Before I forget…
At least 137 migrants have died or gone missing in the Darién gap, the dangerous stretch of jungle that they must cross from South America into Panama as they try to reach the U.S. border. Their hell is becoming an ever-more popular magnet for adventure tourists. Find out more on the Reuters World News podcast.
Women in Manipur in northeastern India attacked the house of the main suspect in a sexual-assault case. The person allegedly dragged two tribal women onto the streets in May and incited a mob to rape and parade them naked.
There’s a giant gash in the ground in Russia’s Sakha Republic that is expanding as permafrost thaws. It will release ever greater quantities of greenhouse gases, as will other parts of Russia’s warming tundra.
Florida’s new guidelines on teaching Black history include this item: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” The Florida teacher’s union, the NAACP and Vice President Kamala Harris gave the state board of education an F.
Authorities spent two days looking for a lion on the loose in a Berlin suburb, but it turns out that it might have been just a wild boar. Taking things to a philosophical level, Kleinmachnow Mayor Michael Grubert said it was impossible to prove that there was no lion.
Google is exploring the use of AI tools to write news articles, and is in talks with some news organizations about using the tools. OpenAI is spending $5 million in a partnership with the American Journalism Project to support local news. This is my periodic reminder that my editor and I, contrary to appearances, are not robots.
