The Daily Populous

Tuesday August 3rd, 2021 day edition

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An Olympic broadcast featured an unexpected guest: a cockroach.

The broadcast focused on the bug crawling on a ledge during an Olympic preliminary field hockey game.

Viewers watching a preliminary round women's field hockey match at the Tokyo Olympics got an unusual shock this week when the broadcast chose to focus on a cockroach in the stadium during the final moments of the game.

The strange choice of camerawork came in the dying minutes of a pool Olympic women's field hockey match between Argentina and Spain on Monday.

The roach's starring role can still be seen on NBC's recap of the event.

The Argentinan women's team would go on to win the match 3-0. »

McDonald's makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

Authored by reuters.com

A sign is seen at a McDonald's restaurant in Queens, New York, U.S., March 17, 2020.

Aug 2 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) on Monday confirmed that all its customers and staff will need to start wearing masks again inside its U.S. restaurants in areas with high or substantial transmission, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not.

McDonald's also said that masks were always mandatory for staff and customers who were not vaccinated. »

Trump moved donated money to his own business, filing shows

Authored by independent.co.uk

The money was moved in February, a month after Mr Trump left office.

Mr Trump took $30m from his Make America Great Again PAC and moved it to the new PAC, called Save America.

In one instance, the Trump Organization charged his campaign PAC $38,000 in rent via the Trump Tower Commercial LLC, in which Mr Trump has 100 per cent interest. »

Bungie and Ubisoft are taking cheat-makers to court

Authored by pcgamer.com

For 30 euros, a week a cheater gets Destiny 2 hacks including a PvP aimbot, infinite ammo, ESP, and a HWID spoofer.

Similar packages are available for Rust, Apex, Legends, Call of Duty, Escape from Tarkov, Hunt Showdown, Dead by Daylight, PUBG, and more.

On July 23, Bungie and Ubisoft filed a lawsuit against Ring-1 in the California state district, naming several individuals believed to be behind Ring-1 with usernames like Krypto, Overpowered, and Berserker. »

Russia’s ‘Great Game’ in Central Asia Amid the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Authored by moderndiplomacy.eu
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Putin’s primary goal at this stage is to prevent the US armed forces from gaining a foothold in Central Asia again after their withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The recent intensification of Russian military activity in the region is aimed at hindering the US military presence in Central Asia following its withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In conclusion, the “Great Game” around Central Asia over Afghanistan indicated the lack of foreign policy independent of the five post-Soviet nations. »