Ward: Human Interest

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🇺🇸 Consumers saw a double whammy of bad news in May, pulling back on spending as inflation heated up

The economic bad vibes are hitting home.

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🇺🇸 Deep inside U.S. economy, more sticker prices start going up due to tariffs, and inventory is headed down

Across U.S. distribution networks, inside retail and manufacturing warehouses, there's a widespread move to adjust prices higher due to tariffs.

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🇺🇸 Trump shrugs off July tariff deadline: 'We can do whatever we want'

Trump's answer appeared to correspond to the date when his self-described reciprocal tariffs on many nations are set to return to their initial, higher levels.

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🇺🇸 Trump dropped an F-bomb this week – and just for a moment, I warmed to him | Gary Nunn

That outburst of exasperation at the White House felt very human. Perhaps other politicians should cautiously take noteGary Nunn is a freelance journalist and authorI did not get out of bed this morning expecting to praise the public use of an expletive, but such is 2025. If any president was going …

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🌪️ Trump warns US could bomb Iran again if uranium enrichment resumes

The US president said he had also shelved plans to lift sanctions after Iran’s leader said his country had “slapped America in the face” by attacking its military base in Qatar.

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🌪️ Iran holds state funeral for top commanders, scientists killed by Israel

Iranians waving flags and shouting slogans join the state funeral, four days after Iran and Israel agreed on truce.

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🌪️ South Africa’s Ramaphosa Cancels Trip as DA Mulls GNU Role

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa canceled an international trip at the last minute ahead of an announcement by the second-biggest party in his coalition government after it gave him a 48-hour ultimatum, according to people familiar with the matter.

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🌪️ The Power of The President Is About To Become Uncontainable.

The Roberts Court just handcuffed judges trying to check Trump’s lawlessness.

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🌪️ Victoria’s Secret hired a superstar CEO to turn around the flagging brand. But a 50% stock drop has activist investors circling

CEO Hillary Super was brought on 10 months ago to revive the lingerie brand after years of falling profits and leadership scandals.

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🌪️ Bezos’ Big Fat Gaudy Wedding

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are living their best ultrawealthy life.

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🌪️ ICE Rolls Facial Recognition Tools Out to Officers' Phones

Plus: US feds charge alleged masterminds behind infamous forum, Scattered Spider targets airlines, and hackers open a valve at a Norwegian dam.

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🌪️ Spain’s Bonmati hospitalised with meningitis ahead of Euro 2025

Spain's Ballon d'Or holder, Aitana Bonmati, is hospitalised with meningitis two weeks before Euro 2025 championships.

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🌪️ Why Did Mamdani Win the Mayoral Primary? It’s Probably Not That Complicated.

The people have decided that even full communism would be better than Andrew Cuomo.

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🌪️ The ruin left behind by 12 days of the Israel-Iran war

Twelve days of war between Israel and Iran left hundreds dead. The ceasefire barely holds, for now.

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🌪️ Protesters gather in Bangkok to demand Thai prime minister's resignation over leaked Cambodia call

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Thailand’s capital demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

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🇺🇸 Hundreds of NHS quangos to be scrapped

Ministers set to abolish bodies which advocate on behalf of patients and support whistleblowers.

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🌪️ Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who killed and dismembered nine

Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and murdered. It was Japan’s first execution since 2022.

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🇺🇸 US funeral home owner who stashed 191 bodies sentenced to 20 years

Investigators described finding decaying bodies stacked up throughout a dilapidated, insect-infested building.

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🌪️ It’s officially summer, and the grid is stressed

It’s crunch time for the grid this week. As I’m writing this newsletter, it’s 100 °F (nearly 38 °C) here in New Jersey, and I’m huddled in the smallest room in my apartment with the shades drawn and a single window air conditioner working overtime. Large swaths of the US have seen brutal heat this…

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🌪️ NordVPN review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps

When we say that NordVPN is a good VPN that's not quite great, it's important to put that in perspective. Building a good VPN is hard, as evidenced by all the shovelware VPNs flooding the market. NordVPN may not be perfect, but it's easily top-five caliber and excels in certain use cases.
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