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The war of the U.S. and Israel initiated against Iran is stretching into a sixth month.
“And restoring oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz is still a struggle.”
The Trump administration's bombing campaign has been unable to wrestle control for the
critical waterway from Iran.
President Trump is now employing economic warfare. NPR's A-Betrawe reports Trump has called on allies to help the U.S. unleash, quote, "economic day." We've seen maximum economic pressure before by President Trump, but this is a step beyond because now there is that naval blockade in place.
And it is blocking Iran from being able to export its oil. And this pivot from bombings to blockade comes as AAA says gas prices in the U.S. are up 30% on average from a year ago, so in many states, people are paying a dollar or more per gallon than they were. Now, that is because of Iran's chokehold on the state of Hormuz since the beginning of
the war. NPR's A-Betrawe, President Trump has hosted tech leaders at the White House to talk about U.S. efforts on cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.
“Trump says the technology is crucial to create more jobs and to be China, but voters have”
a different perspective if there's NPR's seat for shiver up. The President argued that if he were the mayor of a town, he would want an AI data center there for the tax benefits. But if I were a governor of America, I would want that plant in my community. And many of them are designed in a very beautiful way.
Bapput's Trump at odds with the majority of Americans. A Gallup poll from March this year said seven in 10 Americans oppose an AI data center getting built in their area. Trump and his remarks acknowledge that AI data centers could use a quote "little public relations help."
But his stance underscores how his perception of the technology differs from voters' concerns, which could be a top issue in the midterm elections this year. Deepish Everom and Pure News, the White House. Several hundred people wearing pink gathered today outside the Massachusetts Courthouse
“were Lindsey Clancy's on trial for killing her three children.”
The mostly female group said they wanted to raise awareness about post-partum depression and how women are generally treated by the mental health system. Clancy says she was mentally ill at the time of the crimes and should not be held criminally responsible. The prosecution argues the former labor and delivery nurse knew what she was doing.
The basics of everyday living, a private place to bathe, cook, escape harsh weather conditions, sleep, allude nearly two million Palestinians in Gaza. A new UN affiliated report by the Shelter Cluster finds nearly 94% of Gaza's population
is living in critical or catastrophic shelter conditions.
More than half of Palestinians in the war ravaged territory have been living in tents for more than three years, which is far longer than what tents were designed to withstand. From Washington, this is NPR. There have been more than 50 heatwave days recorded in France this year in all-time record, and Pure Zelner barely reports the five back-to-back heatwaves that started in the spring
lasted 52 days. The previous standout year 2022 saw three separate heatwaves, but their combined duration was 20 days shorter than this year's total. Two-thirds of Europeans were affected by extreme heat this summer, with heat records broken in France, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain.
French health authorities say the "sweltering" conditions this summer caused more than 7,300 excess deaths. Eleanor Beardsley and PR News, Paris. Prince Harry and his wife, Megan, say they are planning to move back to the United Kingdom. Relations between the couple and the British family have been strained since they gave
up royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago, and Pure Zelner and Flair has the latest. An official familiar with their plans tells NPR, Harry and Megan, plan to move sometime this month, and have enrolled their children's 7-year-old Prince Archie and 5-year-old Princess Lilibet in a British school starting in September.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they're still known, have no plans to resume royal duties, though. They'll live in a non-royal residence outside the capital. Last month they came to the UK on vacation, visiting Harry's father King Charles, who is 77 and undergoing cancer treatment.
It was the first time the King had seen his grandchildren in person in more than four years.
The official tells NPR a possible move did not come up during that visit. The King was notified this past Sunday and welcomes the decision. Lauren Freyer and PR News London, the midterms are coming and that means the new cycle which is already intense is about to get more intense this fall. So the summer is a perfect time to make sure your news diet is calibrated.
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