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Ford Books Another Rollaway Recall Days After Declaring a Quality Turn
Ford recalled 741,195 vehicles over a park-by-wire defect that can allow rollaways, a filing that landed just after Chief Executive Jim Farley described the automaker crossing a durable quality threshold.
Blocked Exits Turned a Bangkok Music Bar Into a Death Trap for 27
Fire tore through a northern Bangkok music bar shortly before midnight, killing 27 and injuring 73. Investigators say most victims died trapped near a rear exit that was never used, opening a negligence probe.
Tanker Crews Stranded in Gulf as Trump Revives Hormuz Blockade and 20% Cargo Toll
Hundreds of loaded tankers sit idled in the Gulf after President Trump reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and a 20 percent transit toll, collapsing traffic through the world's most important oil chokepoint.
DHS Buys TPS Holders Days, Not Reprieve, as Work Permits Lapse
USCIS granted TPS holders from seven countries a brief extension of work authorization, deferring by days a lapse that follows the Supreme Court's June ruling clearing the way to end their protections.
Record Crest on Missouri's Black River Forces Helicopter Evacuation of Summer Camp
Torrential rain measured in feet rather than inches drove the Black River to an unprecedented crest, stranding campers on rooftops and drawing eight Black Hawk helicopters into a dawn evacuation across southeastern Missouri.
Meta Bets on Its Own Silicon With September Launch of Iris Chip
An internal Meta memo reviewed by Reuters places the custom Iris data-center chip into production in September, a step meant to loosen the company's dependence on Nvidia and support a doubling of compute capacity by 2027.
Trillion Dollar Chip Rout Collides With Record Profits as Wall Street Doubts the AI Trade
Chip equities lost about $1.3 trillion in value during the first fortnight of July even as Samsung reported a nineteenfold profit surge, and the disconnect now hands TSMC and ASML the burden of proof.
FIFA Removes French Officials as Barton Draws the France v Spain Semi-Final
FIFA has invoked its conflict-of-interest statute to withdraw two French referees and hand the France v Spain semi-final to El Salvador's Ivan Barton, a whistle whose readiness to caution now shadows a Bastille Day meeting in Arlington.
Sinner Defends His Wimbledon Throne, Dismantling Zverev for a Fifth Major
Jannik Sinner shrugged off a lost opening set to overpower Alexander Zverev at the All England Club, retaining his Wimbledon title and lifting a fifth Grand Slam trophy.
Four Times Reporters Face Grand Jury in Air Force One Leak Probe
Federal prosecutors have ordered four New York Times journalists to testify before a Manhattan grand jury investigating the leak behind reporting on the Qatar-donated Air Force One, a move press-freedom advocates call a direct threat to newsgathering.
Graham's Sudden Death Fractures a 53-47 Senate and Stalls Trump's Agenda
The South Carolina Republican and Budget Committee chairman died Saturday of an aortic dissection, thinning a two-seat majority and unsettling the timing of every priority still awaiting a floor vote.
Australia's Under-16 Ban Is Misfiring, and the World Should Not Copy the Blueprint
Australia built the world's first under-16 social media ban to run on account removal and platform-side age checks. Seven months on, the machinery is stalling, and the Senate just postponed the repair.