Why Mexico’s president is buddies with Trump despite years of insults: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a lifelong populist, and face of Mexico’s left, actually has a lot in common with Trump. https://politi.co/3iF7FBp
James Ball: Unplugging Huawei will be harder than it looks https://bit.ly/31WhvbZ
Xi Jinping — A modern-day tyrant in the old mold: We are currently witnessing a reckoning with dictators and racists of long-gone eras, such as Leopold II of Belgium. But resistance to present-day examples of such individuals is rare, says Alexander Görlach. https://bit.ly/3iHvPLG
What's behind China and India's border dispute in the Himalayas? Last month, a deadly skirmish between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the disputed Himalayan border region raised international concern about the growing geopolitical rivalry between the two Asian powers. https://bit.ly/3e9u0DR
Showdown on the Nile: Egypt threatens war as Ethiopia prepares to fill its new dam: Time is running out for two nations reliant on the essential source to find a compromise. https://bit.ly/3ebgsYl
Exotic tetraquark: CERN physicists discover novel particle: Once again, particle physicists at CERN have discovered a previously unknown state of matter. It consists of four charm quarks and is probably the first find in a new class of particles. https://bit.ly/2AI8jgq
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Is anyone watching Quibi? The streaming platform raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can’t get audiences to notice. https://bit.ly/38AHBmu
SOTD: Brother Jack McDuff - Butter For Yo Popcorn https://bit.ly/3e1eDgo
Hugo Rifkind: In-your-face rulebreakers are out of control: We all kicked against the lockdown a little, but many are acting like they didn’t even get the social distancing memo. https://bit.ly/2Z5fQiC
How a filmmaker got the #1 movie in America during a pandemic https://bit.ly/2ZzYole
