The Nightshift: 8 August 2017

Press Clippings:
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Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 8 August 2017, and this is the morning  edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
A new government report finds “drastic” changes in the global climate have occurred since 1980. There are still those who do not believe in climate change, despite scientific evidence to the contrary, but perhaps you’ve noticed a rather dramatic change in the weather in your part of the world. Traditionalists liked the world climate–complete with snow in the winter and rainy summer afternoons–just the way it was. Will it ever be that way again?
Tesla is seeking $1.5 billion in financing to expand production so that it can meet demand for its’ new Model 3. The funding will be structured as a bond offering.
The Google employee who wrote a scathing memo speaking out against women in the tech workplace has reportedly been terminated.
Vice President Michael Pence is denying reports that he is already engaged in a “shadow campaign” for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. That should make for some interesting chit-chat when he sits down with the President.
Today is National Frozen Custard Day. Dig in.
Catch up with what’s going on in the world by reading the front pages of the World’s Greatest Newspapers.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Fine Print:  Embed courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st Century on file. The image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing.  The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1304 for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications. Currently, comments on the world’s news have been (severely) limited and a photo of one important story of the day is included. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world. 

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