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Mexico economy likely rebounded in second quarter

Mexico's economy is likely to have recovered in the second quarter, driven mainly by a rebound in industrial activity, according to a Reuters poll on Monday.The median forecast of 11 analysts found gross domestic product likely grew 1.3% between April and June in seasonally adjusted figures, following a 0.6% contraction in the previous quarter.Should this be confirmed, it would mark Mexico's best quarterly economic performance since the first quarter of 2022. Mexico's statistics agency will release its preliminary estimate of second-quarter GDP on Thursday."The expected improvement reflects a

Monte dei Paschi, Banco BPM working on deal with cash component, Bloomberg News reports

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UN mission says Venezuela's ICC withdrawal undermines accountability

A United Nations fact-finding body on Venezuela said on Monday it was "gravely concerned" over the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court and urged it to rejoin.Venezuela's government said on Friday it had made an "irrevocable" decision to leave, justifying the move by alleging a "geographical bias" within the court. • The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela was formed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2019.• By withdrawing, the Venezuelan government seeks to evade international processes designed to ensure accountability, the mission said.�

Pentagon says US industry still years from matching Ukraine's wartime output

US Treasury trims 84 people, firms from its sanctions list as review continues

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Brazil, South Korea agree to advance talks for Mercosur trade deal

Brazil and South Korea agreed to accelerate talks on a potential trade deal between the Asian nation and the South American bloc Mercosur, their presidents said on Monday during a ceremony in Brasilia. Brazil has been seeking to expand deals — alone or through Mercosur, which also includes Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay — to diversify trade at a time when it is being hit by tariffs from the U.S., one of its key commercial partners. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country and South Korea agreed to create a working group to accelerate the talks, while his South Korea

Haiti schedules first election in a decade for December

US, France trade barbs in fight over UN rights chief's second term

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New York Times: Kohberger says he wants to withdraw plea and face trial for murder of Idaho college students

Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is seeking to take back his guilty plea, he told The New York Times in an interview from prison.Kohberger said he filed a petition to reopen the case and that he blamed his plea on “false promises” and wrong information.A post conviction relief form was filed Monday in Idaho courts, documents show.Kohberger was convicted last year after entering a guilty plea, during which he publicly admitted to the four killings for the first time.“My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false

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Chiefs assistant Eric Bieniemy’s son charged in shooting of his mother in Virginia, authorities say

The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with the shooting of his mother, Mia Bieniemy, the wife of the Kansas City offensive coordinator, authorities in Virginia said Monday. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded late Sunday to a shooting in Ashburn, Virginia, where the couple still had a home from Bieniemy's time coaching the Washington Commanders. They found the 57-year-old Mia Bieniemy with multiple gunshot wounds, and she was transported to a hospital where she was in stable condition Monday. Elijah Zio

Trump is set to defend his economic policies in Michigan, where new Canadian tariffs may sting

Police search for second suspect following Seattle food festival shooting that killed 3

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Georgia school shooter Colt Gray wanted infamy and school shooter’s attention, messages show

Colt Gray, the teenager who killed four people at his Georgia high school in September 2024, wrote in messages before the attack about his desire for infamy and his obsession with Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz.“(I) wanna make history to put it short,” he wrote on the messaging platform Discord more than a year before the shooting. “I want people to remember the pain I caused and research me for hours.”“My love for Nik has formed into something in which I can find no other resort that can prove my love and affection towards him,” he wrote in another message days before the sh

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15-year-old detained in Seattle food festival shooting that left 3 dead and toddler hospitalized

Police confirmed Monday a 15-year-old has been detained in connection with Sunday’s shooting at the Seattle Center. Two men, aged 18 and 44, and a woman, aged 56, were killed and several others — including a toddler — were wounded.Seattle police are working to identify a second suspect in the shooting at a popular food festival at the foot of the city’s iconic Space Needle.Authorities believe two people were shooting at each other, according to Seattle Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis, who said there is no ongoing threat to the public.There were at least seven victims caught in the

Trump's border czar says vetting of ICE officer is under internal review after Maine shooting

Graham called yearslong push for war with Iran ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’ in new footage

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The Iran and Ukraine wars are colliding on the world’s biggest lake. Here’s what to know

The Caspian Sea has become the latest region to be sucked into the growing conflict between Iran and its adversaries – not least because it’s a vital artery in the growing relationship between Iran and Russia.Ukraine at the weekend said its drones had struck two Russian vessels carrying military cargoes in the Caspian, the world’s largest inland body of water. It asserted that both had left Iran for a Russian port.In a post on X Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the targets included “ships that were involved in transporting military cargo from Iran, as well as a war

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Cracker Barrel’s CEO is stepping down

The CEO of Cracker Barrel, who was “fired by America” after the public freaked out over its corporate redesign, is stepping down for real.Julie Masino will leave her role as CEO next month and stay on as a company advisor until October, Cracker Barrel said Monday. She’ll be replaced by David Deno, a restaurant and retail industry veteran.Masino took over Cracker Barrel in 2023 and embarked on a plan to revive the struggling casual dining chain. Cracker Barrel dumped its folksy “old timer” logo that it had used since the 1970s and began to modernize its restaurants.But the redesign ra

Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Mediators see progress in efforts to halt Iran war as drone attacks rattle region

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Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' and calls ICC war-crimes charges 'bogus'

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu said he intends to be in New York in September to address the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, despite the mayor's suggestion that he is not welcome. Mamdani said last week that while New York City does not have legal authority to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world's top war-crimes court, he encouraged th

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Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered'

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel "cannot go unanswered".Iran said the attack in the Caspian Sea resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another.Araqchi made the comments in calls with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Araqchi posted on X.Lavrov, in a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, offered condolences in connection with the death of a sailor in the attack.Lavrov said Araqchi thanked local authorities in the Russian region of Astr

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Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered'

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Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' and calls ICC war-crimes charges 'bogus'

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested if he visits the city

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Iran says it will halt strikes as long as US bombing pause holds

Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told

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US and Iran pause their attacks after days of escalation

The US military hasn’t blown up an alleged drug boat in a month. Has the campaign worked?

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Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary sets up a battle of generations

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Michigan, Missouri primaries will again lay bare the Democratic divide over Israel

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‘There is freedom’: Why Asian women are leaving their husbands in their 50s and 60s

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Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran, sources say as US pauses consecutive nights of strikes

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls