Ward: Human Interest

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🌪️ How China could shut down auto factories around the world

China dominates the world‘s production and processing of rare earth elements. A sudden export restriction sent the auto industry into panic.

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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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🇺🇸 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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🌪️ The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long

Even America’s richest farmlands can’t outrun climate collapse. That’s everyone’s problem.

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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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🌪️ What is Canada’s digital tax and why is Trump killing trade talks over it?

Trump says Canada's new tax will cost US companies billions; he will announce new tariffs on Canada within days.

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🌪️ Tens of thousands of Iranians attend funerals for generals killed

Tens of thousands of Iranians attend funerals for generals killed

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🌪️ Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills at least 8 soldiers and wounds over 2 dozen people

A suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed at least eight soldiers and injured 25 people including civilians

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🌪️ Iran holds first state funerals for military leaders, nuclear scientists

Mourners gathered in Tehran for the funeral of top Iranian commanders and scientists killed in a 12-day war with Israel.

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🌪️ Southern Europe swelters as heatwave spreads

Spain, Italy and France are among the countries issuing warnings to protect health and stop wildfires.

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🌪️ 17 injured, married couple killed in Russian drone strike, Ukraine says

Ukrainian authorities say two people were killed and some 17 injured after Russian drones attacked the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa.

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🌪️ Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 8 soldiers and wounds 25 people

A suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed at least eight soldiers and injured 25 people including civilians

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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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🇺🇸 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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🇺🇸 Trump battles for credit for his Iran intervention

Trump battles the media on just how much damage US bombs did to Iran’s main nuclear facility.

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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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🌪️ 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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🌪️ ‘It’s something that happens’: are we doing enough to save Earth from a devastating asteroid strike?

With close encounters due in 2029 and 2032, space scientists are getting to grips with an existential threatIt is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations but there is no mistake – civil…

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🌪️ Bezos’ Big Fat Gaudy Wedding

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