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Agent: Fever's Caitlin Clark, WNBA players deserve higher pay espn.com/wnba/story/_/i…

'Stagflation' fears haunt US markets despite Trump's pro-growth agenda reuters.com/markets/us/sta…

Wait, what? Bonvoy points and kebab. Am going to rewatch the movie, soon, and meditate upon this news: The Mogamma is currently being developed into an Autograph hotel, one of the Marriott Collection’s luxury brands, in a $200mn project. ft.com/content/f5b6c9…

Interviewed Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa last night. We focused on the killings on the coast, which Sharaa said were a blow to his efforts to bring Syria together. He promised accountability, “even among those closest to us” for the massacres of Alawites — while pointing the

Welcome back, baseball, you most glorious of sports: Orioles’ Charlie Morton has hit 186 batters in 17 seasons but says there’s more to the story tinyurl.com/27x6dfxh "I hit a lot of guys in the feet. I hit a lot of guys in the ankles ... I’m hitting guys with breaking balls"

Russia's high-flying gas exporter crippled as Europe stays away reuters.com/business/energ…

One argument is that this is downstream of the decline in reading. As people’s information diet shifts from longer and more complex texts to short snippets, and from text to video, people’s effective literacy levels decline.

Really interesting series of data points here:

BYD unveils new super-charging EV tech, to build charging network in China reuters.com/business/autos… WOW: capable of peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts, enabling cars that use it to travel 249 miles on a 5-minute charge, founder Wang Chuanfu said

In times of market panic investors tend to rush to the safety of the dollar, but when stocks swooned in response to U.S. tariffs this week, they ran away from it. Investors say it's a sign that the greenback’s global standing may be eroding. reuters.com/markets/wealth…

Sharp US bond selloff revives flashbacks of COVID-era 'dash-for-cash' reuters.com/markets/rates-…

Stared at this for a long time:

Vance warns of 'very dark time' without close US-India ties reuters.com/world/india/in…

'Asian crisis in reverse' as currencies soar on the dollar reuters.com/world/china/as… The moves sound a warning for the dollar because they suggest money is moving into Asia at scale and that a key pillar of dollar support is wobbling.

Reading: A presidential agenda, pro-industry proposals and a probe — documents reveal Big Tobacco’s influence in the Philippines and on the international stage. theexamination.org/articles/how-i…

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NEW: Two Trump family crypto business partners have made ~$65M on WLFI already. Their old Dough Finance clients are still waiting to be made "whole" as promised reuters.com/business/how-t… $WLFI

Last year I went to Sri Lanka for New Lines Magazine to report on the courageous women clearing the land of mines left over from the civil war. All of the women I spoke to had powerful stories to tell — of loss, but also of strength, endurance, bravery and hope.

"My motive for attending this dinner is very straightforward...I'm curious by nature, I believe it will be an historic moment, and I'm fortunate to have the opportunity to go" -ogle | glue.net re $TRUMP coin dinner, re comments by Chris Murphy 🟧 reuters.com/world/us/trump…

A journalist was killed while writing a book on the Amazon. Here's how friends completed his work apnews.com/article/amazon…