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US and Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks
USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts
Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reports
The Trump administration is shuttering two of the three US Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora after the foodborne parasite has sickened tens of thousands of Americans during the summer, Politico reported on Sunday.
The two projects were defunded by Congress earlier in the year, while the third is due to be moved in coming months from Maryland to Iowa as part of a broader USDA reorganization, according to the report.
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First US military attacks on Iran in a month prompt retaliation
US attacks Iranian rocket launchers on island in strait of Hormuz and Tehran targets US bases in Jordan and UAE
The US has reverted to military attacks on Iran for the first time in a month, firing missiles and drones at Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the strait of Hormuz, prompting the Iranian military to attack US military bases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
US Central Command said it acted late on Sunday after it detected the Iranians planning to fire fresh mines into the strait. Last week Donald Trump claimed the US navy had cleared the strait of mines for the first time since the conflict started on 28 February, a claim the Iranians rejected as lies.
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Fighting Flares in Middle East After U.S. Strike on Iranian Rocket Launchers
Vigil review – this police thriller is twisty, explosive … and so boring
Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie are back trying to stop a third world war in the Arctic. There’s plenty of action – but it’s hard to root for heroes whose biggest personality traits are ‘being nice’ and ‘wears good glasses’
Like many a police procedural, Vigil always begins with a cold open. This time round, however, it’s absolutely freezing. We are, as per, thrown headlong into a niche and tangentially Scottish military world where a murder has occurred. The first series took place on board a nuclear submarine (the show is, confusingly, still named after the vessel), while the second split the action between an army airfield in Scotland and the fictional Middle Eastern nation of Wudyan.
For its third outing, we find ourselves in the (real) Arctic region of Svalbard. The area is supposedly demilitarised, but four British special forces agents are working undercover at a research centre, and tonight their mission is to extract a Chinese scientist who has made a discovery that could either save or destroy the world. En route, they’re ambushed by Russians who want whatever world-saving-or-destroying stuff she’s got. The scientist escapes – but one of the Brits later turns up dead in a Russian enclave.
Continue reading...Joe Root urges England to celebrate Pakistan series win in ‘sensible, grown-up way’
Team have faced off-field scandals over the last year
Root: ‘It’s hard to win Test series so enjoy it’
Joe Root has called on his players to “celebrate in a sensible, grown‑up way” after they secured a first multi‑game series win since 2024 by beating Pakistan at Lord’s to take a 2-0 lead with one to play.
England’s recent opportunities for celebration have often resulted in scandal and Root intends to end the scandals rather than the celebrations. “It’s important we’re not talking about [off-field matters], absolutely,” he said. “But it’s hard to win Test matches, it’s hard to win Test series, so enjoy it and celebrate it, but in a sensible, grown-up way. It’s been a really good start to, I don’t know what you want to call it, this new team.”
Continue reading...Michael Carrick hails Manchester United’s grit after rout of Ipswich
Fernandes fires hat-trick as United enjoy home win
‘The way they bounced back, that’s the biggest thing’
A delighted Michael Carrick praised how Manchester United bounced back from the opening-weekend defeat at Hull with their 5-2 rout of Ipswich.
Bruno Fernandes’s hat-trick, scored in the 40th, 61st and 68th minutes, ensured United’s comeback win after Leif Davis’s opener. A Jacob Greaves own goal after 56 minutes and Bryan Mbeumo’s 82nd-minute strike completed the home scoring, Chuka Akpom’s added-time finish giving Ipswich their second.
Continue reading...US strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, sparking reprisal attack on airbases in Jordan and UAE
US says it attacked Larak Island to prevent launch of sea mines, prompting reprisals against airbases used by US forces, with tanker fire also reported in strait
Iran has launched retaliatory strikes on airbases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates after the US attacked Iranian rocket launchers in the strait of Hormuz, the first such hostilities in a month.
Hours later, Iranian state TV later reported that a supertanker had caught fire after hitting two naval mines while attempting to pass through the southern side of the strait. It did not identify the vessel or provide information about its crew.
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The Australian government is working with Russian officials in a bid to secure the release of Australian Oscar Jenkins, Matt Thistlethwaite says.
Speaking to ABC news breakfast, the assistant minister for foreign affairs declined to answer whether a prisoner swap was on the table.
Obviously, we try and negotiate as best we can on behalf of all Australians who find themselves in difficulties such as this. We obviously have to abide by international laws and we always uphold them. But the Australian officials on the ground will work with their counterparts to ensure that, hopefully he’s returned to Australia safely.
Continue reading...Dolly Parton laid to rest as family shares emotional tribute
‘Sad day in Australian sport’: tributes flow for trailblazing boxing great Tony Mundine
Fellow boxers, sporting figures, politicians and celebrities have paid tribute to the champion boxer and community leader, who died aged 75
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Tributes are pouring in for Indigenous Australia boxing great, Tony Mundine, who has died aged 75.
