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New York Times

What Caused the Beirut Explosion? What We Know

Cori Bush Defeats William Lacy Clay in a Show of Progressive Might

After Deadly Beirut Explosion, a Search for Answers and Survivors: Live Updates

New Nominations to U.K. House of Lords Raise Old Concerns of Cronyism

U.S. Health Secretary to Visit Taiwan, in a Move Likely to Anger Beijing

As Trump Praises Plasma, Researchers Struggle to Finish Critical Studies

CBC Canada

A record number of companies have sought creditor protection under COVID-19 — and more are on (Pete Evans)

Spectre of atomic bomb still looms over N.W.T. community 75 years after Hiroshima (Katie Toth)

32% of Canadians may hold off on getting eventual COVID-19 vaccine, survey shows (Lauren Pelley)

COVID Alert app could result in some people being ID'd (Elizabeth Thompson)

How scientists aim to make a safe COVID-19 vaccine in record time (Emily Chung,Christine Birak,Marcy Cuttler)

Northern B.C. border town pushes for international bubble with Alaskan neighbours (Andrew Kurjata)

arstechnica.com

An early version of Starship takes its first, tentative steps off Earth

#MeTooSTEM founder admits to creating Twitter persona who “died” of COVID-19

Mulan skips US theaters, will debut on Disney+ Sept 4—for an extra $30

Gordon Murray says the his new supercar is the most driver-centric ever

Ford CEO Jim Hackett retires after just 3 years—and a 40% stock slide

Beware of find-my-phone, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, NSA tells mobile users

CBC Ottawa

What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Wednesday, Aug. 5 (CBC)

Ottawa's Lebanese community watches Beirut explosion in horror, from afar (Sarah Kester)

Binational couples separated by COVID-19 feel 'abandoned' (CBC News)

International student stuck at U of O still waiting to go home to China (Sara Jabakhanji)

Has eastern Ontario become a tornado hot spot? (Matthew Kupfer)

Ottawa finally has all 17 LRT trains available — well, sort of (CBC News)

CBC Top Stories

Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion (The Associated Press)

The National for August 4th

Toronto Liberal MP resigns to helm Jewish human rights organization (CBC News)

U.S. astronauts who made first splashdown landing in 45 years to talk about their experience (Nicole Mortillaro)

Ottawa keeps lid on company names, dollar amounts in some COVID-19 contracts (Jordan Press)

Masks mandatory for all staff, students Grades 4-12 in Alberta (CBC News)

Slashdot.org

Riot Games Addresses Burnout and Crunch By Giving Employees a Week Off (slashdot)

Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets To Manipulate Energy Markets (slashdot)

Honda Recalls 608,000 Vehicles For Faulty Software (slashdot)

Virtual House Hunting Gets a Pandemic Boost (slashdot)

It's Official: EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into Google's Fitbit Takeover (slashdot)

Amazon's Engineers Are Building Robots In Their Garages (slashdot)

Engadget.com

Logitech's G923 racing wheel makes you feel every curve of the road

Ex-Waymo engineer Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison

SpaceX's Starship prototype flies hundreds of feet for the first time

Apple sponsors a three-year UCLA study on depression and anxiety

Activision Blizzard reports a record quarter amid growing wage dispute

'Mulan' will premiere on Disney+ September 4th for $30