France Recorded 5,000 Excess Deaths During Heat Wave: Officials

US PMIs Lead The World As Manufacturing Tops 4-Year Highs, Services Sink Following Japan's ugly PMIs (Services lowest since March 2025) and Europe's disaster (weakest composite EU PMI since late 2023)... ...with prices surging... All eyes are on the US 'soft' survey data for signs of divergence (or contagion). With US 'hard' data improving notably, the preliminary soft survey data for May was mixed with improved performance in manufacturing was countered by a sluggish service sector. Flash US Services PMI Business Activity Index: 50.9 (April: 51.0). 2-month low. Flash US Manufacturing PMI: 55.3 (April:...

$43,000 Front-Row Seats: How Soccer Fans Are Being Priced Out Of World Cup Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), First-round match ticket: $280 to $43,000. Stadium daily parking pass: $150 to $600. Public transportation to venues: $100 or more in some cities. In-person 2026 FIFA World Cup experience: Priceless, or somewhere between a mortgage payment and a year or two of college, depending on who you ask. Cristiano Ronaldo of team Al-Nassr FC scores the team's fourth goal during the Saudi Pro League match between Al Nassr and Al Khaleej at...

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who have arrived in Doha, will hold talks with mediators but will not meet directly with Iranian officials, contradicting Trump’s claim that Iran had “requested” a meeting in the Qatari capital. “Mr. Steve Witfoff and Mr. Jared Kushner […]