The Guardian understands that the Bundjalung man and father of former world champion boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine had a heart attack on Sunday, and was in hospital surrounded by family when he passed.
Continue reading...European football: Bellingham sparks Real Madrid’s cruise to maintain perfect start
Promoted Málaga slump to 4-0 defeat at the Bernabéu
Como defeat Napoli; Jones makes Inter debut in win
Real Madrid maintained their perfect start to the season in La Liga with a comfortable 4-0 home win over promoted Málaga on Sunday, scoring three times inside 30 minutes before adding a late fourth.
Jude Bellingham’s brilliant solo opener, an own goal by the Málaga goalkeeper, Alfonso Herrero, and a sharp Kylian Mbappé volley in effect settled the contest before half-time, with the substitute Arda Guler wrapping up the victory in added time at the Bernabéu.
Continue reading...All-time great Aaron Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams
Los Angeles were already Super Bowl favorites
Defensive tackle was 10-time Pro Bowler with Rams
35-year-old aiming to win second Super Bowl in LA
Aaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, is coming out of retirement to rejoin his only professional team, the Los Angeles Rams.
During a 10-season career with the Rams, who drafted him with the 13th overall pick in 2014, Donald was a three-time defensive player of the year and an eight-time first team All-Pro. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams at the end of the 2021 season before announcing his retirement in March 2024 at the age of 32.
Continue reading...Почему мне больше не весело делать игры
Со стороны профессия разработчика кажется пределом мечтаний. Можно писать приложения, которыми пользуются миллионы людей по всему миру. Или создавать игры, или пилить фичи для узнаваемых сетевых проектов. Но вся эта напускная романтика вас вряд ли впечатлит, если вы проработали в ИТ больше пяти-семи лет.
Потихоньку копятся стресс, нереализованные амбиции и внутреннее несогласие с окружающим миром. Раздражают решения конкретного продакт-менеджера. Бесполезные дейлики. Обязательная корректность в любом рабочем разговоре. А в финале приходит отвращение ко всей индустрии ИТ, превратившейся из творческого полигона в конвейер, штампующий коммерческую посредственность.
Особенно остро это бьет по тем, кто отдал профессии порядка 15-20 лет. Поколению, которое до сих пор относится к своей работе как к особому виду искусства, тошно от коллег, пришедших только за деньгами и не желающих по-настоящему учиться и развиваться.
Согласно статистике последних лет, до 75% сеньоров и лидов сталкиваются с глубоким выгоранием, а каждый пятый «возрастной» специалист всерьез рассматривает радикальный дауншифтинг или полный уход из профессии. Отпуск или смена галеры уже не помогают. Стресс вызывает одна только мысль об открытии проекта на рабочем ПК.
Под катом мы поговорили с коллегой из сферы геймдева, который давным-давно нашел и потерял себя в этой нише и хотим поделиться с вами его историей.
All-time great Aaron Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams
Los Angeles were already Super Bowl favorites
Defensive tackle was 10-time Pro Bowler with Rams
35-year-old aiming to win second Super Bowl in LA
Aaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, is coming out of retirement to rejoin his only professional team, the Los Angeles Rams.
During a 10-season career with the Rams, who drafted him with the 13th overall pick in 2014, Donald was a three-time defensive player of the year and an eight-time first team All-Pro. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams at the end of the 2021 season before announcing his retirement in March 2024 at the age of 32.
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‘Sad day in Australian sport’: tributes flow for trailblazing boxing great Tony Mundine
Fellow boxers, sporting figures, politicians and celebrities have paid tribute to the champion boxer and community leader, who died aged 75
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died
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Tributes are pouring in for Indigenous Australia boxing great, Tony Mundine, who has died aged 75.
The Guardian understands that the Bundjalung man and father of former world champion boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine had a heart attack on Sunday, and was in hospital surrounded by family when he passed.
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What Is Trump’s U.S. Space Academy?
President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order creating a commission to develop plans for the United States Space Academy, which is intended to “educate and develop the next generation of leaders across the space domain.”
The initiative was first announced when Trump visited the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 28 to present the crew of Artemis II with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The crew was recognized for their 10-day lunar flyby in April, which took them farther from Earth than any human had ever traveled.
“Given the rapid growth of the Space Force and the commercial space industry and the expansion of our ambitions to the moon and far beyond the moon,” Trump said while giving remarks at the ceremony, “it’s clear we will need to educate and train an entire generation of skilled service members, engineers, and civil operators.”
The proposed academy is envisioned as serving the military, civil government, and broader space industry. However, the exact admissions requirements for Space Academy—which will help characterize who it serves and how—are yet to be determined. Future Space Force officers currently attend the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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“The Nation must prepare the next generation of astronauts, scientists, engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, civil servants, and warfighters and ensure that they are capable of advancing American interests in space,” the executive order said. “Achieving this goal requires us to recruit, train, and retain America’s best and brightest from across the Nation.”
