
U.S. PLANS TO CANCEL $13 BILLION IN GREEN-ENERGY FUNDS, SHIFTING POLICY PRIORITIES
Programs in the crosshairs and industry response The U.S. Energy Department said it intends to cancel more than $13 billion

XIAOMI 17 SERIES DEBUTS WITH SECONDARY DISPLAYS AND FLAGSHIP PRICES
Specs, pricing and first-look takeaways Xiaomi unveiled the 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max in China with a distinctive

HEZBOLLAH MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE NASRALLAH’S KILLING WITH DEFIANT RALLY IN BEIRUT
Regional messaging and security calculus Hezbollah commemorated the first anniversary of the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah with

HURRICANE HELENE RESET A NORTH CAROLINA TOWN’S OUTDOOR BOOM
Tourism dreams, washed out overnight Old Fort, a mountain gateway town in North Carolina, was building a reputation for biking

THE U.S. MAY TAX GADGETS BY THEIR CHIP COUNT—A RADICAL TARIFF IDEA
How the proposal would work The Trump administration is weighing a tariff formula that ties import duties for foreign electronic

SEOUL WON’T RULE OUT TRUMP–KIM MEETING AT NEXT MONTH’S APEC
Signals from Seoul on possible summitry South Korea signaled it “cannot rule out” a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump

TRACKING THE ‘REAL’ ORIENT EXPRESS: WHY LUXURY SLEEPER BRANDS CONFUSE TRAVELERS
Name, nostalgia and competing operators The allure of the Orient Express keeps drawing travelers to pricey sleeper trains across Europe,

SNOOP DOGG LIGHTS UP AFL GRAND FINAL WITH ALL-STAR AUSTRALIAN CAMEOS
Hip-hop meets Aussie rules on the MCG stage Snoop Dogg delivered a high-energy halftime performance at the AFL Grand Final

STELLANTIS RECALLS 123,000+ JEEP WAGONEERS OVER WINDOW TRIM HAZARD
Safety fix under development Stellantis will recall 123,396 Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer vehicles from model years 2022–2024 in the

KURDISTAN–TURKEY PIPELINE RESTARTS AFTER 2½-YEAR HALT
Oil flows resume toward Ceyhan Crude shipments from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey resumed for the first time in