Brush with fame
Oil prices fall after a pause in Donald Trump’s war on Iran. Why the pause? The United States is running out of missiles again. / Semafor, The Week
Ukraine and Russia trade strikes on civilian sites associated with supply chains, including a Kyiv arms exhibition and warehouses belonging to Russia’s equivalent of Amazon. / The Kyiv Independent, Meduza
Temporary Protected Status expires for Haitian immigrants in the United States, with ICE planning deportations to a country roiled by insecurity and humanitarian crisis. / CBS News, TIME
The number of children under age five living in big US cities is down 15% over the past decade. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
An increasing number of summer camps in China promise parents they’ll turn their kids into venture capitalists. / Sixth Tone
Valuations are soaring for women’s sports franchises, but players don’t yet see the benefit. / The Los Angeles Times, Forbes
See also: A calculator to compare your financial standing to the rest of your country. / How Poor Am I?
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Cooking with gas is found to be especially bad for asthmatics, and switching it off is as effective as commonly used medications. / The Conversation
A Japanese vending machine manufacturer has developed a human-sized refrigerator to stave off heatstroke. / Dezeen
More than a quarter-million people are fleeing wildfires near Bordeaux and Madrid. / DW
Solar was the European Union’s top source of electricity in May and June, and provided a record-high 25% of the region’s power last month. / Canary Media
Related: Anti-Americanism should not be an excuse for forgoing air conditioning. / Noema
Why do celebrities entering the art world receive so much ridicule? Partly, it comes down to class. / It’s Nice That
A meditation on what it’s like to watch Christopher Nolan’s new film inside one of Quentin Tarantino’s movie theaters. / Meditations in an Emergency
Maureen Dowd: Nolan’s master work does not have Homer’s “elusive sexiness.” / The New York Times [$]
Among the reasons it’s hard to turn the Trojan War into a movie: The characters are so unlikeable in the original. / Wrong Side of History
Headline of the week? “Harp therapist serenades lemurs, rhinos and fish at Canberra's National Zoo and Aquarium.” / ABC