Trump’s climate denial collides with America’s apocalyptic summer
Trump teleprompter operator made over $90K betting on speeches, Kalshi says. Secret Service balks as Vance seeks helicopter for son’s golf lessons. ICE fatally shot 26-year-old father in Maine. Hayes on Lindsey Graham's bargain with Trump.
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A new military barrier in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley is cutting off Palestinian communities from their land. Israel says it is intended to prevent weapons smuggling from Jordan, but the route runs several kilometres inside the occupied West Bank rather than along the already-fenced Jordanian border. In recent weeks, pressure has escalated from “closed military zone” orders issued by …
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Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Biggest Advantage
Caterpillar's stock has more than doubled in value over the past year, making the company worth six times as much as Nike. Caterpillar's success comes from its gas-powered engines that are helping power the nation's data-center build-out. Data centers are incredibly complex technological and industrial operations. Tech giants are spending more on data centers by the end of the year …
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Donald Trump started a war in Iran. He went to war without consulting Congress, US allies or the American public. He had no clear plan or long-term strategy. He favoured what he perceived to be the stronger party in the Ukraine-Russia war. He tried to bully Volodymyr Zelenskyy into quasi-capitulation in Ukraine.
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Small power plant 2000 Wp-Quattro with anchor SOLIX 4 Pro: A new era of balcony power plants - more powerful, more intelligent, more independent
2000 Wp Quattro with Anker SOLIX 4 Pro E5000 from Kleines Kraftwerk costs 1,799 euros. It combines a powerful plug-in solar system with a 5 kWh home storage system, intelligent energy control and modular expandability up to 30 kWh. The battery storage system provides 5 kWh of storage capacity ex works and can temporarily store excess solar power instead of …
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Sarene Arias is a therapist and author of "Discovering Diamonds: A Story of Compassionate Divorce" Arias believes that divorce is not the end of a marriage, but the beginning of a new phase in life. She works with couples in crisis through her "diamond workshops" with the goal of helping them define success on their own. Pew Research Center says …
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For many deported men, the hell of CECOT still haunts them
Arturo Suárez Trejo, 35, is in La Guaira, Venezuela, which was hit by twin quakes. His house was destroyed and he lost all his belongings. He and more than 200 other Venezuelan men were sent to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, commonly known as CECOT, early in Donald Trump's second term. They were accused of being members of the Tren …
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Heather Hall is the founder of Sapphire CFO Solutions. She believes CFOs should focus more on the financial side of AI than on the technology itself. AI is not just a technology discussion anymore, it's a capital allocation decision. It's important to focus on outcomes that materially improve the business.
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Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the US and engulfs DC in haze
Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets downtown Cleveland, forcing the postponement of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Guardians. Wildfires are burning in the Ontario area of Canada as well as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children are urged to limit outdoor activities.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has threatened five new California cities with legal repercussions for failing to comply with required housing plans. Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock are accused of missing benchmarks for the latest round of mandated housing planning. The law requires cities and counties every eight years to develop plans to add housing based on …
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 18)
China's Moonshot AI released a new AI model called Kimi K3. Hyundai's auto workers in South Korea have gone on a partial strike over humanoid robots. PsiQuantum has a plan to build a massive quantum computer out of light. Generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.
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America’s health care challenges will not be solved by choosing between primary care and specialty care. A person managing diabetes needs both a primary care physician and a specialist. Infants, children, and adolescents need a pediatrician who can monitor growth and development and recognize when specialty care is needed.
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Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court
The Trump administration has rescinded the harm rule under the Endangered Species Act, which protects the habitat of endangered species. The law professor who has followed the issue for over five decades believes the move is unjustified and unlawful. The act is by far the most important federal law protecting habitat on nonfederal land.
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Joel Feder and his wife were stopped by police in a Kohl's parking lot in suburban Minnesota. The police had been tracking him for days using Flock license plate cameras, because they thought he'd stolen the Range Rover. The reason he was ID’d as a dangerous car thief was a data error made 2,000 miles away in California.
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When police officers are shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart
In many U.S. cities there is a stark contrast between how injured police officers and injured civilians are taken to hospitals. In Detroit, for example, only 10% of gunshot victims receive police transport. In Houston, only 3% of injured officers were transported by police vehicle and 20% by ambulance.
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Joseph Aoun will visit the White House to meet Donald Trump next week. They are expected to discuss the ceasefire, southern Lebanon, and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon. It will be the first visit to Washington by a Lebanese head of state since Michel Sleiman met President Obama in 2009.
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How Artists Are Using A.I. and Where They Are Drawing the Line
Artists are divided over the use of artificial intelligence in artistic creation. A.I. can be a valuable tool, but should never generate the final product. UNESCO’s latest report on artificial intelligence and culture acknowledged it as a form of collective intelligence shaped by decades of digitally mediated social interaction and cultural production.
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A third of all U.S. housing stock and nearly half the nation’s real estate wealth is held by baby boomers. Baby boomers own 28 percent of the total stock of homes with three or more bedrooms and two in five have owned their home for more than 20 years. Gen X is the most indebted generation in the United States, …
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Electric cars and heat pumps: change can no longer be stopped
Almost two thirds of newly registered vehicles in Germany have an electric, hybrid or gas drive. In 2025, the heat pump was the most frequently newly installed type of heating for the first time. The installation of fossil fuel boilers fell sharply last year. The European combustion engine will be phased out from 2035 onwards. Emerging and developing countries are …
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The war in the Middle East closed the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off 20 million barrels a day of crude oil and refined products. Crude prices settled in the range of $90 to $100 per barrel. Three factors helped close the gap: Demand compression, higher prices and production outside the Gulf.
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Checks and Balance newsletter: Make America worse at sports
The Checks and Balance newsletter is a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive insight from correspondents in America. It is delivered to subscribers via e-mail once a week. It's free and exclusive to subscribers in the UK and USA. It contains exclusive content.
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U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The most significant damage occurred in Kuwait after Iran struck a water desalination plant and an oil facility. Iraq said it shot down attack drones over Irbil. The price of oil rose Friday above $86 a barrel.
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What’s the Best Way to Teach Good Habits to Little Kids?
Kathryn Jezer-Morton's family took a hiking trip to New Hampshire with another family to the summit of Mount Washington this summer. They spent two nights in huts run by the Appalachian Mountain Club. The huts are no-frills and affordable, and guests sleep in bunks stacked three beds high. Breakfast is at 7 a.m. sharp, lights-out is at 9:30 p.m., and …
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Philippines attracted a record US$244 billion in foreign direct investment last year. Verisk Maplecroft praises the country for its market openness, regulatory strength and labour rights. The Philippines has the world’s second-largest reserves of nickel and an estimated US$1 trillion in mineral wealth.
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