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What to watch for today
European leaders will mull over the Brexit vote.
Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s François Hollande will
head to the Italian island of Ventotene
to meet with Italy’s Matteo Renzi for a summit on the UK’s planned exit from the European Union.
Zhang Tao begins his first day as the deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Zhang has served as the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China.
The production company behind Star Wars is sentenced in the UK after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to Harrison Ford’s on-set injury. The Han Solo actor broke his leg in a mishap involving a hydraulic metal door on the Millennium Falcon.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport holds a hearing to decide whether Russia’s paralympic athletes will be allowed to compete in the Rio games, after allegations of widespread doping. The court’s decision will be handed down Tuesday.
Over the weekend
Digging through Donald Trump’s finances is a real bear. But an investigation by the New York Times found the companies he owns have at least $650 million in debt (paywall). That’s about twice the amount he has listed in public filings so far.
An explosion at a Turkish wedding in Gaziantep killed 50 people. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan attributed the explosion to the Islamic State, and said the bomber was aged 12 to 14. More than 90 people were wounded in the blast.
India appointed a new head for its central bank. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Urjit Patel as the head of the next Reserve Bank of India governor. He’ll assume his new position Sept. 4.
Brazilian footballer Neymar led his nation to Olympic gold. In scoring a winning penalty kick, Neymar topped a 5-4 shoot-out win over Germany, after a 1-1 draw. After the match, he surprised many by stepping down as team captain.
After an apology many deemed inadequate last week, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte walked back even further his discredited story of an armed robbery in Rio. The 12-time medal winner may face disciplinary action from the US Olympic Committee.
Quartz obsession interlude
Chase Purdy on what was truly ugly about those naked Donald Trump statues that cropped up in cities last week. ”Aside from preying on people’s anxieties and generally being mean-spirited, perhaps the most depressing aspect of this kind of political dialogue is that it accomplishes nothing. It might draw a momentary wry smile, but it doesn’t inspire thoughtful conversation about foreign policy or race relations or the pressures small-business-owners face.” Read more here.
Matters of debate
The cookie bake-off for first lady contenders is a calcified indicator of lingering sexism in American politics. It started in 1992 when Hillary Clinton made then-controversial remarks about her career ambitions.
Rio de Janeiro really amped up police forces during the Olympics. So what happens to all those resources after the sporting bonanza is finished?
Scientists have already created drugs that could make us better people. But is it ethical to use pharmaceuticals to tinker with our morals?
Surprising discoveries
The ideas of Sigmund Freud are being put to the test in an Argentine prison. Inmates there are working through their emotional issues with a psychoanalyst, who talks to them with no guards in the room.
The Olympics started as a male-only competition to honor the Greek god Zeus. But there’s evidence the Greeks also held another kind of Olympics, for women, in honor of Zeus’s wife, Hera.
China just launched a wild new satellite into space. Using quantum teleportation, the Chinese will try to make information travel outside of space and time.
NASA is opening its vaults. The US space agency is now making its research data available to the public via a web portal. It’s not the prettiest site just yet, but it hosts a wealth of knowledge.
Someone decided to test out the Walt Whitman diet for a week. Like the American poet, he ate a lot of beef, but his kitchen started smelling like a dead animal.
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