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Trump Says Iran's Denuclearization Is Moving Along Well as Talks Focus on Shipping Fees

Trump Says Iran’s Denuclearization Is ‘Moving Along Well.’ The Talks Covered Shipping Fees.

President Trump said 'the denuclearization of Iran is moving along well' after July 1 talks in Doha. The technical discussions focused on the Strait of Hormuz and $6 billion in frozen Iranian

July 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Canadian Navy submarine TKMS defence deal announcement Halifax 2026

Canada Picks Germany’s TKMS for 12 Submarines in Its Largest Defence Deal Ever

Canada selected Germany's TKMS to build up to 12 submarines in its largest-ever defence deal, PM Carney announced at CFB Halifax on Monday. The estimated $40-50 billion deal, made with NATO ally

July 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Cyclists racing on Stage 3 of the Tour de France 2026 toward Les Angles summit finish

Pogacar Strikes First in the Pyrenees as Vingegaard Barely Holds Yellow at Les Angles

Tadej Pogacar attacked on the final Les Angles wall to win Tour de France Stage 3, with Jonas Vingegaard surviving to retain yellow by the smallest of margins. The Dane acknowledged he

July 7, 2026

News·Sports

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft at Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center Florida October 2024

SpaceX Joins Nasdaq-100 as Index Funds Force Musk Critics Into the Trade

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. entered the Nasdaq-100 on Monday, triggering an estimated $4.3 billion in forced buying from index funds -- including from the retirement accounts of investors who spent months trying

July 7, 2026

Business·Markets·News

Microsoft Slashes 4,800 Jobs as Xbox Loses Four Studios in Historic Restructure

Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs on Monday and began divesting four Xbox game studios, as CEO Asha Sharma declared the gaming division 'not healthy' after years of declining margins. The restructure eliminates roughly

July 7, 2026

Business·News·Technology

Medical professional holding a blood sample vial in a clinical setting, central to a Northwestern University JAMA study on apoB vs LDL cholesterol testing for statin therapy decisions

The Cholesterol Test Most Americans Get May Not Be the Best Guide for Statin Therapy

Millions of Americans have their statin therapy calibrated to an LDL reading. A Northwestern University study in JAMA simulating 250,000 patients found that apolipoprotein B, which counts cholesterol particles rather than volume,

July 6, 2026

Health·News

TwelveLabs Series B funding announcement graphic showing the company's $100 million raise to build video superintelligence

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million and Names AWS as Preferred Cloud Partner for Video AI

TwelveLabs raised $100M Series B co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with Amazon investing directly and signing a multiyear AWS preferred-cloud deal on Trainium chips. The funding positions the video-native AI platform

July 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Woman's hand holding a white mug with coffee being poured in, illustrating Cedars-Sinai's largest study on coffee and liver cancer risk

Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 47% and Cirrhosis by a Third, Largest Study Finds

A Cedars-Sinai study of 354,957 UK Biobank participants links regular coffee drinking to 47% lower liver cancer risk and 32% lower cirrhosis risk — the largest study of its kind. MRI scans

July 6, 2026

Health·News

White House meeting in 2026 as the Trump administration advances voluntary frontier AI model standards with leading AI labs

White House and Top AI Labs Near Deal on Voluntary Frontier-Model Standards

The White House is nearing a voluntary deal with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google on how frontier AI models get tested before public release. The standards were shaped by the labs themselves, the

July 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Microscopy image of small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer model developed by the Witte Laboratory at UCLA

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

Leflunomide and teriflunomide, FDA-approved for arthritis and MS, can kill small cell neuroendocrine cancers of the lung, prostate, and ovary in lab models, UCLA reports in PNAS. A genome-wide CRISPR screen exposed

July 6, 2026

Health·News·Science

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Trump Says Iran’s Denuclearization Is ‘Moving Along Well.’ The Talks Covered Shipping Fees.

Pogacar Strikes First in the Pyrenees as Vingegaard Barely Holds Yellow at Les Angles

SpaceX Joins Nasdaq-100 as Index Funds Force Musk Critics Into the Trade

Microsoft Slashes 4,800 Jobs as Xbox Loses Four Studios in Historic Restructure

The Cholesterol Test Most Americans Get May Not Be the Best Guide for Statin Therapy

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million and Names AWS as Preferred Cloud Partner for Video AI

Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 47% and Cirrhosis by a Third, Largest Study Finds

White House and Top AI Labs Near Deal on Voluntary Frontier-Model Standards

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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