The White House reportedly scrapped a national testing plan because the virus was mostly hitting blue states

Lives likely could've been saved if the White House had focused on people rather than politics when the pandemic began, Vanity Fair reports.
Read more: https://theweek.com/speedreads/928628/white-house-reportedly-scrapped-national-testing-plan-because-virus-mostly-hitting-blue-states?source=Snapzu

Donald Trump claims he will ban TikTok in the US

The president told reporters on Air Force One that he will ban TikTok in the US.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-us-ban-trump-023941270.html?source=Snapzu

China celebrates completion of rival sat navigation system

China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System and significantly boost China's security and geopolitical clout. President Xi Jinping, the leader of the ruling Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, officially commissioned the system Friday at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-china-celebrates-rival-sat.html?source=Snapzu

Irish citizens win case to force government action on climate change

A group of citizens have just won a landmark case against the Irish government for failing to take adequate action on climate change. Climate Case Ireland was started by Friends of the Irish Environment and is the first case in Ireland to hold the government to account for its contributions to dangerous levels of climate change.
Read more: https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/07/31/irish-citizens-win-case-to-force-government-action-on-climate-change?source=Snapzu

U.S. GDP likely sank a record 35% in the 2nd quarter after coronavirus ravaged the economy

The U.S. suffered the biggest economic decline in the second quarter since the government began keeping track after World War Two. How much? Try 30% — or more. Economists polled by MarketWatch estimate gross domestic product — the official scorecard for the U.S. economy — contracted by a record 34.6% annual pace from the start of April to the end of June.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-gdp-likely-sank-a-record-35-in-the-2nd-quarter-after-coronavirus-ravaged-the-economy-2020-07-29?source=Snapzu

Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

Telegram, the messaging app, has become the latest company to file a formal antitrust complaint to the EU over Apple’s App Store. In a complaint to EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager, Telegram, which has more than 400 million users, said Apple must “allow users to have the opportunity of downloading software outside of the App Store.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/telegram-files-eu-antitrust-complaint-against-apples-app-store/?source=Snapzu

He was promised a job in the U.S. He found himself trapped in a nightmare.

Visas for farmworkers have surged under Trump. But the program has subjected some workers to horrific abuse.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/h2a-visa-program-for-farmworkers-surging-under-trump-and-labor-violations/index.html?source=Snapzu