{"id":33455,"date":"2024-08-02T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/friday-headlines-allez-les-jeux#id33210"},"modified":"2024-08-02T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:39:00","slug":"friday-headlines-allez-les-jeux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/friday-headlines-allez-les-jeux\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday headlines: Allez, les jeux!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 people after weeks of protests.<\/a> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia frees journalist Evan Gershkovich, part of the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff's so-called “insatiable” fan base is nicknamed the “D-Unit.”<\/a> \/ Vanity Fair<\/span><\/p>\n

Some three-quarters of American parents believe college is worth paying for, even though tuition has ballooned in the past two decades.<\/a> \/ FastCompany<\/span><\/p>\n

Unrelated: Some questions for the notion that “if you are a skilled manager of your own mind, your feelings will not go on strike.”<\/a> \/ The Drift<\/span><\/p>\n

Famine is officially declared in Sudan's Darfur region—only the third time in the last 20 years that famine has been declared.<\/a> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

One in 11 people went hungry last year, while one in three struggled to afford a healthy diet.<\/a> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: Can thunderstorms spoil milk? No, but people thought as much in the 19th century.<\/a> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet another big study of basic income finds “overwhelmingly beneficial” results.<\/a> \/ The Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/p>\n

How many times can a public beach vanish? As many times as Congress pays to rebuild it—“over a very long time.”<\/a> \/ E&E News<\/span><\/p>\n

Selections of work from eight painters capturing urban life around the world.<\/a> \/ Artsy<\/span><\/p>\n

Physicist Sara Walker says assembly theory—the idea that everything is made from smaller parts—can explain what life is.<\/a> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Some notes on the design of the world's first powered pants.<\/a> \/ dezeen<\/span><\/p>\n

A “renaissance” in designing miniatures is said to be upon us.<\/a> \/ Architectural Digest<\/span><\/p>\n

Remembering the design of 1984's Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. “That ecstatic joy with design still feels unexpected and original, even three decades on.”<\/a> \/ Hyperallergic<\/span><\/p>\n

One surprise in this summer's games? The French, Parisians especially, are barely complaining about them.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 people after weeks of protests. \/ The Guardian<\/p>\n

Russia frees journalist Evan Gershkovich, part of the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/p>\n

Second Gentleman …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33456,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33455\/revisions\/33456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}