Daily Archives: August 6, 2024
Arts/Politics: The Atlantic Magazine – September 2024
Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
Iranian Insiders Warn That Attacking Israel Is a Trap
Some say a big war will help the country’s enemies. But is anyone listening?
The Well-Off People Who Can’t Spend Money
Tightwads drag around a phantom limb of poverty, no matter what their bank account says.
News: Israel Braces For Iran-Hezbollah Attack, Ukraine’s F-16 Fighter Jets
The Globalist Podcast (August 6, 2024): We get the lastest as Israel braces for a potential co-ordinated attack from Iran and Hezbollah.
Also on the programme: we learn more about Ukraine’s new US-made F-16 fighter jets and discuss the mood in Bangladesh following the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Plus: we speak to the owners of new London art museum Moco and check in with our team in Paris ahead of day 11 of the Olympics.
The Wall Street Journal – Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Unraveling Trades Fuel Global Market Rout
The unwinding of some of Wall Street’s most popular trades intensified, sending stock indexes sharply lower and walloping tech shares. The Dow industrials fell more than 1,000 points.
Market Selloff Upends Fed Rate-Cut Calculus
A further slowdown in the labor market could lead to a larger half-point rate cut next month.
Google Loses Antitrust Case Over Search-Engine Dominance
A federal judge ruled that the company acted illegally to maintain its monopoly status.
The One-Hour Nurse Visits That Let Insurers Collect $15 Billion From Medicare
Information gathered from Medicare Advantage patients in their homes triggered extra payments. “It made me cringe,” said one nurse.
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