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- Strait jacket: Wall Street is worried President Trump has no good options for ending the war with Iran
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- Shein Abrupt Paris Exit A Warning For Every Chinese Retailer
Controversial from the off, Shein's departure from BHV Paris reflects a consumer backlash, while Chinese exporters are facing E.U. and French regulatory clampdowns.
- In 2026 so far, U.S. VCs have deployed a record-shattering $412.7 billion. Almost none of it is trickling down.
In the first half of 2026, U.S. VCs deployed $412.7 billion, a record that surpasses the full year of 2025 by 30%, according to PitchBook’s new report.
- Texas ICE Shooting Victim Was Not The Arrest Target, Lawmaker Says
The 52-year-old Mexican immigrant was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Texas this week in the latest fatal incident linked to the Trump adminstration’s immigration crackdow
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- Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group
Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands using sperm provided by an anonymous donor. After the Netherlands banned anonymous donation in 2004, the doctor who ran the clinic destroyed records that might have identified those donors, he says. He…
- Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past
If Homo floresiensis wasn't a fire-using hunter, its origins could be different than we thought.
- Michigan's explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite jumps to over 1,200 cases
In neighboring Ohio, cases have reportedly reached over 500.
- OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you
Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run "for hours if needed."
- Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
The feud between NightmareEclipse and Microsoft shows no signs of resolving soon.
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