Briefly with OZY

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead in his home overnight, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced Wednesday, while the first lady was wounded in the attack. And a python in Austria emerged from the drain at the worst possible time.

The Wall Street Journal has revealed several U.S. tech giants including Facebook and Twitter could pull out of Hong Kong if the city passes new anti-doxxing laws. Russia-linked hackers are demanding a $70 million ransom after a massive attack on a US software company. And Twitter’s going Meme-Crazy Over Mark Zuckerberg’s weird July Fourth Video.

South Africans are holding their breath amid a showdown between former President Jacob Zuma and the Constitutional Court that's being seen as a test of the nation's young democracy. Fears mount for Kabul as Taliban fighters make gains in some districts of Afghanistan, sending government soldiers fleeing. And is it Mordor from "Lord of the Rings?" No, but it's just as scary, it's a ring of fire in the Gulf of Mexico!

On Friday, the last U.S. forces left Bagram Air Base in the clearest sign that America no longer protects Afghanistan from the Taliban. And authorities have evacuated a second residential tower near Miami, six miles from Surfside, where the condo collapse death toll is 22.

U.S. President Joe Biden has comforted the families of people missing in the Surfside condo collapse, telling them of his own personal tragedies. New York prosecutors have brought criminal charges against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer. And China's police force is auctioning off its rejected "coward" dogs.

Legendary comedian Bill Cosby left prison yesterday after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his 2018 sexual assault conviction and prohibited a retrial. And Britney Spears got bad news from another proceeding.

There's some respite for anxious tenants after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to extend a moratorium on housing evictions until the end of next month. Kim Jong Un has chastised North Korean officials for failures in their COVID-19 response. And some Confederate statues in the Capitol could be gone with the wind after the House voted to remove them.

A U.S. Judge has given Facebook a big "like," throwing out two antitrust cases accusing the tech giant of creating a monopoly. Ethiopia announced a ceasefire after rebels retook the key Tigrayan city of Mekele, eight months into the conflict. And Chinese tourists nostalgic for pastoral peasant scenes, get snap happy in Xiapu.

U.S. President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes on Iran-backed militia groups in Syria and Iraq over the weekend, after they attacked U.S. facilities. Miami is in mourning as hopes fade that any more survivors of the Surfside condo collapse will be found. And two nude Sydney sunbathers who broke lockdown have paid deer-ly for their crime.

With four confirmed deaths and 159 people missing, hopes are fading as dozens of rescuers probe the rubble of half of the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside near Miami. And a Minnesota judge yesterday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22.5 years for killing George Floyd.