The Forgotten Historical past of the Monetary Disaster Overseas Affairs
How the world’s oldest financial institution introduced a metropolis to its knees FT
Local weather
Paris Settlement thresholds crossed Arctic Information
The International Temperature Simply Went Bump The Atlantic
Syndemics
The US Authorities Has Deserted Us to Countless COVID. We Can Do Higher. TruthOut
Is COVID endemic but? Yep, says the CDC. Right here’s what which means NPR. Commentary:
For those who have a look at the unfold in any stage of element you possibly can see the it’s a collection of superimposed epidemics.
Typically that appears like a excessive or low plateau.
It’s continuously current… however not a really regular state.
— Dr Noor Bari (@NjbBari3) August 11, 2024
USOPC CEO on Lyles’ COVID: ‘Not everyone goes to make it by way of the video games wholesome’ Nexstar
After Ben Affleck’s daughter urges everybody to put on a masks, the kids who say they NEVER cease carrying one Day by day Mail
China?
China’s third plenum highlights the quiet rise of political theorist Wang Huning South China Morning Submit
Myanmar
Forgotten warfare in Burma, ignored warfare in Myanmar New Mandala
Bangladesh chief justice, central financial institution chief give up amid protests, officers say Channel Information Asia
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics Individuals’s Dispatch
India
Indian market regulator chief held investments in offshore funds utilized by Adani Group: Report Anadolu Company
Gonna Make You a (Bangsawan) Star JSTOR Day by day
The Our on-line world Impression of a Maritime Disaster in Southeast Asia The Diplomat
Syraqistan
Iran says will ‘decisively’ make Israel pay for acts of aggression however Iran seeks to stop realization of Israel ‘dream’ of regional warfare: Appearing FM Press TV
US president’s terse warning to Iran about potential Israel assault: ‘Don’t’ Anadolu Company
Lethal Israeli strike on Gaza Metropolis faculty attracts worldwide condemnation France24
Pricey Previous Blighty
Riots response strengthens Keir Starmer’s declare Labour is ‘political wing of the British folks’ Politico
Fascist violence and the imaginative failure of the Labour authorities Crooked Timber
Keir Starmer’s Reluctant Anti-Fascism All That’s Strong…
Pores and skin within the Sport Craig Murray
Deprivation, a flashpoint and misinformation: How 2024 echoed the 2011 riots iNews
You can be refused bail even in case you solely watched riots from the sidelines, decide warns Telegraph
Why Scotland could have averted far-right unrest BBC
We will breathe! London Evaluation of Books
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Russia Pushes Again at Ukraine’s Cross-Border Assault, however Kyiv Presses On NYT
Fuel, nuclear energy crops, negotiations, destabilization within the Russian Federation: what are the duties of the Kursk operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the way it’s going (Yandex Translate) Strana
The logic of Ukraine’s Kursk offensive The Spectator
White Home says US is discovering out about Ukraine’s targets and technique in Kursk Oblast Ukrainska Pravda. Oh.
* * * Rescuing NATO from disaster Accountable Statecraft
A Darkish Masterpiece of Ukrainian Anti-Diplomacy: Offending the International South by Loudly Supporting Insurgents and Terrorists in Africa Tarik Cyril Amar
China, Russia to reintroduce barter commerce for the primary time in 30 years to keep away from US sanctions BNE Intellinews
* * * Hundreds protest in Serbia’s Belgrade towards lithium mining undertaking Al Jazeera
The protests in Serbia are about greater than lithium BNE Intellinews
2024
Trump’s 270-Web page File of JD Vance’s ‘Vulnerabilities’ Hacked by Iran The Day by day Beast
Trump assassination try: 3 key takeaways from newly launched bodycam FOX
Contained in the highly effective Peter Thiel community that anointed JD Vance WaPo
Aaron Sorkin Says If He Made ‘The West Wing’ At present, Individuals Wouldn’t Acknowledge “Affordable” Republican Occasion Hollywood Reporter
* * * Kamala Harris lastly fields questions from press after dodging media for 18 days since turning into Dem nominee FOX. Little question not requested:
Don’t fear it’s not like Kamala Harris’s closest advisor Tony West is the overall counsel of this abusive firm. https://t.co/P1cfnhkOGK
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) August 9, 2024
Harris marketing campaign: Walz ‘misspoke’ on dealing with weapons ‘in warfare’ The Hill
The Supremes
Main Questions within the Trenches (PDF) SSRN. “This text surveys and performs an empirical evaluation of the 44 choices making use of the doctrine which have been determined by decrease federal courts within the eighteen months since West Virginia.”
Spook Nation
Secret Service busted right into a salon to let folks use the lavatory throughout a Kamala Harris fundraiser, enterprise proprietor says Enterprise Insider
ASIO, Burgess and the miasma of spookdom Pearls and Irritations. Australia.
The Bezzle
The One-Hour Nurse Visits That Let Insurers Accumulate $15 Billion From Medicare WSJ (IM Doc).
No matter else is claimed about it, crypto is just not a foreign money Funding the Future
Digital Watch
OpenAI Generates Extra Turmoil Spyglass
UK monopoly police launch full blown probe of Amazon’s Anthropic tie-up The Register. The deck: “Poor cloud titans, simply making an attempt to present a serving to hand to AI startups valued at billions of {dollars}.”
Zeitgeist Watch
No movies, no music, no sleep: Is ‘raw-dogging’ lengthy flights heroic or silly? BBC
Boeing
Boeing’s New CEO Is Palms On. He’s Being Handed a Firm in Disaster. WSJ
Class Warfare
The Effectively-Off Individuals Who Can’t Spend Cash The Atlantic
Beer and salt amongst Roman ‘mega-industries’ BBC
Really helpful Studying: Captured States Nina Illingworth
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