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Today’s prime tales

A large bombing at a political rally close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border killed a minimum of 54 and wounded almost 200 on Sunday. NPR’s Diaa Hadid says the assault spotlights how “violence has been spilling over into Pakistan since the Taliban seized Afghanistan nearly two years ago.”

A Pakistani police officer stands guard on the web site of Sunday’s suicide bomber assault within the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Monday, July 31.

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A Pakistani police officer stands guard on the web site of Sunday’s suicide bomber assault within the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Monday, July 31.

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• The Taliban has been killing suspected Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan, and the Islamic State has been combating again, Hadid says on Up First this morning. But she says this assault was “politically sensitive” as a result of the focused social gathering is an element of the present Pakistani authorities coalition. Pakistan is getting ready for elections this fall, and Hadid studies that the stakes are excessive, as voting can be tough if political events are focused like this.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske throughout their counteroffensive towards Russia.

• A Ukrainian soldier tells NPR’s Joanna Kakissis that progress has been gradual and hard-fought, however reclaiming the village was a strategic win, because it’s one line of assault that goals to chop off Russia’s resupply routes. Russia has additionally blamed Ukraine for current drone assaults. Though Ukraine hasn’t formally claimed accountability, Zelenskyy has mentioned the drone assaults are “absolutely fair” contemplating Russia’s assaults.

The transport firm Yellow is anticipated to file for chapter as early as at this time. The transfer would put some 30,000 jobs at stake, in response to the Teamsters union. Yellow obtained a $700 million federal mortgage and was deemed important to nationwide safety through the pandemic. Here’s everything we know about the situation thus far.

• The anticipated shutdown can be the most important trucking chapter in U.S. historical past, an analyst tells NPR’s Camila Domonoske. Legal filings say the Teamsters union deliberately “triggered a death spiral” by blocking Yellow’s restructuring efforts and scaring away prospects with threats of a strike. The Union blames gross mismanagement on the firm. Domonoske provides {that a} Congressional Oversight Board raised purple flags concerning the mortgage given to Yellow and why it was deemed important.

Ashley Hemmers, the tribal administrator for the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, received heatstroke whereas driving to a gathering to current her individuals’s issues about local weather change. She did not make the assembly, however tells NPR’s Leila Fadel how local weather change is impacting indigenous communities.

• “For us, it’s one of the highest threats,” she says on Morning Edition. “If we keep extracting from our environment, it won’t just be heat stroke and second and third-degree burns — it’s going to be losing individuals’s lives.”      

Picture present

Karl Ohiri: Untitled, from “The Archive of Becoming.” Ohiri options previous negatives and prints which were remodeled by warmth, humidity and time.

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Karl Ohiri: Untitled, from “The Archive of Becoming.” Ohiri options previous negatives and prints which were remodeled by warmth, humidity and time.

Karl Ohiri

The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City is showcasing work from dwelling West African artists for the primary time as a part of an ongoing collection the museum says will deal with “specific art scenes across the globe.” The present assortment of images captures the colonial previous, lovely seashores and boisterous protests of Lagos, Nigeria. The exhibition runs by way of Sept. 16. Check out a number of the photographs if you cannot make it.

Life recommendation

When Keisha “TK” Dutes misplaced her cat Feisty Misses Peabody, she wasn’t ready for the grief she felt. She spoke together with her pal Alexander Hardy about how to cope with pet loss.

• Give your self area and time to course of the loss.
• Don’t undergo it alone, and discover a approach to channel your grief.
• Don’t neglect the great occasions, and honor your pet in a means that resonates with you.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Don’t fear, this six-foot-tall tsetse fly did not chunk anybody. He was a part of a efficiency to show Malawians about stopping sleeping illness.

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Don’t fear, this six-foot-tall tsetse fly did not chunk anybody. He was a part of a efficiency to show Malawians about stopping sleeping illness.

Hannah Bialic

1. Soccer followers in Malawi would possibly see an individual dressed as a colourful tsetse fly on the sphere. But it is not a group mascot — the fly’s efficiency teaches residents about sleeping sickness.
2. Scientists revived a tiny roundworm frozen within the Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years. The outstanding discovery may assist researchers understand how other animals adapt to excessive temperatures.
3. Jeffrey Gibson, a multimedia artist who fuses collectively American, Native American and queer views in visible tradition, would be the first Indigenous artist to signify the U.S. on the 2024 Venice Biennale, a prestigious worldwide arts occasion.

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. Anandita Bhalerao contributed.