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Lebanon on Tuesday announced a record daily number of over 300 COVID-19 infections and seven deaths from the virus as the country grapples with the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion that rocked the capital and overwhelmed hospitals. "The emergency in Beirut has caused many COVID-19 precautionary measures to be relaxed, raising the prospects of even higher transmission rates and a large caseload in coming weeks," the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an Aug. 10 report. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gR56e9 via Latest News

Two key witnesses in Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) probe into corruption allegations involving presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter are unlikely to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee before the 2020 presidential election even if subpoenaed, according to an individual familiar with the matter and another individual with knowledge of the probe. Johnson, the chair of the Senate committee, is leading two separate but related investigations, one into the origins of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and one into Joe Biden’s former dealings in Ukraine and Hunter Biden’s financial relationship with Burisma, a gas company in the country. Johnson told The Hill he plans to publish a report on the Biden probe in the coming weeks, possibly by mid-September.Staffers working on that investigation have interviewed numerous witnesses, including David Wade, the former chief of staff to Secretary of ...

Big stars including William Shatner, George Takei, Chris Rock, Richard Branson and Jewel, will help the Apple co-founder celebrate and raise money for charity. from CNET https://ift.tt/3kBB3cU via Mobiles

The Speed is Bentley's pinnacle-of-performance SUV and it looks like the 2021 model will deliver on that promise. from CNET https://ift.tt/31LvnEv via Mobiles

With a 6.0-liter W12 and all the leather, Alcantara and carbon fiber you could ever want, the Bentayga Speed is a serious statement of intent. from CNET https://ift.tt/2PM7NSw via Mobiles

The site's code encourages all to "wear a mask." from CNET https://ift.tt/31MNwl8 via Mobiles

Smart ovens for your countertop are a thing now, and there are actually some very good ones. From remote cooking to food recognition, there's a whole new world of cooking out there. from CNET https://ift.tt/3gQcLcC via Mobiles

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Storing energy in red bricks    Tech Xplore Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries    The Guardian Smart bricks store energy in the walls themselves    New Atlas Scientists Have Turned Bricks Into Batteries    Gizmodo Ordinary bricks laced with conductive fibres can store energy    New Scientist News View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3fPM8mK via Technology

Yang voiced his apparent disappointment in not being on the list of speakers at the upcoming Democratic National Convention. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30LnPSI via Latest News

Taiwan's opposition party demanded a clarification Monday after a US envoy who is visiting appeared to mispronounce the name of the island's president for her arch rival in China. Health chief Alex Azar met with President Tsai Ing-wen earlier Monday in the highest level visit to Taiwan since the United States switched diplomatic recognition to China. In his opening statement he fluffed the name of President Tsai -- pronounced "ts-eye" -- and instead said something closer to "shee". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DRQOLC via Latest News

A federal appeals court in Washington appeared inclined Tuesday to let a judge decide on his own whether to grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn. Many members of the court expressed repeated skepticism at arguments from the Justice Department and Flynn's attorneys that a judge was not empowered to probe the motives behind the government's decision to abandon the prosecution of Flynn, who pleaded guilty as part of the special counsel's Russia investigation to lying to the FBI. The case will almost certainly persist for months if the court rejects Flynn's efforts to get a speedy dismissal and returns it to U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who refused to immediately grant the department's request to drop the prosecution. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30MeDNT via Latest News

President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had approved a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke of his concerns on July 31. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3adUp2V via Latest News

In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear -- no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it. Clear identification of ownership, especially of a cargo as dangerous as that carried by the Moldovan-flagged Rhosus when it sailed into Beirut seven years ago, is fundamental to shipping, the key to insuring it and settling disputes that often arise. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CjoSQt via Latest News

It's shark week. While you're watching sharks on Discovery, scientists are using drones to watch how they really interact with people. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3iv6HXp via Latest News

A police department in suburban Denver faced a new set of investigations and legal problems Tuesday as scrutiny mounts over the death last year of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by officers, and other run-ins with people of color. McClain's parents sued the Aurora Police Department and paramedics who injected their son with a sedative, saying they were seeking both accountability for the loss of a “beautiful soul” and to send a message that “racism and brutality have no place in American law enforcement.” The office of Attorney General Phil Weiser said it's been looking into whether Aurora officers have been depriving people of their constitutional rights for several weeks and it's separate from a probe into McClain’s death, which Gov. Jared Polis ordered in June. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gPiZtt via Latest News

Trump administration adviser Kellyanne Conway has cast yesterday’s security incident at the White House as an indictment of Democratic leaders who are “losing it” over the prospect of a second Trump term.In a Tuesday discussion on Fox News’s morning show Fox & Friends, Ms Conway was asked for her view on the events of Monday evening, which saw an “aggressive” man shot by a Secret Service officer and Donald Trump bundled out of a press briefing for his own safety. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3iBeX8x via Latest News

More than 1,000 tons of oil has leaked into the Indian Ocean, and environmentalists worry it may be too late to undo the damage. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PKyWF6 via Latest News

The Biden campaign has enlisted several allies of big tech companies as part of its policy planning initiatives, the New York Times reported on Monday.While the campaign is facing pressure from more progressive advisers to take a combative stance against companies such as Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, a number of former consultants for and senior employees of those companies are now advising the campaign.The advisers include Avril Haines, a former Obama administration national security official who worked as a consultant for data-mining firm Palantir; Antony Blinken, a veteran of the Obama State Department and co-founder of lobbying firm WestExec, which has worked with Google; and Cynthia Hogan, a former lobbyist for Apple who is now part of Biden's vice-presidential selection team.Other veterans of the tech industry or consultants for tech companies have joined the Innovation Policy Committee, the Biden campaign's 700-person policy advisory team. The presence of big tech allie...

Eighty percent of the guns coming into checkpoints are loaded, officials say. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DwPH4x via Latest News