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Trump To North Korea: Be Very, Very Nervous – President Donald Trump has warned North Korea it should be “very, very nervous” if it does anything to the US. [bbc]

North Korea Details Plan To Strike Near Guam By Mid-August – North Korea on Thursday laid out a detailed plan to launch a barrage of missiles toward Guam, further escalating its threat against the tiny U.S. territory. [lat]

Australia Will Join The Conflict If North Korea Attacks The US: Malcolm Turnbull – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared Australia would invoke the ANZUS security treaty for only the second time in its history in response to any attack by North Korea against the United States. [smh]

Trump Thanks Putin For Kicking Out Diplomats: ‘We’re Going To Save A Lot Of Money’ – “I greatly appreciate the fact that we’ve been able to cut our payroll.” [huff]

Cuban Diplomats Expelled By US Amid ‘Hearing Loss’ Claims – Washington has expelled two Cuban diplomats after US embassy staff in Havana suffered mysterious physical symptoms, the US state department said. [bbc]

Kenya’s Opposition Party Claim Election Results Rigged And Demand Raila Odinga Be Made President – Kenya’s disputed election was thrown into further turmoil on Thursday after the losing opposition said the result had been faked and demanded its leader be handed the presidency. [tele]

Snap Shares Plummet To All-Time Low On Earnings Miss, Sluggish User Growth – Shares of Snap Inc. (SNAP) were plunging almost 17% to $11.45 in after-hours trading on Thursday, marking an all-time low, after the social media upstart failed to meet Wall Street’s expectations for the fiscal second quarter. [street]

Putney Bridge Jogger: Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Grievous Bodily Harm – Police arrest 50-year-old in Chelsea as they investigate attack on woman pushed into path of oncoming bus in London. [guardian]

WARNING: Gale Force Winds, High Seas Forecast For Cape Town – The City of Cape Town warned on Thursday of high seas and gale force winds, with the possibility of flooding in areas of the city and the Cape Winelands region. [iol]

Unarmed Russian Air Force Jet Overflies The Pentagon, Capitol, CIA – An unarmed Russian Air Force aircraft overflew the US Capitol, the Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Base Andrews at low altitude on Wednesday as part of a longstanding treaty that allows the militaries of the United States and Russia to observe the other from the air, according to two people familiar with the flight. [cnn]

HBO Offered Hackers A ‘Bounty Payment’ Of $250,000 Last Month – The hackers behind a massive cyberattack on HBO have leaked a message from the network in which they say an exec offered a “bounty payment” $250,000, Variety first reported. [mash]

Last Year’s Global Temperatures Were the Highest Ever Recorded – Less than a week after President Donald Trump notified the United Nations of his intent to exit from the Paris climate accord, his government’s chief science agency released a report demonstrating that global warming is real and getting worse. [time]

Gene Editing Spurs Hope for Transplanting Pig Organs Into Humans – In a striking advance that helps open the door to organ transplants from animals, researchers have created gene-edited piglets cleansed of viruses that might cause disease in humans. [nyt]

Egg Scare Grows As UK Supermarkets Pull Products From Shelves – Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose and Asda withdraw items as FSA says 700,000 contaminated eggs have reached Britain. [guardian]

Schoolgirl Jailed For Viola Case Acid Attack On Love Rival In Music Room – A teenage girl attacked a love rival in her school orchestra with acid after she started dating her ex-boyfriend. [newsau]

Vanity Fair Responds To Angelina Jolie’s Comments Related To Its September Cover Story – Our September cover story, “A Life in Bold,” a portrait of actress Angelina Jolie by contributing editor Evgenia Peretz, has been the subject of some controversy, specifically the paragraph that follows, which describes the casting of Cambodian children in Jolie’s upcoming film. [vanfair]

Chelsea Manning Photographed By Annie Leibovitz For Vogue Magazine – Chelsea Manning has been photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the September issue of US Vogue, posing in a swimming costume on a beach to accompany an interview discussing her new-found freedom. [tele]

The One Food The Queen Of England Hates – Queen Elizabeth II is a well-known food fanatic. As Travel + Leisure previously reported, the Queen is quite fond of chocolate biscuit cake — so much so that she refuses to travel even a short distance without a slice of it with her. [f&w]

David Letterman Will Return To TV In A New Netflix Series – David Letterman is preparing to return to television in his first continuing series since stepping down as the host of CBS’s “Late Show” in 2015. [nyt]

Justin Theroux And Jennifer Aniston Celebrate Anniversary With Adorable Photos – If you love Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston’s love, then prepare your heart for their latest Instagram post. [huff]

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