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But the highly anticipated summit yielded no major breakthroughs — none were expected ahead of time — and officials dismissed the notion the summit was intended to ease what has become an increasingly tense relationship. CNN

International Space Station crew sheltered in escape pods for two hours Monday after Russia blew up satellite Audio captures the moment Houston Mission Control woke up the crew and ordered them to get to safety Russia has confirmed the satellite was destroyed during a test, but denied that debris ever threatened the ISS NATO has …

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New at the Belmont Club. Win and the world laughs with you but losing is a lonely place to be.

On Friday, Aswan’s governor Ashraf Attia temporarily barred ships on the River Nile and Lake Nasser from travelling too close to the city. He also ordered the temporary closure of some roads due to reports of reduced vision caused by the storms. Road and vessel traffic resumed on Saturday.

New at the Belmont Club. What do you do if you’ve disappointed your supporters and are unwelcome among your foes?

Thus has the political center been hollowed out … Democrats barely have a majority in the House—but within that narrow majority, progressives have outsize power… The same dynamic holds on the Republican side. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has outraged even other Republicans with her divisive stands. WSJ

“American Airlines cancels thousands of flights” https://twitter.com/i/events/1455244276338728966

New at the Belmont Club. Saving the newly impoverished ingrates despite themselves.

New at the Belmont Club. When life imitates science fiction.

New at the Belmont Club. Why the great power governments are cracking down on Big Tech.

The furious members accused the Arizona Democrat of “answering to big donors rather than your own people,” in the latest sign of the political pressure she faces. NYT

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — A Brazilian congressional panel is set to recommend that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with “crimes against humanity,” asserting that he intentionally let the coronavirus rip through the country and kill hundreds of thousands in a failed bid to achieve herd immunity and revive Latin America’s largest economy. NYT

Capitalism wastes food. By contrast socialism has no food to waste. Which is better for the environment?

New at the Belmont Club. Is the administration laboring under the curse of its predecessor or its own bad judgment.

By 1966, it seemed the country was starting to walk away from that idea. The conspiracy number had dropped to 50 percent and the Oswald figure had climbed to 36 percent. But by December of 1976, the conspiracy number jumped to 81 percent in the Gallup data. NBC

A growing number of Chinese property developers are saying they can’t pay their debts, raising concerns of financial contagion as troubled property developer Evergrande Group missed another interest payment to bondholders on Tuesday. Washington Post

Nearly every major American industry is being affected by what economists are calling “The Great Resignation.” Millions of workers are quitting their jobs for a number of reasons — and limited staffing is leaving businesses unable to perform daily job functions effectively and efficiently.