The New York Times: Η προεδρική συζήτηση των ΗΠΑ και η κρίση ανταγωνιστικότητας της Ευρώπης – Spotting A.I. βίντεο – Τραμπ και Χάρις προετοιμάζονται για μια συζήτηση υψηλού διακυβεύματος – Η Ευρώπη αντιμετωπίζει μια «υπαρξιακή» κρίση ανταγωνιστικότητας – Η Κέιτ είπε ότι η χημειοθεραπεία της τελείωσε – Συρία: Η χώρα κατηγόρησε το Ισραήλ για αεροπορικές επιδρομές που έπληξαν ένα επιστημονικό ερευνητικό ίδρυμα στην πόλη Masyaf, σκοτώνοντας τουλάχιστον 18 ανθρώπους, σύμφωνα με κρατικά μέσα ενημέρωσης – Η κοινωνική απομόνωση των lockdown λόγω πανδημίας γήρωσε γρήγορα τους εγκεφάλους των εφήβων κοριτσιών, σύμφωνα με μια νέα μελέτη – Μπορείτε να εντοπίσετε το A.I. βίντεο;

Trump and Harris prepare for a high-stakes debate

The first and only scheduled debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will take place on Tuesday evening in the U.S., and Americans are bracing for a nail-biter.

For Trump, the debate is an opportunity to turn the page on a tough summer. Harris has closed the polling gap Trump had held over President Biden since she became the Democratic Party’s nominee, and the debate may be one of his best shots to reverse that momentum before early voting begins. Trump has honed a playbook of explicitly gendered attacks against female candidates and journalists that he is likely to draw from.

For Harris, the debate stands to be the most important night in her political career. It will offer the candidate her biggest audience yet as the country tries to learn more about what kind of president she would make. It will also be a test of her carefully rehearsed, aggressive debate style.

“When Harris has not methodically prepared, she sometimes has trouble,” said Lisa Lerer, who covers politics for The Times. “That could end up being a problem with Trump because he is, above all other things, a highly unpredictable debater.”

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Europe is facing an ‘existential’ competitiveness crisis

The E.U., facing a shrinking share of the global economy, needs to increase its spending by nearly $900 billion a year in sectors like technology and defense to remain competitive against the U.S. and China. That assessment comes from a long-awaited report from Mario Draghi, a former president of the European Central Bank, who yesterday called the challenge for the E.U. “existential.”

To transform the continent’s economy, the E.U. must develop an industrial strategy that includes a shared energy grid, joint military procurement as well as advanced training programs for workers. But the report was short on details about finding a source for the enormous investment required to reverse Europe’s economic decline.

Context: The analysis is the result of a yearlong study requested by the European Commission on the causes of Europe’s competitiveness crisis. It will serve as a guide for policymakers, who will soon meet in Brussels to determine the bloc’s next five-year strategic plan.

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, in June. Tolga Akmen/EPA, via Shutterstock

Kate said her chemotherapy is over

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, announced yesterday that she had completed chemotherapy. Speaking in an emotional three-minute video, she said that she would return to a limited number of her duties.

Kensington Palace did not indicate that Catherine was cancer-free. Officials did not offer further details on her medical condition, citing her right to privacy.

Details: The palace has not confirmed what type of cancer the princess was being treated for, how far the disease had progressed or the details of her treatment, beyond that she had undergone chemotherapy.

The social isolation of pandemic-driven lockdowns rapidly aged the brains of adolescent girls, a new study found. One researcher said that an 11-year-old girl who was tested before the pandemic and then returned to the lab at age 14 would have a brain that looked like that of an 18-year-old.

Rapid aging of this kind — which tends to happen during times of stress — has been associated with depression and anxiety, scientists said.

Can you spot the A.I. videos?

Artificial intelligence tools can create picture-perfect faces, realistic photographs and now lifelike videos.

While A.I. video technology is not yet as sophisticated as tools that create images and audio, it is rapidly advancing. The most convincing examples often manipulate real videos, adding realistic A.I. elements. Stuart Thompson, who covers misinformation and disinformation, created this quiz with real and A.I.-generated videos. Can you spot the difference?

Cook: The sugar crumb topping on this brown butter peach cake gives it a delicious golden crispiness.