News Drunk American tourist damages 800-year-old Kyoto temple Ellsworth Toohey

politics Martial law declared in South Korea Rob Beschizza

florida Threats against hurricane emergency workers out of control on social media Rob Beschizza

france France locks down New Caledonia after unrest—and bans Tik Tok there Rob Beschizza

online trends South Korea warns trendy TikTokers: Please stop eating toothpicks! (video) Carla Sinclair

surveillance Freaky photo of San Francisco Bay Area sky showing the aircraft surveillance during APEC David Pescovitz

china Chinese coast guard chasing Filipino boats from their fishing waters Ruben Bolling

twitter How Elon Musk botched Twitter's bot problem Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Japanese Prime Minister kicks 7 Moonie-linked parliament members from his cabinet Mark Frauenfelder

afghan girl Afghan "girl with the green eyes" has escaped the Taliban and now lives in Italy Annie Rauwerda

mistakes Taliban 25 miles from Kabul Rob Beschizza

mistakes Afghanistan government falling to Taliban faster than expected Rob Beschizza

Covid Delta Plus could be even more infectious than Delta Mark Frauenfelder

News Russia and China fly bombers in joint patrol over Pacific Xeni Jardin

Japan Japan alarmed by rise in bear attacks Mark Frauenfelder

monkeys Man loses phone, finds it the next day filled with monkey selfies David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Would you let this robot swab your nose for a coronavirus test? Thom Dunn

coronavirus After health expert in China said new coronavirus was "under control," he himself became infected Carla Sinclair

china A Wechat-based "mobile court" presided over by a chatbot has handled 3m legal procedures since March Cory Doctorow

Business Signs that China's real-estate bubble will burst and take the economy with it Cory Doctorow