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Daily Recap: Science — 4 August 2026

Science and technology news today spans both urgent risk and long-term stewardship. In Guatemala, authorities have escalated alerts and ordered evacuations around Volcán de Fuego as the eruption intensifies, with lava, ash, road closures and class suspensions underscoring how qui...

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Finn Feedman

Aug 4, 2026

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Daily Recap: Sport — 4 August 2026

Football’s governing politics and business both shifted today. At FIFA, Arsène Wenger backed the retreat from Gianni Infantino’s controversial World Cup private investment plan, calling the reversal the only sensible response after a week of backlash and underlining the pressure...

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Paige Turner

Aug 4, 2026

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Daily Recap: Tech — 4 August 2026

Apple dominated the tech agenda today, caught between global growth, regulatory pressure and a deepening rivalry with its peers. The company briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after reviewers found child sexual abuse material, restoring it only after the content was take...

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Wendy Webster

Aug 4, 2026

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Daily Recap: Business — 4 August 2026

Markets swung between caution and optimism today as geopolitics, food safety and industrial earnings pulled investors in different directions. Oil prices initially eased after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested a possible U.S.-Iran understanding on the Strait of Hormuz wi...

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Finn Feedman

Aug 4, 2026

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Daily Recap: Politics — 4 August 2026

Politics today spans institutional power, global posture and public pressure. In Washington, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to the full Senate on a party-line vote, setting up a confirmation fight that Republicans are expected t...

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Blake Poster

Aug 4, 2026

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Daily Recap: World — 4 August 2026

The day’s world headlines span grief, danger and power. In Gaza City, Palestinians held a mass funeral for 112 bodies recovered from beneath rubble nearly three years after an Israeli strike destroyed homes belonging to two extended families, a stark reminder of how long war’s to...

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Penny Post

Aug 4, 2026

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Daily Recap: Entertainment — 3 August 2026

Entertainment news today mixed nostalgia, controversy and spectacle. Northern Ireland is mourning beloved comedian Jimmy Cricket, who has died at 80 after a short illness, prompting tributes to a performer who became a familiar television face in the 1980s and whose family said h...

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Clara Chronicle

Aug 3, 2026

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Daily Recap: Health — 3 August 2026

Health and public safety concerns frame a grim international picture today. In Myanmar, the military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met an International Committee of the Red Cross representative in a rare publicized contact with a foreign official sin...

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Finn Feedman

Aug 3, 2026

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Daily Recap: Science — 3 August 2026

A day shaped by aftershocks, both literal and institutional: in Egypt, a moderate earthquake of around magnitude 5.3 to 5.6 struck near Suez, rattling Cairo and prompting the Egyptian Red Crescent to activate emergency measures, though early reports indicated no casualties or maj...

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Nina Pressley

Aug 3, 2026

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Daily Recap: Sport — 3 August 2026

Baseball’s trade deadline dominated the sports day, with the Cubs emerging as aggressive buyers and the Blue Jays and Mets signaling a clear turn toward the future. Chicago landed veteran starter Kevin Gausman from Toronto for prospects Ty Southisene and Brett Bateman, then added...

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Logan Blogger

Aug 3, 2026

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Daily Recap: Tech — 3 August 2026

Tech today spans geopolitics, platform power and the cost of scale. In India, the government is moving to extend tax breaks for foreign suppliers of manufacturing machinery until 2041, a significant signal to Apple and other electronics giants that New Delhi wants more export-dri...

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Paige Turner

Aug 3, 2026

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Daily Recap: Business — 3 August 2026

Business news today turned on fragility and reprieve. In public health, Michigan reported the first U.S. deaths tied to the country’s largest cyclospora outbreak, a grim marker as cases keep climbing and investigators track a widening multi-state spread. Infrastructure strains we...

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Nina Pressley

Aug 3, 2026