Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres said on Monday that recent “signs of momentum” show multilateralism can still deliver.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165449
Worldwide, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have occurred in recent years due to climate change and resource depletion. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165447
“There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now.”https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165444
After another deadly weekend in Gaza in which at least 67 Palestinians were reportedly killed seeking food, UN aid teams on Monday described “mayhem” and starvation in the enclave as the Israeli military pushed into Deir Al-Balah for the first time.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165443
Soon-to-be former Instacart CEO Fidji Simo sent a memo to OpenAI staff Monday laying out her vision for how AI will change the world.https://www.wired.com/story/openai-fidji-simo-note-employees/
Power shortages are coming thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Here’s how they distort energy investment.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-real-risk-to-the-energy-grid-wind-solar-power-data-shortage-c297e93b
The Justice Department sues to block the Golden State’s cage-free hen mandate.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-eggs-doj-lawsuit-chickens-farms-regulations-fb07f36d
He built the Heritage Foundation and spread conservative ideas.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/edwin-j-feulner-1941-2025-heritage-foundation-free-markets-defense-government-5ebca793
Algorithms processes data from the past while economic decisions are dynamic and forward-looking.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/algorithms-cant-replace-free-markets-artificial-intelligence-dd3b428f
The Heritage founder lamented the right’s turn against free markets and U.S. global leadership. RIP.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ed-feulner-built-institutions-in-support-of-american-values-heritage-foundation-5edee202
Trump gave Newsom a perfect opportunity to cut his losses and shift blame. Why didn’t he take it?https://www.wsj.com/opinion/californias-bullet-train-boondoggle-keeps-chugging-along-rail-spending-594dc5d9
It may end up better to jettison the whole SALT apparatus and settle for the standard deduction.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/taxpayers-should-beware-the-costly-salt-cap-phaseout-zone-salt-tax-hike-67c0b0c7
‘I am willing, perfectly willing to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this government.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/notable-quotable-bull-run-america-sullivan-ballou-b0644c3d
A sovereign-wealth fund sounds like a corruptible, incompetent slush fund.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/if-the-markets-doing-something-well-dont-reinvent-the-steal-3b3a3ca3
That’s the decision the One Big Beautiful Bill Act poses for leaders of blue states. It shouldn’t be a hard one.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-democratic-governors-choose-the-kids-over-campaign-cash-38181a65
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Chenyue Mao has been blocked from leaving the country because she “is involved in a criminal case,” China’s Foreign Ministry said.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-confirms-exit-ban-on-wells-fargo-banker-9e592a6a
On the sidelines of the serious conflict between India and Pakistan is another border fight that has reached extraordinary levels of pettiness. “You are a banana.”https://www.wsj.com/world/the-fiercest-border-fight-high-kicks-mustache-twirling-and-very-long-flagpoles-5f663621
The country is scrambling to roll back a decision to decommission bunkers as military experts warn that Russia could be in a position to attack Western Europe within years.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/germany-new-air-raid-shelters-a5013b39
A visit to one distribution site shows how a system designed to squeeze out the U.N. and Hamas continues to draw hungry Palestinians into deadly encounters.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/us-israel-gaza-aid-deaths-12d3fb35