How To Solve Today’s NYT Pips Puzzles, Tuesday August 25

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Defying Russia, UK Leader Brings Missile-Making Plans To Ukraine

Defying Russian threats and intensifying airstrikes, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham hand-carried blueprints to assemble long-range cruise missiles into embattled Ukraine.

NYT Strands Answers Today: Hints & Clues For Tuesday, August 25 (Enjoying Nature)

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The Trump Administration’s Quiet Take Down Of Healthcare Safety Agency

The Trump administration has been progressively shrinking AHRQ, the only federal agency focused on supporting research to improve the safety and quality of healthcare.

Zolani Tete Murder: 4 Suspects Have Been Arrested And Are In Custody

Police have four suspects in custody over the murder of boxer Zolani Tete outside his Mdantsane home. Every arrest, the charges so far and the court timeline.

UFC Fight Of The Night Winners Hit With 6-Month Suspension After Main Event Brawl

The California State Athletic Commission handed Gregory Rodrigues and Anthony Hernandez 180-day suspensions after UFC Sacramento. Full card results and bonus winners.

Europe’s EV share hit 25% in July as sales jumped 51%
Europe’s EV share hit 25% in July as sales jumped 51%

Electric cars took a 25% share of European registrations in July, with sales up 51% year on year against 4.1% growth for the market as a whole. Chinese brands took 34% of plug-in hybrid sales, a segment EU countervailing duties do not currently cover. …

A mysterious app just showed up on your Android phone, and it’s watching your battery
A mysterious app just showed up on your Android phone, and it’s watching your battery

An app called Android Pulse surfaced in Play Store update queues at the weekend, though Google has been distributing it since March and it now sits on more than 10 million devices. It is a diagnostic tool with no user interface that flags software cons…

Rivian EVs are getting a software update that warns you what’s ahead
Rivian EVs are getting a software update that warns you what’s ahead

Rivian is bringing Rivian OS 2.0 and Waze real-time alerts to all R1 and R2 models, still without Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, on its way to a single core operating system. That architecture reaches Europe from 2027 through the Volkswagen joint ventu…

UPS is investing more than $2bn across international, healthcare and supply chain
UPS is investing more than $2bn across international, healthcare and supply chain

UPS has told CNBC it is investing more than $2bn across its international, healthcare and supply chain businesses, spending that began in 2024 and runs to 2028. The same company cut about 48,000 roles last year and said in January it would cut 30,000 m…