The EU picks veteran Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen to take over from Thierry Breton, pending her confirmation; Virkkunen was central in creating the DSA (Bloomberg)
Lebanon: Hezbollah pager explosions injure thousands, several people dead | DW News
The US FDIC proposes rules for banks holding customer funds for money management apps, to track customers' balances, citing harms done when Synapse cratered (Emily Flitter/New York Times)
Taylor Swift Takes Over the VMAs Red Carpet
Uber says it plans to start checking US passengers' account info against third-party ID verification databases; drivers will be able to see a user's blue badge (Curtis Heinzl/Bloomberg)
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Galileo FOC FM26 & FM32
Floods displace hundreds of thousands in central and western Africa | DW News
Wintermute partners with Chaos Labs to launch a crypto-based betting site focused on the US presidential election; Polymarket has ~$1B in wagers on that contest (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg)
Cultural events across China mark traditional Mid-Autumn Festival
Taiwan family celebrates moon festival on the mainland