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Michael Weatherly Returns to NCIS Season 24 as Tony DiNozzo After Spinoff Cancellation

CBS confirmed Michael Weatherly will return to NCIS Season 24 as Tony DiNozzo in a season-long arc, weeks after Paramount+ cancelled the Tony & Ziva spinoff after one season. The move signals

July 2, 2026

Entertainment·News·TV Series

U.S. Canada and Mexico officials at USMCA renegotiation talks as the United States declined to extend the trade pact

Trump Declines to Renew CUSMA, Starting a 10-Year Clock on North American Trade

Washington let the CUSMA renewal deadline pass on July 1, triggering a 10-year expiry clock on $1.9 trillion in annual North American trade. The U.S. demand for 50 percent American car content

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam Oman amid UAE oil export surge to near 2017 highs

UAE Oil Exports Near 2017 Highs as OPEC Exit and Postwar Rebound Test Global Markets

UAE crude exports surged 30% to nearly 3.9 million barrels per day in June, approaching highs not seen since 2017, as the Emirates leverages its Hormuz bypass infrastructure and its May exit

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

ElevenLabs co-founders Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski, whose AI voice technology was used to recreate Gene Wilder's voice for Netflix

Gene Wilder Hated Willy Wonka Cash-Ins. Netflix Did It Anyway, With His Voice.

Netflix's reality show "Wonka's The Golden Ticket" premieres September 23 with an AI-cloned Gene Wilder voice via ElevenLabs, his estate's blessing, and a backlash rooted in Wilder's own documented opposition to the

July 2, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Entertainment·News·Technology

President Donald Trump boards the Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8 Air Force One for its inaugural presidential flight in July 2026

Trump Makes Inaugural Flight on Qatar-Gifted Air Force One as Emoluments Questions Mount

Donald Trump made the inaugural flight on a $400 million Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar, as senators' constitutional objections remain unvoted on and Qatar simultaneously mediates U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Doha.

July 2, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, as US-Iran talks unfold in Doha

Kushner and Witkoff Were in Doha. The Formal Iran Talks Happened Without Them.

Kushner and Witkoff met Qatar's Emir in Doha while the formal US-Iran talks ran on a separate, lower-level track. The two US tracks did not converge, and Trump's claim that denuclearization was

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Super Micro server systems housing Nvidia AI chips at the center of a Taiwan smuggling investigation

Taiwan Raided Super Micro Over Nvidia Chip Smuggling. The Charge: Document Forgery.

Taiwan prosecutors raided 12 locations tied to Super Micro Computer, Albatron Technology, and Chief Telecom on June 29, targeting a $2.5 billion Nvidia chip-smuggling scheme. The problem: Taiwan has no law that

July 2, 2026

News·Technology

Anti-immigrant protesters march through streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2026

South Africa’s Worst Xenophobic Violence in 18 Years Leaves at Least Five Dead After Nationwide Protests

At least five people have been killed in South Africa's worst xenophobic violence in 18 years, as nationwide anti-immigrant protests tied to a vigilante deadline displaced tens of thousands and triggered emergency

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

US and Iran technical talks in Doha on Hormuz passage and nuclear ceasefire framework

The Doha Talks Concluded. The Nuclear File Was Deferred. Hormuz Remains Unresolved.

Doha talks ended with Iran's nuclear file deferred and Hormuz tolls unresolved. The Strait remains classified as a warlike operations area, reflecting a gap between what diplomacy has announced and what underwriters

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Dr. Randy Carney uses a Raman microscope to study nanoplastics at UC Davis

U.C. Davis Wins $4 Million to Measure Nanoplastics’ Threat to the Brain

A $4 million NIEHS grant to UC Davis will produce the first standardized framework for measuring airborne nanoplastic exposure and neurological harm. Nanoplastics, 1,000 times smaller than microplastics, can cross the blood-brain

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

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Michael Weatherly Returns to NCIS Season 24 as Tony DiNozzo After Spinoff Cancellation

Trump Declines to Renew CUSMA, Starting a 10-Year Clock on North American Trade

UAE Oil Exports Near 2017 Highs as OPEC Exit and Postwar Rebound Test Global Markets

Gene Wilder Hated Willy Wonka Cash-Ins. Netflix Did It Anyway, With His Voice.

Trump Makes Inaugural Flight on Qatar-Gifted Air Force One as Emoluments Questions Mount

Kushner and Witkoff Were in Doha. The Formal Iran Talks Happened Without Them.

Taiwan Raided Super Micro Over Nvidia Chip Smuggling. The Charge: Document Forgery.

South Africa’s Worst Xenophobic Violence in 18 Years Leaves at Least Five Dead After Nationwide Protests

The Doha Talks Concluded. The Nuclear File Was Deferred. Hormuz Remains Unresolved.

U.C. Davis Wins $4 Million to Measure Nanoplastics’ Threat to the Brain

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

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

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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