Sonic boom as US fighter jets intercept plane that later crashed
He said they had been returning to New York from his North Carolina home. “It descended at 20,000ft a minute, and nobody could survive a crash from that speed,” Mr…
War with US would be a disaster – Chinese minister
Defence Minister Li Shangfu says Beijing is open to dialogue in his first major speech in the role.
Elon Musk: Twitter snaps up top NBCUniversal executive
It comes just weeks after NBCUniversal’s head of advertising Linda Yaccarino was named as Twitter’s CEO.
Heat level NBA Finals thanks to key road win
The Miami Heat inflicted a first home defeat of the play-off series on the Denver Nuggets to level the NBA Finals at 1-1. Bam Adebayo sealed the 111-108 win with…
Religion: Welsh 99-year-old hopes to keep US church alive
Bryn Seion church was built in Oregon in 1884 and Betty Pierce has been going since 1969.
China warship steers near US Navy in Taiwan Strait
The US Navy says one of its destroyers was forced to slow down after a Chinese warship cut in front of it in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday. The vessels…
Links 6/5/2023 | naked capitalism
Patient readers, I apologize that this Links is a bit lengthy and there are several long reads. In an excess of zeal, I over-collected link candidates, and I found it…
Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong | naked capitalism
Lambert: Disappointing (?). By Melanie Jones, professor in the Biology Department at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, Jason Hoeksema, a professor in the Department of Biology at the…
Millennials Just Keep Voting
In the 2018 elections — the midterms of Donald Trump’s presidency — turnout among younger voters surged. Almost twice as many people in their late 20s and early 30s voted…
The New Afghanistan, Through the Eyes of Three Women
Christina Goldbaum contributed reporting. Special thanks to Susan Lee, Kiana Hayeri and Fahim Abed. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson,…