From the BBC World Service: President Donald Trump has announced a new 35% tariff on Canadian imports, due to start next month. Tariffs are dominating talks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia, where many of its attendees could face import taxes of up to 50%. And following a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.S., which brokered the deal, has signaled it wants a stake in the DRC's resources.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Knowing Your Neighbors Could Save Their Life (And Yours)
As we mark 30 years since Chicago’s deadly 1995 heat wave, we look at the way social isolation contributed to the death of hundreds of residents and what’s being done today to prevent that from happening again. Reset speaks with Carol J. Sharp, president and CEO of The Night Ministry; Jahmal Cole, CEO and founder of My Block My Hood, My City; and Margaret Laraviere, deputy commissioner of senior services for the Department of Family and Support Services.
Audio Mises Wire - Jürgen Habermas: The Philosopher as Marxist Propagandist
When does philosophy degenerate into simple propaganda? In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the writings of Jürgen Habermas, concluding that much of what Habermas said was little more than ginned up Marxism.
Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jurgen-habermas-philosopher-marxist-propagandist
The Intelligence from The Economist - Britain should make more of its cheap assets and labour
Growth is abysmal; wages are low. But seen from the outside, Britain is a great place to contract services and buy bargain-basement bonds. We explore the opportunities amid the challenges. After months of reporting, our correspondent shares what he learned about Austin Tice, a missing American journalist. And our obituaries editor remembers Jimmy Swaggart, a famed and fallible televangelist.
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WSJ Minute Briefing - Trump Threatens 35% Tariff on Some Canadian Goods
Plus: An initial probe into last month's Air India crash is focusing on the pilots. And the rift between Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s board, ramps up. Kate Bullivant hosts.
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Up First from NPR - Trump Visits Kerr County, Trump And Putin, DOGE And Farmers’ Data
President Trump is visiting Kerr County, Texas to meet with first responders and families affected by the flash floods. The cozy relationship between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may be turning sour, and an NPR investigation reveals that DOGE recently got high-level access to a database that controls loans and payments to American farmers.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Bytes: Week in Review — X CEO steps down, SCOTUS greenlights age verification law, and tariffs on copper
X CEO Linda Yaccarino leaves the social media giant on the heels of antisemitic posts from AI chatbot Grok. SCOTUS rejects a challenge to a Texas law for age verification online. President Trump this week said he’ll impose a 50% tariff on copper. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino is joined by Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, to discuss all this.
WSJ What’s News - Why Markets Seem Unfazed by Tariff News
A.M. Edition for July 11. The flurry of tariff announcements continue as President Trump threatens to slap 35% tariffs on imports from Canada, however WSJ finance editor Alex Frangos says markets are taking it in its stride. Plus, an initial investigation into last month’s fatal Air India crash focuses on pilot actions. And the appointment of a new CEO for Ben & Jerry’s escalates the dispute between the icecream maker and Unilever. Kate Bullivant hosts.
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Freakonomics Radio Archives - Freakonomics - Why Governments Are Betting Big on Sports
The Gulf States and China are spending billions to build stadiums and buy up teams — but what are they really buying? And can an entrepreneur from Cincinnati make his own billions by bringing baseball to Dubai?
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Ben Harper from Luxor Technology joins us to discuss CoreWeave's $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific, IREN’s $130 million Nvidia GPU purchase, hashprice hitting $60 for the first time since February, summer hashrate curtailment, and why transaction fees are so low. Plus, why Bit Digital and BIT Mining are becoming altcoin treasury companies.
**Notes:**
• CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific for ~$9 billion
• Hash price reaches $60 per terahash per day
• Bitcoin fees in sats/vb lowest since March 2012
• IREN purchases 2,400 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs
• Difficulty adjustment expected +7.3%
• Bit Digital pivots to Ethereum treasury
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01:50 Difficulty Report by Luxor
06:00 CRWV < > CORZ deal
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16:00 IREN Blackwell purchase
22:14 Transaction update,
26:04 Hashrate Futures contracts
35:52 Bit Digital/BIT Mining Pivots
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