UNITED STATES: Judge approves opioid settlement deal that would dissolve Purdue Pharma and have the Sackler family pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to those harmed in the opioid crisis

BREAKING: Trump expected to reach a deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, according to Bloomberg report. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d408179c3514370fa28ef1883b50e46525091d25bb37d2d145bb5ac53fd50b97.file

BREAKING: 655 large US companies have gone bankrupt this year, the highest rate in 15 years, according to S&P Global data.

JUST IN: China has warned its nationals against visiting Japan

SCIENCE: Microplastics and nanoplastics can be released into food by unwrapping the food's plastic packaging and into drinks by opening and closing caps on bottles, according to a study published in the journal NPJ Science of Food.

SCIENCE: Over 86% of popular songs about relationships depict insecure romantic attachment types, namely avoidant, anxious and fearful attachment, according to a study published in the Psychology of Music journal.

RESEARCH: Bitcoin mining uses up more electricity annually than the entirety of Argentina, according to a study by Cambridge University.

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