August 08, 2023: Nuclear fusion breakthrough, postpartum depression pill and Imran Khan jailed

Facts & Spins for August 08, 2023 Top Stories: Niger closes its airspace after rejecting an ECOWAS ultimatum, Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan is sentenced to jail, The Philippines summons China’s envoy over a water cannon incident, US scientists achieve a net energy gain for a second time through nuclear fusion, Data reveals that half of crimes solved by UK police result in no charge, Four Syrian soldiers are killed in an Israeli missile attack, PayPal launches a dollar-backed stablecoin, A survey finds that a third of Britons can’t define ‘transgender woman,’ Musk's X says it will pay the legal bills of anyone 'unfairly treated' for posting on the platform, and the FDA approves the first pill for postpartum depression.

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