demonstration of Twitter’s weak security controls as the US heads into the 2020 presidential election, a contest in which social media is already playing a hugely influential role.
BUSINESS
An infectious disease expert explains the results from Moderna's latest vaccine trials
In the case of SARS-CoV-2, there is a spike protein, or the S-protein, which is the flag that the immune system needs to recognize as the signature of the virus.
WORLD
Person in custody in killing of tech CEO found dismembered
Investigators recovered security video showing Saleh exiting an elevator that leads directly into the full-floor, two-bedroom apartment earlier Tuesday afternoon, closely followed by a masked person dressed entirely in black according to another law enforcement official who was briefed on the case.
WORLD
Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat
Assault helicopters launched missiles and fighter jets dropped bombs on targets at sea, while tanks and missile trucks fired from a beach to deter a simulated invading force.
WORLD
Four more years? Donald Trump struggles to outline second term plan
With the election less than four months away, Trump’s focus is more on winning than on how he would govern. He’s offered no substantive policy proposal, opting instead for heated rhetoric on race, crime and socialism aimed at his most loyal supporters. Biden, meanwhile, is releasing a growing number of proposals touching on topics including trade and climate change.
WORLD
How deadly is the coronavirus? The true fatality rate is tricky to find, but researchers are getting closer
To calculate the infection fatality rate, researchers need to know three things: the number of infections, the number of deaths from infections and which deaths go with which infections. But finding these numbers is far harder than it might seem and these difficulties explain why there has been, and continues to be, so much uncertainty regarding this important number.
WORLD
As Trump attacks, China sees a worrying trend for its future
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a speech last week that US-China relations face their most severe challenge since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1979.
WORLD
France celebrates coronavirus heroes on redesigned Bastille Day
This years’ commemoration will also pay homage to former President Charles de Gaulle, eight decades after the historic appeal he made to opponents of France’s Nazi occupiers that gave birth to the French Resistance.
WORLD
Masks for kids? US Schools confront the politics of reopening
The impassioned tug-of-wars have put educators in the middle of an increasingly politicized debate on how best to reopen schools this fall, a daunting challenge as infections spike in the US.
BUSINESS
'Glee' star Naya Rivera found dead at California lake
Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said at a news conference that the body that search crews found floating in the northeast corner of Lake Piru earlier in the day was the 33-year-old Rivera.
