1. 🤒 Globally, People Point to ISIS and Climate Change as Leading Security Threats
"People around the globe identify ISIS and climate change as the leading threats to national security, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The survey asked about eight possible threats. While the level and focus of concern varies by region and country, ISIS and climate change clearly emerge as the most frequently cited security risks across the 38 countries polled."
* by Jacob Poushter and Dorothy Manevich of the Pew Research Center
2. 📱 Trump’s tweets send advisers scrambling to reshape policy
"Where carefully crafted policies ideally precede public messaging, advisers now often scramble to reshape policy to catch up with the president’s tweets and public declarations."
* by Vivian Salama of The Associated Press via The Boston Globe
4. 🛎 Facebook Drowns Out Fake News With More Information
"Starting Thursday, when Facebook’s U.S. users come across popular links—including made-up news articles—in their feeds, they may also see a cluster of other articles on the same topic. The “related articles” feature, which will roll out widely in the U.S. after months of testing, is part of Facebook’s strategy to limit the damage of false news without censoring those posts."
* by Deepa Seetharaman on The Wall Street Journal
5. 🌍🌎🌏 Chaos and order in a changing world
"The realities of population, resources, technology, and capital assure a decisive global role for an involved America and a militarily engaged Europe. It will not, however, come about without an agreed strategic and political concept."
* by Henry Kissinger on CapX
8. 👶 Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
"More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. The more time teens spend looking at screens, the more likely they are to report symptoms of depression."
* by Jean Twenge on The Atlantic
10. 🏛 Poll: Trump Approval Hits New Low
"President Donald Trump’s approval has hit a new low, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The poll found 61 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the job Trump is doing, while 33 percent approve. The president’s disapproval jumped six points since Quinnipiac’s last poll on June 29."
* by Andrew Rafferty on NBC News