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A ‘super’ El Niño may be brewing, a Seoul court sentences Yoon, and Taylor Swift makes Songwriters Hall history.
Politics & World
A core US foreign-intelligence authority expires today after a rare bipartisan House rejection, entangled with the fight over Trump’s intelligence-director picks. Direct national-security and civil-liberties stakes for…
Business
A consequential court decision that keeps tariffs in place on virtually all imports, directly…
Sources: AP News, The Hill, Reason
Science & Tech
Global weather agencies officially declared El Nino conditions, with models showing a…
Sources: Scientific American, Fast Company
The number of matches at the 2026 World Cup, up from 64 in Qatar four years ago. The expanded 48-team field, spread across Mexico, the U.S., and Canada, makes this the largest tournament in World Cup history.
Source: FIFA
How the enormous wealth generated by artificial intelligence could be shared more broadly — and what history’s technology booms suggest about who actually benefits.
The Economist
Why the Strait of Hormuz remains stuck between open and closed, as shadow fleets, wary insurers, and lingering US-Iran tensions reshape one of the world’s most vital waterways.
Foreign Policy · Keith Johnson
How a data renaissance is transforming soccer, from scouting and tactics to the algorithms quietly reshaping the world’s most popular sport.
MIT Tech Review · Andrew Zaleski
World Cup group-stage play continues Saturday with matches across Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
The Knicks can clinch their first NBA championship since 1973 in Game 5 of the Finals on Sunday night.
The Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting Tuesday, with a rate decision expected Wednesday afternoon.
The US Open golf championship tees off Thursday at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island.
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“I’m the luckiest person in this world.”
— Moira Brown, 93-year-old Scotland fan, on attending her first World Cup match after decades of waiting
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