At the ceremony, Trump also acknowledged the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named for one of the forebears of modern space science, which was launched Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. With surveying capabilities over 1,000 times faster than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, Roman seeks to explore dark matter, uncharted corners of the cosmos, and questions about the expansion of the universe.
What do we know so far about the Space Academy?
The first step in establishing the new academy is forming a Presidential Commission to develop recommendations for it. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will chair the new commission, according to the executive order, and it will also include War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Secretary Troy E. Meink, or their designees, among other federal representatives.
The commission has 120 days from Aug. 28 to submit its report to the President. It must include a governance framework, an academic and leadership curriculum, prerequisites for students, a service obligation for graduates, and a plan of implementation, legislative and otherwise, for all of the included components to take effect.
The White House also released a fact sheet, which described the proposed Space Academy as a “NASA-led federal academy dedicated to combining rigorous technical education with leadership development, discipline, and a durable commitment to public service.”
The fact sheet organized the administration’s case for the academy under three headings.
“Building the Next Generation of American Space Leaders” covered the convening of the commission and how the commission’s subsequent recommendations will be implemented.
“Advancing American Space Superiority” established that intensifying competition in space requires the United States to encourage more students to pursue cutting-edge technical fields.
Finally, “Building American Strength and Driving Achievement” explained Trump’s commitment to the space industry, from signing the legislation that formed the Space Force in 2019 to this month’s National Security Presidential Memorandum, which calls for U.S. ranges to support “more than 1,000 launches and reentries every year” by 2030.
“Access to, from, and within space is a vital national and economic security interest,” the Aug. 20 memorandum stated.
The fact sheet also linked the Space Force to the military’s preparation for future warfare, saying: “The Space Force is critical to preparing the Department of War for evolving warfighting conditions and expanding our capabilities.”
Where will the Space Academy be located?
The future location of the Space Academy has not yet been determined. Trump said that the White House would be accepting proposals. At the Congressional Space Medal of Honor ceremony, he said, “I’m going to be choosing a location very shortly.”
Joking that Sen. Ted Cruz was already interested in hosting the new academy in Texas, Trump continued: “Everybody wants it because it’s the hot thing. Space is the hot thing.”
Trump compared his ambitions for the academy to other prestigious military education institutions.
“So you think of West Point and you think of Annapolis and you think of the Air Force Academy and you think of the Coast Guard Academy. It’s great. They’re all great,” he said. “But we’re going to have now a Space Force [academy].”
Those are based in New York, Maryland, Colorado, and Connecticut, respectively.
“But I said this has to be comparable to [those schools],” he explained. “You know, we don’t want to do it in any other way, and it’s going to be, even architecturally, it’s got to be beautiful. It’s got to be the top. It’s going to be as good as it can get.”
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Спустя год разработки приложения для изучения иностранных слов — я наконец нащупал его главную концепцию
Пользователи открывали мое приложение VibeLing и не понимали, что учить. Я добавил готовые коллекции и долго считал проблему решенной.
Но однажды открыл собственный словарь сербского и понял: все это время я решал не ту проблему.
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Эта работа Рудольфа Клаузиуса опубликована в 1865 году, в ней впервые введено понятие энтропии (изменившее физику, наше понимание Вселенной и до сих пор вызывающее много споров и непонимания). Но она так и не была издана в русском переводе.
К 31 августа, который @avshkol предлагает считать неофициальным Днём Энтропии (последний день лета, предшкольные хлопоты, начинается увядание природы, ещё и Фролов день, лошадиный праздник: в этот день лошадей кормили досыта и на них не работали!), @avshkol начал выкладывать в этом посте перевод этой фундаментальной работы, «О различных удобных для применения формах основных уравнений механической теории теплоты».
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Trump ‘border czar’ denies Milo Yiannopoulos was deported quickly to spare him from ICE detention
Tom Homan denies British far-right commentator, who was deported one day after arrest, got preferential treatment
The White House “border czar,” Tom Homan, denied on Sunday that deporting British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos just a day after being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amounted to preferential treatment.
Homan said it was his understanding that Yiannopoulos, 41, had overstayed what he believed to be a visitor visa, had not appeared at an immigration hearing and was issued a final order of removal on 22 July.
Continue reading...Prisons ‘one major event from disaster’ after U-turn on early release scheme
Critics say the move, which will keep PC Harper’s killers in jail, leaves number of prison spaces ‘too close to the bone’
PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain behind bars after a critical intervention by Andy Burnham, but the move has led to warnings that overcrowded prisons will be left “one major event away from disaster”.
Announcing a U-turn on the early release scheme after weeks of intense pressure, Burnham said he understood “how strongly people feel about this issue”.
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