News Alert now: August 2025

Sunday, 31 August 2025

Rikers Detainee Becomes Third Person to Die in N.Y.C. Custody in a Week

By Benjamin Weiser from NYT New York https://ift.tt/za8u1VS

Global Extremity

By Sam Corbin from NYT Gameplay https://ift.tt/WOpi76n

Saturday, 30 August 2025

How Tokyo is using AI video to prepare for a Mt Fuji eruption

Tokyo authorities say they released the AI-generated video to raise awareness and help people prepare for disaster - but how likely is Mt Fuji to actually erupt?

from BBC News https://ift.tt/XEwZBjz

Reeling from Trump's tariffs, India and China seek a business reboot

India's prime minister hopes to draw nearer to some of the world’s largest economies.

from BBC News https://ift.tt/e0rcEdF

A Man of Character

By Caitlin Lovinger from NYT Gameplay https://ift.tt/dJ3G5PD

Friday, 29 August 2025

Who Is the New Acting C.D.C. Director?

By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nLqZ8Ak

Thursday, 28 August 2025

C.D.C. Employees Host ‘Clap-Out’ for Resigned Top Officials

By Jamie Leventhal from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/6PcFfuv

U.S. Proposes a More Lethal ‘Gang-Suppression Force’ for Haiti

By Frances Robles from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/DjNadiE

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Southwest Monsoon Finally Arrives, With a Chaotic Mix of Dust and Rain

By Amy Graff from NYT Weather https://ift.tt/lyBosma

Tuesday, 26 August 2025

London Asks Commuters, ‘Please Put Your Headphones In, Thank You’

By Amelia Nierenberg from NYT World https://ift.tt/fGyiI0P

Monday, 25 August 2025

Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control

Quentin Sommerville follows volunteers carrying out evacuations in eastern Ukraine as drone attacks rage.

from BBC News https://ift.tt/vwDTnoM

A judge threatens to hold a Trump official in contempt over the silencing of Voice of America.

By Minho Kim from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/OAEN4MS

Sunday, 24 August 2025

This Is the End of China’s Once Mightiest Property Firm

By Alexandra Stevenson from NYT Business https://ift.tt/Dhiv6Qk

Floods keep ravaging Pakistan - how can it protect itself?

In June of this year alone, monsoon rains have killed at least 750 people across the country.

from BBC News https://ift.tt/aD6biN4

Shade of Green

By Sam Corbin from NYT Gameplay https://ift.tt/QX1LA3Y

Saturday, 23 August 2025

My trip to North Korea's 'Benidorm' - flanked by guards and full of rules

Anastasia, one of the first Russian visitors to North Korea's new resort, tells of "immaculate" beaches, meaty meals and strict rules.

from BBC News https://ift.tt/MTq813G

Oregon Wildfire Doubles to More Than 18,000 Acres in 24 Hours

By Amy Graff from NYT Weather https://ift.tt/lr3hjLy

Friday, 22 August 2025

F.B.I. Searched Home of John Bolton, a Former Trump Adviser

By Matthew Cullen from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/FHXiTtw

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Erin’s gusts sent a wind turbine’s blades tumbling through a North Carolina neighborhood.

By Eric Athas from NYT Weather https://ift.tt/WNs4BCi

See Trump’s Use of Federal Law Enforcement in D.C.

By Chris Cameron, Elena Shao and Kenny Holston from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/shC7402

California Democrats Pass Redistricting Plan to Counter Texas Republicans

By Laurel Rosenhall from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/v3JHWuk

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Tracking Heat Across Canada

By Lazaro Gamio, Zach Levitt and Eric Rabinowitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/R9XDkhd

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

What’s Next for the Ukraine Peace Talks?

By Neil MacFarquhar from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/fFV9LRN

Monday, 18 August 2025

Yosemite Biologist Who Hung Trans Pride Flag From El Capitan Is Fired

By Neil Vigdor from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/UpRn5SJ

How ‘Skibidi’ and ‘Tradwife’ Were Added to the Cambridge Dictionary

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta from NYT Style https://ift.tt/ChZtMY2

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Lists!!!

By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/wle9AxX

Dan Tana, Whose Clubby Red-Sauce Restaurant Drew Stars, Dies at 90

By Alex Traub from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/K0QWYst

Ronnie Rondell, Stuntman Set on Fire for Pink Floyd Cover, Dies at 88

By Livia Albeck-Ripka from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/93osuSI

Bother, as a Bear

By Sam Corbin from NYT Gameplay https://ift.tt/5tYTE36

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Hiker in Tennessee Who Picked Up a Venomous Snake Dies After Being Bitten

By Rylee Kirk from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/r6zbymg

New Orleans Mayor Joins Long Line of Louisiana Politicians Accused of Corruption

By Chris Hippensteel from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/g1KPqrb

Friday, 15 August 2025

Cannabis Shops Sue New York Over Rule Change That Could Shut Them Down

By Taylor Robinson from NYT New York https://ift.tt/w75Fs6U

Thursday, 14 August 2025

Dale Webster, Who Surfed Every Day for 40 Years, Dies at 76

By Livia Albeck-Ripka from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/zAd0oSi

Immigration Agents Show Up Outside Newsom Rally

By Ang Li from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/vR6AVMO

Wednesday, 13 August 2025

By Unknown Author from NYT Business https://ift.tt/HjZ1aP3

Tuesday, 12 August 2025

What Is Rent Stabilization, and Why Is It an Issue in the Mayor’s Race?

By Mihir Zaveri from NYT New York https://ift.tt/DRPuAvk

Monday, 11 August 2025

New York’s Democratic Governor Called in the Troops Last Year to Fight Subway Crime

By Christopher Maag from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/T1KVvnM

Sunday, 10 August 2025

France's last newspaper hawker gets Order of Merit from his old customer - President Macron

Ali Akbar has sold papers in Paris since 1973 and once counted President Macron among his customers.

from BBC News https://ift.tt/bKTLjmk

Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital

Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.

from BBC News https://ift.tt/6Xx2W95