7 SHOWS AND FILMS TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND ON NETFLIX, AMAZON AND HULU

Back-to-school binging could include the Stand Up to Cancer telecast, the documentary 'Man on Wire' or the new show 'One Mississippi.'

Ah yes, it’s back-to-school season. Which may mean everything for the K-12 set and their parents, and nothing to those of us trapped in the office grind.

RIO 2016 PARALYMPICS: RUSSIA PRAISES BELARUS FOR WAVING RUSSIAN FLAG

Russia has praised Belarusian athletes for appearing at the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with a Russian flag.

UZBEKISTAN’S NEW LEADER VOWS TO STAY OUT OF RUSSIAN MILITARY ALLIANCE

Uzbekistan’s new acting president has vowed not to enter into any military alliances with any nation, ruling out re-joining its neighbors in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

Russian Daldykan Stream Turns Dark red Starting Scriptural Infection Reasons for alarm

A waterway outside Russia's Ice city of Norilsk has mysteriously turned dark red, baffling local people and provoking powers to dispatch an examination concerning the reason for the peculiarity. 

Google is buying software company Apigee for $625 million

Google recently reported that it arrangements to purchase Apigee, an once-hot startup that took a jump after its IPO in 2015 yet was on the bounce back. 

Google will get Apigee for $17.40 per offer in real money, or about $625 million, as per VentureBeat. 

There's a new sign that Apple expects iPhone 7 sales to be disappointing

Usually, after Apple releases a new iPhone, it puts out a breathless press release about how many people preordered it on the first weekend.

For example, last year: 

“Sales for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus have been phenomenal, blowing past any previous first weekend sales results in Apple’s history,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

HAITIAN REVOLUTION

The Haitian Revolution (French: Révolution haïtienne [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ ajisjɛ̃n]), used to be a triumphant anti-slavery and anti-colonial riot that took situation in the former French colony of Saint Domingue that lasted from 1791 except 1804. It impacted the tuition of slavery for the duration of the Americas. Self-liberated slaves destroyed slavery at house, fought to maintain their freedom, and with the collaboration of mulattoes, situated the sovereign state of Haiti. It led to the greatest slave rebellion when you consider that Spartacus, who led an unsuccessful insurrection towards the Roman Republic just about 1,900 years prior.