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New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil has finally begun to look like the pure hitter Mets fans know and love. Despite having just one extra base-hit, McNeil is hitting a stellar .367 with a .457 on-base percentage and .857 OPS over 30 at-bats during the month of July. He’s also drawn four walks, scored […]

The best 2021 prospects have hit the bigs for the most part. There are a few young men still toiling at Double-A and Triple-A, however. If you need a shot in the arm for your steals category keep these up-and-comers on your radar.

Jaishankar meets Chinese FM, says any unilateral change along LAC not acceptable to India

Just over a week before the opening ceremony, the spreading infections highlight the risks of staging the world's biggest sports event during a pandemic even without spectators in sports venues.

He Who Remains, He Who Must Not Be Named, whatever — let's just call him a new Emmy nominee and give the guy a big ol' hug.

Stephen Rademaker, RCWorld

The Islamic Republic of Iran likes to argue that the United States is not a reliable diplomatic partner. It is therefore no surprise that after hardliner Ebrahim Raisi was elected as the country's next president, Iran added a new precondition to rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. "We need guarantees that . . . a repeat of these sanctions and exiting the nuclear deal, as the past U.S. government did, won't happen again,"

Adityanath had wanted Uttarakhand to let the pilgrims march to Haridwar in that state, considered the most auspicious spot on the Ganga. It would have been expedient for Dhami to comply with that demand. But he went with his own good sense and the advice of scientists, and stuck with the ban.

William Antholis & Eric Edelman, The Dispatch

Its popular, pragmatic prime minister offers welcome political stability and ideals that align with promoting democracy.

Miami Herald

A day after Sunday's street demonstrations in several cities across the country, Cuba went dark on Monday because of internet outages and disrupted cell phone service. Yes, the Cuban regime can do that easily. Cuban Americans in Miami who had joined in with their own demonstrations on Sunday couldn't tell if the protest had continued. Neither could the international media.

Carlos Eire, National Review

The young who feel they have the most to lose by remaining silent have taken to the streets as no one has dared to do up until now on such a scale.

President Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors to discuss infrastructure Wednesday afternoon.The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.

Tahir Hamut Izgil, The Atlantic

Living through—and escaping—the Uyghur genocide

Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel

There has been a "paradigm shift" in Palestinian public opinion since the fourth Gaza border war between Israel and Hamas this past May, says prominent Palestinian pollster and political analyst Khalil Shikaki.

Markus Becker et al, Spiegel

Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet the new U.S. president on Thursday, and one issue in particular is weighing on the visit: a new gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea that will deliver Russian gas to Germany. Berlin is seeking to make concessions in Washington to relieve tensions over the project.

A new study on the effects of Airbnb listings on Boston neighborhoods suggests that the prevalence of listings may hamper local social dynamics that prevent crime. However, tourists themselves do not appear to generate or attract higher levels of crime. Babak Heydari, Daniel T. O'Brien, and Laiyang Ke of Northeastern University in Boston, MA, U.S. present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on July 14, 2021.

Domestic dogs show many adaptations to living closely with humans, but they do not seem to reciprocate food-giving according to a study, publishing July 14 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, led by Jim McGetrick and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria.

Facebook posts by members of the U.S. Congress reveal the depth of the partisan divide over the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.

A novel analysis of 3 years of conversations at a software engineering organization suggests a strong relationship between communication and productivity. Arindam Dutta of Arizona State University, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on July 14, 2021.

A team of international researchers, led by the University of Bologna, has discovered the fossilized remains of methane-cycling microbes that lived in a hydrothermal system beneath the seafloor 3.42 billion years ago.

New research, led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, illustrates the disparity between the narrow origins and far-reaching impacts of greenhouse emissions responsible for disrupting the global climate system. Published in Science Advances today, the study was built upon the most comprehensive accounting of global emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. It reveals that the regions generating the most emissions are different from those expected to suffer the most severe warming. The result of this comparison... Читать дальше...

Taking a "natural herd immunity" approach to the coronavirus that sees people put at risk of infection to gain immunity is unethical – and the same logic applies to easing lockdown restrictions while most under-18s are unvaccinated

These magical images, photographed by Guy Edwardes, capture fungi's enchanting quality and their diversity, from the purple amethyst deceiver to the hallucinogenic but deadly fly agaric

There are many ways to help improve tree cover in towns and cities – even without a garden. Clare Wilson explains how

The deadly chytrid fungus has wiped out 90 species of amphibians, and is threatening ecosystems. Now there's hope that several new treatments could help us fight the plague

Dads are catching up to moms in their hunger for advice on being successful in both the workplace and within their family roles. And with a wide variety of podcasts more readily available these days, fathers (or dads-to-be) have plenty of options for shows about how to better step up and make the most of fatherhood.