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"Global tensions and climate stress collide with fraught US politics and nervous markets."
WORLD
tense
Iran holds firm in Hormuz, seeks June MOU return
Syria agrees to reorganized Russian military presence
Europe braces for another dangerous heat wave
Iran and Syria reset security while Europe bakes and Puerto Rico rations water, as Ecuador advances a high-profile assassination case.
US
anxious
Trump weighs Iran endgame, haunted by Hoover legacy
Obama, Abdul El-Sayed talk unity after Michigan primary
Online birth control backlash tied to rising abortions?
US debates Iran strategy, abortion and smoke-choked skies as Democrats navigate primaries and Trump collides with pop culture.
BUSINESS
cautious
Inflation keeps possible Fed rate hike on table
Bessent moves signal deepening bond-market anxiety
Leveraged ETF boom fuels intraday momentum bets
Markets eye sticky inflation, bond angst and leveraged ETFs as food safety and arms supply fears add to economic unease.
SCIENCE
hopeful
Toba eruption likely not a near-fatal blow to humans
New research suggests the Toba supereruption was severe but not a near-extinction event for early humans.
SPORTS
neutral
Bridgewater leaves Lions, likely heads back to retirement
Top seed Jannik Sinner withdraws from Cincinnati with knee
Vollering wins final stage to seal second Tour Femmes
Retirements, injuries and a dominant Tour de France Femmes win share space with fresh friction at football's governing summit.