Monday, August 14, 2023

News roundup, 14 Aug 2023

- Mixed news on the COVID-19 front. It's not as big a risk as it used to be, but it's not going away either, and continues to be a real threat to some people.

- Ukraine is investigating allegations that military recruiters accepted bribes and helped military-eligible men escape from the country.

- The death toll from the Maui fires continues to rise, as questions about the failure to raise the alarm continue. Meanwhile, closer to home, residents of Hay River are having to evacuate by air as their road access is cut off.

- A disconcerting raid on a newsroom in Kansas.

- Alabama is trying to get the Supreme Court to reconsider its own ruling regarding a map of its electoral districts.

- Musk seems to be trying to get out of the proposed cage match with Zuckerberg. Afraid he'll lose, perhaps.

- More charges seem to be coming against Trump.

- Another far-right populist on the rise, this one in Argentina.

- Niger is prosecuting their deposed president for high treason.

- Try as they might, they're going to have a hard time getting commercial real estate to its pre-pandemic heights. 

- Yet another case of an airline passenger behaving badly.

- Apparently the deadly mushrooms that killed three people in Australia came from the store.


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