
bbc.co.uk
These bookshops let Chinese readers question their country, now the doors are closinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0338l6yg4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssFor some mainlanders, Hong Kong's independent bookstores are a window into a different, freer world.Aug 21, 2026 10:26 PM

bbc.co.uk
Modi spent years building his strong image - why is he making Gen Z reels now?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvn0n1nld6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssNarendra Modi's new, more casual online persona is drawing attention from young Indians - but also plenty of scepticism.Aug 21, 2026 10:15 PM

abcnews.com
US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nationshttps://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/us-plans-pay-850-million-5-billion-owes-135852101The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United NationsAug 21, 2026 10:12 PM
cbsnews.com
USS Lincoln leaves Middle East after 9-month deployment as Trump ramps up economic pressure on Iranhttps://www.cbsnews.com/video/uss-lincoln-leaves-middle-east-trump-economic-pressure-iran/The USS Washington arrived in the Middle East from Asia on Thursday and relieved the USS Lincoln after a nine-month deployment. The move comes as the Trump administration says it will unveil the "toughest sanctions" on Iran. CBS News' Margaret Brennan and Elliot Ackerman have more.Aug 21, 2026 10:09 PM
cbsnews.com
Watch: Severe storms slam the Northeasthttps://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch-severe-storms-slam-northeast/Heavy rain and winds battered parts of the Northeast United States on Thursday, with some states even reporting tornadoes. These videos show the conditions on the ground as storms moved over the area. Then, CBS News' Jared Ochacher and Jessica Burch join with a look at the damage and the latest forecast.Aug 21, 2026 9:37 PM

abcnews.com
Tropical Storm Moke develops, expected to bring flooding rains to Hawaii's Big Islandhttps://abcnews.com/US/hawaiis-big-island-braces-new-storm-days-after/story?id=135834078A new storm is forecast to bring flooding rain and potential mudslides to Hawaii's Big Island as residents there still recover from last week's Hurricane Lala.Aug 21, 2026 9:30 PM

nytimes.com
America Ends a Summer of Lightning-Fast Primaries and Political Speed Datinghttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/midterm-primaries-south-carolina-wisconsin-michigan.htmlPlot twists in several states have led to rapid-fire races that have felt more reminiscent of European-style snap campaigns than traditional American marathons.Aug 21, 2026 9:17 PM
aljazeera.com
Arsenal rout Coventry 3-0 to begin Premier League title defence in stylehttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/21/arsenal-rout-coventry-3-0-to-begin-premier-league-title-defence-in-style?traffic_source=rssKai Havertz struck early, Bukayo Saka doubled the lead, before Martin Odegaard netted after the break.Aug 21, 2026 9:15 PM
aljazeera.com
Global Sumud Flotilla joins Albania’s anti-resort protesthttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/21/global-sumud-flotilla-joins-albanias-anti-resort-protest?traffic_source=rssThree boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived in Albania’s Vlore on Friday to support the “Flamingo Revolution"Aug 21, 2026 9:11 PM

france24.com
Search continues after deadly mine collapse on Cameroon-Central African Republic borderhttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260821-search-continues-after-deadly-mine-collapse-on-cameroon-central-african-republic-borderIn tonight’s edition: a deadly landslide at a gold mine in the Central African Republic leaves dozens dead, with victims from Cameroon and Chad. Meanwhile, Ethiopia is turning to Bordeaux expertise and grapevines in a bid to become East Africa’s next wine destination. Finally, Belgium continues to confront its colonial past, more than a century after Congolese people were displayed at the 1894 Antwerp World’s Fair.Aug 21, 2026 8:46 PM
github.com
Show HN: Zroar – Serialized Roaring Bitmaps in Zighttps://github.com/manishrjain/zroarzroar is a ground-up implementation of Roaring Bitmaps data structure in Zig. zroar stores both the keys and (array, bitmap) containers in a single flat byte buffer, making the in-memory representation equal to the on-disk or over-the-network representation, eliminating the serialization/deserialization step entirely.The design was originally aimed at systems which keep their posting lists on disk, but zroar performs faster than CRoaring even for purely in-memory ops, due to CPU cache locality.Against CRoaring 5.0's benchmarking suite (ported to Zig), zroar is faster in 339 out of 360 tests, being 2x-9x faster (geometric mean), and up to 600x faster on serialize/deserialize.zroar avoids complex mechanism (like adaptive radix trees), uses Zig native SIMD ops and is simpler. The main logic is written in ~2000 lines of code, while CRoaring's 64-bit bitmap codebase is over 17000 LOC.Not yet: By choice, zroar doesn't support run containers, and is 64-bit only.There are more details in the GAug 21, 2026 8:18 PM

