August 3, 2016

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Since Philippines president Duterte took office last month, over 400 alleged drug traffickers have been killed.

Pivotal election in South Africa may wrest power away from the ANC.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega picks his wife to run as his vice presidential candidate.

Trump refuses to back Ryan or McCain’s reelection bids for Senate.

Meme comparing Trump’s treatment of the Khans to Bush’s treatment of Cindy Sheehan is misleading at best.

Profile of Deso Dogg, a Berlin rapper who became ISIS’s pop star.

Powerpoint presentation offers “a deep dive into Saudi culture.”

Twelve Mexican tourists and two guides were killed in an Egyptian Army airstrike last year for no discernible reason.

Australia ships thousands of undocumented immigrants to an island where they face “appalling” abuse and neglect.

Alaska’s frozen highways threatened by melting permafrost, thanks to climate change.

Anthrax outbreak in Siberia affects dozens after melting permafrost exposes an infected reindeer.

China frequently beats Silicon Valley to mobile tech: streaming, mobile payments, peer-to-peer loans.

It takes strength. Technique. Explosiveness. Women wrestling sumo shift the paradigm in Brazil.

Artist trains rats to predict market shifts, claims their performance is comparable to that of top fund managers.

Gap ad promotes boys as smart, girls as social, and also manages to spell Einstein wrong.

Abusive police systems don’t end with ice cream, and “feel good” cop videos are disingenuous. #opinions

Electronic temporary tattoo can warn drinkers if they’ve had too much to drive.

In some cases, we went two weeks without drinking wine. Dispatch from a celebrity hiking camp.