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Mike Pompeo is in Denmark. The US secretary of state will discuss security in the Arctic with foreign minister Jeppe Kofod, as well as the top diplomat from Greenland, where Washington opened a consulate last month in Nuuk as it seeks to shore up its influence in the region.
The White House didn’t include Anthony Fauci in its first Covid briefing in months. The infectious diseases expert, a member of the administration’s coronavirus task force, said he wasn’t invited, highlighting the widening rift between officials and Fauci.
Investors look for resilience from Tesla and Microsoft. Even though the pandemic has hurt consumers, the electric car maker saw deliveries only dip modestly in the second quarter. If it reports a profit for the fourth quarter in a row, it’ll be eligible to be included in the S&P 500. They’ll also be looking for growth in Microsoft’s cloud business. Amazon will report its earnings tomorrow.
Twitter cracked down on QAnon conspiracy theorists. As part of its efforts against misinformation, the platform removed more than 7,000 accounts promoting the idea there’s a global conspiracy to topple US president Donald Trump, and as many as 150,000 accounts could be affected.
A Russian historian gets a verdict. A court in Petrozavodsk will hand down its judgment on Yuri Dmitriev, a historian who had been researching Stalin’s mass graves, over pedophilia charges. Critics say the charges are politically motivated, amid a recent wave of arrests of journalists and activists in Russia.
Chinese hackers are targeting Covid vaccines. The US justice department formally charged two men with trying to steal information from American companies researching Covid-19. China is developing its own vaccine, which it’s offered to some state employees even though the medicine is still in clinical trials.
Ergonomic solutions
“We’re certainly expanding our thinking about what is a great-looking ergonomic solution.”
That’s what Meghan Dean, the director of ancillary partnerships at Steelcase, the world’s largest office furniture manufacturer, told Quartz reporter Anne Quito, who’s on a quest to answer the question on nearly every modern worker’s mind… Why doesn’t the perfect work-from-home chair exist yet?
Charting the return of the boomerang generation
Young adults in the US are moving home. Covid-19 has clobbered the job market for young Americans. As a result, the share of those in their 20s living with parents or grandparents jumped to 35% in June, up from 30% in January. Research from real estate company Zillow suggests it could depress rental markets in some cities.
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Surprising discoveries
Venus spits hot fire. The next closest planet to the sun is riddled with active volcanoes.
Paging Dr. Dada. An overlooked New York hospital storage room was found to be full of artwork by post-war masters including Willem de Kooning and Alexander Calder.
A soccer team is the hottest new accessory. Natalie Portman and two-year-old Alexis Ohanian headline a list of investors in a new women’s soccer club in Los Angeles.
You can’t pay Japanese people to travel. The country’s Go To Japan campaign that provides subsidies for internal tourism is wildly unpopular.
Joaquin Phoenix fans are intense. A hostage situation de-escalated only after the Ukrainian president recommended a little-known film about animal rights the actor was in, as demanded by the gunman.
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