Ollie is Coursera's new AI-powered learning app. It's currently available to Courtera Plus subscribers. Ollie borrows engagement features from apps like TikTok, Instagram and Duolingo. It combines bite-sized clips with AI-generated lessons on emerging topics. The app's design is mobile-first.

President Trump signed two proclamations to shrink Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 90%, and Bears Ears National Monument, by 91%. It's the second time in the past decade that two Utah national monuments have had their protections dramatically reduced by the Trump administration. Conservation groups immediately condemned Trump's latest move as unlawful and have vowed to take legal action against it.

The Andersons Renewables is planning to bury vast stores of carbon under remote Indiana farmland. The project is one of many carbon sequestration projects being funded by the US government. Some residents of Clymers, Indiana, are concerned about the project and are organizing to stop it. Environmentalists question the benefits of the project.

In June, China's exports once again topped expectations. The figures came despite global trade disruptions caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. China's semiconductor exports more than doubled from the same month a year ago and rose $2.7 billion from May. Data processing equipment shipments also rose 53.1% from a year earlier. Automobile exports jumped 69.6% year-over-year, reflecting strong demand for Chinese electric vehicles.

The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal. The US has paid out $81bn (£61bn) in tariff refunds so far this fiscal year, which started in October 2025, compared with $5bn during the same period last year. Trump had pitched the tariffs as a catch-all fix for the economy, bringing factories back to the US and getting better trade deals.

I Putu Partayasa, 52, is a farmer in Uluwatu, Bali. His field has water, but his neighbour's does not. Bali has lost more than 6,500 hectares of rice fields in the past 5 years, a decline of more than 9%. Bali recorded more than 16 million tourists in 2024, four times its population. Tourism consumes over 65% of Bali’s fresh water.

Jerry Melillo has spent 37 years studying heated plots in the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts. During the fourth decade of warming, stable portions of soil organic matter, once believed to resist warming mediated decomposition, also began to break down. The finding suggests that forest soils may contribute more carbon to the atmosphere under continued warming than scientists previously expected.

Weekly application fees for Solana closed last week at their lowest level since 2023. They collected 88% less compared to this year’s peak of $50 million in early February and 98.5% less than their weekly all-time high of $491 million back in January 2025.

Yemen's government bombed the runway at Sanaa International Airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing. Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles towards southern Saudi Arabia in retaliation. Bab al-Mandeb Strait is a 29-mile (18-mile) bottleneck connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again amid its ongoing war with the United States and Israel.

The Supreme Court rejected Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship by executive order. The family of a Mexican national fatally shot by an ICE agent during a traffic stop in Houston called for an independent investigation into his death. Graham Platner suspended his Maine Senate campaign after a woman accused him of raping her in 2021. Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony charge that he damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Pak Hui Chol was convicted of bribery, abuse of power and illicit wealth. He was sentenced at a rare joint meeting of senior party, government and military officials. His fall from grace sheds light on the limits of rooting out corruption in North Korea's political system.

Crowd control weapons used by law enforcement during anti-immigration protests in the US have caused hundreds of injuries. A new report documented 412 verified incidents of the misuse of these weapons from June 2025 through May 2026. The report was created by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

"The Deadliest Drug" is a multipart series by STAT about excessive alcohol use. Alcohol kills more Americans each year than all illicit drugs combined. Alcohol-related emergency department visits nearly doubled in the U.S. between 2003 and 2022. American emergency rooms recorded roughly 5.4 million visits due to alcohol in 2022.

The U.S. Central Command said it targeted Iran's coastal defense systems, missile and drone sites and maritime capabilities. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted Bahrain, Jordan and three tankers that had traveled through the Strait of Hormuz. Two of the ships, Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, were linked to the United Arab Emirates and were set ablaze, killing one mariner and wounding eight others. Iran has threatened to retaliate against American military sites across the region.

On July 6, a Chinese strategic nuclear submarine fired a missile into a designated area of the Pacific. Australia, Japan, the United States and Pacific nations raised concerns about the lack of notification and the politics of nuclear-free zones. The test was read through several lenses: evidence of Beijing’s maturing second-strike capability, a challenge to US allies and partners, and a signal to states already reassessing nuclear weapons policy.

The General Synod voted to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians and their fellow Palestinians. The motion encourages engagement at every level with the report A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide, also known as Kairos Palestine II. It describes Israel’s assault on Gaza as part of a continuing project to seize Palestinian land and ethnically cleanse its indigenous population. The archbishop of Canterbury warned that Palestinian communities were being displaced as Israeli settlements expanded across the occupied West Bank.

Maduro's politician son received a hostile reception while visiting a semi-destroyed social housing project named after his father’s late mentor Hugo Chávez. The woman, named as Damely Yaneth Díaz, can be seen shouting at congressman Nicolás Maduro Guerra. The quakes killed nearly 4,500 people. The official death toll is 4,490.

Trump is promoting the "Freedom Fuel Network" with 25 gas stations that are selling gas for $3.47/gallon in Pennsylvania and $1.99/gal in New Jersey. The network was registered by Corporation Trust Company, which the Trump family often uses to register their private enterprises. The company is subsidizing gas prices out of the goodness of its heart.

