Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In.
via NYT > World News Renewable energy has helped make the worst-case scenario a bit less bad. The president said, falsely, it shows that climate scientists were wrong all along.
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A French Soccer Star Faces Off Against a Surging Foe: The Far Right
via NYT > World News Kylian Mbappé, the captain of France’s national team, set off a storm a month before the World Cup by suggesting that the National Rally party was a threat to France.
What to Know About the Latest Ebola Outbreak
via NYT > World News The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after about 80 people died from the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He’s Forging the Future of War
via NYT > World News Meet the man who wants Ukraine to use autonomous drones that could decide on their own to use lethal force.
W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
via NYT > World News Just a day after the outbreak was announced, cases were confirmed in the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is no approved vaccine for the strain.
Venezuela Extradites Billionaire Tycoon Alex Saab to U.S.
via NYT > World News The extradition of Alex Saab, who is tied to a huge graft scheme, is part of a purge of powerful figures who helped the deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, stay in power.
Félicien Kabuga Dies; an Accused Mastermind of Rwanda’s Genocide
via NYT > World News One of his country’s richest businessmen, he fled arrest and escaped prosecution for allegedly financing and directing the bloodletting that cost 800,000 lives in 1994.