Sentiment continued to worsen as growing economic uncertainty encouraged shoppers to save rather than spend, according to a monthly survey.https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/german-consumer-confidence-hit-by-economic-uncertainty-bc4fdb12
“Romeo and Juliet,” “The Great Gatsby” and other classics still dominate school reading lists.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/books-most-popular-american-schools-class-982c57fd
The Trump administration will restore federal funding to the university as part of the deal.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-reaches-deal-with-trump-administration-to-restore-federal-funds-2e3cfdc6
A second convoy from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) reached battered Sweida on Wednesday, the UN Office for the Coordinatin of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest update. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165481
Escalating gang violence and displacement continue to drive humanitarian needs in Haiti, the UN said on Wednesday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165478
The plane was traveling to the town of Tynda when it went off the radar, the regional governor said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/europe/plane-crash-russia.html
Desiree Grace, in a social media post, said she was prepared to follow a judicial order and take over as U.S. attorney in New Jersey “in accordance with the law.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/desiree-grace-new-jersey-us-attorney.html
Spain was the only NATO ally not to commit to a large increase in military expenditures. Its embrace of a social safety net is a key reason.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/europe/spain-nato-spending-weapons.html
Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/falling-birthrates-economic-growth-pronatalism.html
Severe hunger has gripped the war-torn Palestinian enclave, where growing numbers of people are starving and the doctors treating them are working on empty stomachs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/middleeast/gaza-starvation.html
Plus, how many steps do you really need a day?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/podcasts/the-headlines/trump-epstein-files-ukraine-protests.html
A conspiracy theory many of them once dismissed has given Democrats a potent tool for exploiting G.O.P. divisions, even if it has little to do with what many regard as their best line of attack against Republicans.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-democrats-republicans.html
It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president’s name was raised.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-named.html
The director of national intelligence intensified attacks on assessments about Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-russia-obama-gabbard.html
The White House had canceled more than $400 million in research funding to the university, saying it had failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/columbia-trump-funding-deal.html
The university entered into an agreement to settle claims that it allegedly violated federal anti-discrimination laws.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/columbia-trump-settlement-what-to-know.html
The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores increasingly close ties between the two countries, complicating China’s relationship with Europe.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/manzhouli-china-russia-economy.html
The agreement Japan secured has added pressure on South Korea to defuse the threat of high tariffs on its exports to the United States.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/south-korea-trump-tariffs.html
President Trump’s 15 percent tariff on cars from Japan has angered U.S. automakers, which make cars in Canada and Mexico subject to 25 percent tariffs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/trump-japan-trade-deal-cars.html
Shares in Tesla were down in premarket trading as the carmaker lays out the risks from President Trump’s tariffs and his scrapping of tax credits.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/dealbook/musk-tesla-rough-times.html