Karin Prien wants to reduce the maintenance advance for single parents. The state pays maintenance payments for more than 850,000 children because fathers do not support them enough. The grand coalition between the Union and the SPD last reformed it in 2017. Since then, the costs for municipalities have increased by 280 percent.

FLEXELL SPACE, a developer of next-generation space solar solutions, has completed a $20 million Series A funding round. New investors made significant follow-on investments. The company has secured approximately $25 million in cumulative funding. It is conducting in-orbit demonstrations through South Korea’s Nuri launch vehicle program and the International Space Station. It was recently selected as the lead organization for a major national R&D project supported by the Korean government.

Since the U.S. attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, Iran has restricted or severely restricted passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The global supply of oil has been constrained, raising prices for consumers and others worldwide. The Strait is a vital route for oil and fertilizer, and its closure has contributed to a significant increase in food prices. Iran has threatened to close the strait as a response to foreign aggression for 50 years, but the Trump administration has not identified an effective strategy to reopen it.

Gowanus is the media representative for the Summer of Ludd, a Luddite festival that took place in New York earlier this month. The festival included everything from workshops on how to flirt IRL to an evidence box where people could submit testimonies on how Big Tech has negatively impacted their lives. The original Luddites were British textile workers who organized against being replaced by technology during the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a US air base in Jordan with ballistic missiles on Tuesday. The IRGC called on Jordanians to demand the removal of American military bases from their country. Jordan's military said it intercepted four missiles launched by Iran.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers in New York. The order blocks new permits for data centers over 50 megawatts and gives the state time to come up with regulations to protect residents from rising energy prices and environmental impact. The bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits the governor's signature.

Christy Leppanen worked for the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, where she led a project examining the potential for microplastics exposure. She put Zyn nicotine pouches in her mouth, heated them in the microwave, crushed them, and sucked them. They did not dissolve.

Trump signed executive orders on Monday dramatically shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah. The orders remove nearly 3 million acres from monument protection and go further than the previous reductions Trump ordered during his first term. Environmentalists and tribal groups condemned the move and said a fresh legal fight is likely.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is denying Freedom of Information Act requests for information on the development and use of artificial intelligence to inform policy decisions. Christopher Sweet and Scott Langmack were working at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). They used AI to identify agency rules for potential rescission, or contract cancellations, as part of an effort across the government.

Philippines was the most advanced Southeast Asian country with the highest per capita GDP until about the early 1960s. Indonesia overtook Philippines in GDP per capita in the mid-1980s. The difference between the two countries is the elite stake in the country. The Indonesian elite built the national system, whereas the Filipino elite took their money to the US.

The next manufacturing crisis may not begin with tariffs, inflation or another global supply chain disruption. According to one report, the world's 500 largest companies lose nearly $1.4 trillion annually to unplanned downtime, equal to 11 percent of their revenues. Brian Dengel, founder of KHK USA Inc., believes availability has evolved from a purchasing consideration into one of manufacturing's most important risk-management strategies.

Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma supports the Trump administration's cuts to food assistance programs. His state has one of the highest poverty rates and child poverty rates. The Republican party is no longer trying to sell America on compassionate conservatism. Conservatives cheer the brutality of ICE and applaud decisions that send asylum seekers back to their homelands.

Bryce Harper recorded a custom video for a FanDuel VIP customer, Terry Thompson, who lost $18.5 million with the sportsbook. The video was used as a reward for the customer, who later sued the company, saying it took advantage of his gambling addiction. Harper is taking part in the Home Run Derby.

Hartman, Colorado's local government in the rural town of Hartman resigned in January, leaving no one to run elections or maintain the town's water supply. A new law expedites the process to declare towns with failing water infrastructure abandoned. Hartman resident Jesse Simmons submitted the petition for abandonment on June 18, but did not appear to testify at the hearing.

The ROAD Act became law on Saturday. It updates dozens of federal housing programs in an effort to boost housing supply and make it easier to build new homes. It also restricts institutional investors from purchasing certain single-family rental homes and creates incentives for local governments to consider zoning and permitting changes. Some of the bill's programs require future funding decisions from Congress.

Iran exported more than 80 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products in the 26 days following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington in Islamabad. TankerTrackers, a platform that monitors oil tanker movements, says the exports are currently worth an estimated 6 billion US dollars.

France has been battling two wildfires that have scorched more than 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of forest south of Paris. The blaze broke out on Sunday in the sprawling Fontainebleau, a former royal hunting estate about 60 km (40 miles) southeast of the capital. It spread rapidly across the UNESCO biosphere reserve, disrupting rail and road traffic during a busy long holiday weekend. About 1,000 people were evacuated. It is the third heatwave in less than three months.

Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26, from Colombia, was killed by an ICE agent in Biddeford, Maine. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, from Mexico, was shot dead in Houston. Renee Good, Alex Pretti and Tyrin Johnson were killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis. More than 50 people have died in ICE custody, often because authorities refused to treat acute medical conditions. The Justice Department is bringing charges of “domestic terrorism” against Americans who have protested against ICE. The DEA is targeting drug trafficking in many U.S. cities.