abcnews.com
WATCH: Moment on the Earth: Baby green sea turtles delighthttps://abcnews.com/video/135844822/National Geographic shares adorable turtles from Australia's Great Barrier Reef. See more on "Incredible Animal Journeys," now streaming on Disney+.Aug 21, 2026 7:57 PM
theverge.com
Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Sirihttps://www.theverge.com/tech/983451/apple-layoffs-vision-pro-siriApple is laying off staff on the Siri and the Vision Pro teams, according to Bloomberg. The cuts include "largely shutting down" a Vision Pro gaming team and "reducing the size" of the team that makes Vision Pro immersive content, the publication says. More than 200 jobs were cut. Apple said in a statement to […]Aug 21, 2026 7:54 PM
nytimes.com
He Said He Was the World’s Healthiest Man. Then Came a Stunning Diagnosis.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/bryan-johnson-biohacker-autoimmune-gastritis.htmlBryan Johnson, the longevity guru, wants to live forever. But the big question is why.Aug 21, 2026 7:37 PM

nytimes.com
Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Millionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/world/europe/prince-harry-daily-mail-publisher-pay.htmlHarry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.Aug 21, 2026 6:22 PM
traccia.ai
Show HN: Traccia - Observability, Runtime Control & Audit for agentshttps://traccia.ai/AI applications are becoming agents, which has started to take autonomous decisions. There are plenty of tools and platform available to trace, and observe what an agent or llms calls does. They are good in what they do, but tracing and observability isnt enough for AI agents era. We need a solution that can help you observe, evaluate, create run time policies to govern and finally audit the actions of the agent. We built Traccia to solve this problem. The good part, all of these can be achieved by just writing few lines of code. Traccia has an open-sourced sdk that can work with your existing observability tool like grafana, tempo, jaeger, etc. In case you need more than just observability, Traccia provides the platform to evaluate, control and audit the agents. The platform is easy to use. The product's documentation is quite extensive. It is also cloud vendor and framework agnostic. Traccia is being built by an Indian start up ,based out of Bengaluru. We are running a 3 months free Aug 21, 2026 6:20 PM

france24.com
Deadly 'double-tap' Russian drone strikes target Ukraine shopping centrehttps://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260821-back-to-back-russian-drone-strikes-kill-14-people-in-ukraine-shopping-centreA pair of Russian drone strikes that hit a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih Friday killed at least 15 people and wounded scores more, authorities said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting emergency workers in what's known as a "double-tap" strike, with the second drone reportedly striking the mall half an hour after the first.Aug 21, 2026 6:07 PM

nasa.gov
TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Codehttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/nesc/tb-26-04-updates-and-modernization-of-nasas-chemical-equilibrium-with-applications-cea-code/For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation calculations used across NASA and the broader aerospace community. NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Activity […]Aug 21, 2026 5:41 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Should we stop "correcting" AI writing so it improves English for us?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391188For example, AI writing often puts an "or" at the list of items because that is more logical in some contexts.Changing it to "and" would make it sound more natural, but it would be less logical.Keeping it as "or" may make it standard usage over time, even when people are not using AI to write.What do you think? Should people stop "correcting" AI writing when it is actually more logical?Aug 21, 2026 5:20 PM
theverge.com
Walmart is finally adding Apple Pay and Google Payhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/983336/walmart-apple-google-pay-launchWalmart will soon allow you to pay for your items with Google Pay or Apple Pay. In an announcement on Friday, Walmart says it's going to bring tap-to-pay capabilities to "select" Walmart and Sam's Club locations starting August 24th, before rolling out support to all US stores by the end of 2026 and gas stations […]Aug 21, 2026 5:01 PM