• Scotland became the first country to provide 395,000 students at schools, colleges and universities with free menstrual products. [The New York Times]• A golden statue of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, erected for the Biennale art festival in western Germany, was promptly removed because of security concerns. [The New York Times]• President Trump said his administration “did a fantastic job” responding to the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico last year, despite a recently revised death toll of almost 3,000 people. [CNN]• Dyson, which makes radically designed home appliances, is gearing up to start testing new electric cars that could rival Tesla’s product. [BBC]• The British government is looking to ban the sale of energy drinks, like Red Bull and Monster Energy, to children.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2018 04:44 UTC