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Editor’s note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above. Ukraine-Russia talks » Cameras flashed in Istanbul, Turkey, as negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met across the table Wednesday for a third round of peace talks. Ukraine wants the meeting to lay the groundwork for a summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But Moscow has played down any expectations of a breakthrough. Meanwhile, the White House says President Trump remains ready to impose heavy secondary sanctions against Russia if there…

Summer McIntosh won three individual gold medals a year ago at the Olympics, the star in the Paris pool alongside France’s Léon Marchand.Apparently unsatisfied with three, she’ll go for five gold medals starting Sunday at the world swimming championships in Singapore. Call it a trial run for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.The worlds is the highest profile swim meet since last year’s Olympics, a showcase for newcomers as well as veterans who hope to stick around until Los Angeles.McIntosh will be very busy during the eight days in the pool, packing her schedule with five individual events. She’ll contend…

With the crypto market heating up in 2025, crypto analysts are looking toward new possibilities that are not limited to the same heavy hitters. Cardano (ADA) is silently plotting a path to the area of $2.50, but it’s Mutuum Finance (MUTM) seeing greater attention in 2025.  More than 85% of the Mutuum Finance presale stage 5 has been sold out. The price of MUTM today is $0.03, but will see a 16.67% increase to $0.035 in phase 6. The amount of money raised as at now is over $13 million. Investors are keeping an eye on how this new token…

After a solo ride of nearly 23km, Ben O’Connor (Jayco – AlUla) won Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France, the queen stage. Pogacar comes across 1’46” later for second, with Vingegaard taking third seconds later. Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France is the race’s queen stage, serving up three hors categorie climbs with 5450m of climbing over its xx kilometers, including the Col de Madeline. Although the sun was shining on the start line in Vif, the weather for this will be as daunting as its mountain passes. The skies will be overcast and rain is…

Tesla (TSLA) stock came under pressure Thursday after it posted an earnings and revenue miss in the second quarter and CEO Elon Musk hinted at a “few rough quarters” amid mounting challenges for the automaker. Tesla reported second quarter revenue of $22.50 billion vs. $22.64 billion expected (per Bloomberg consensus), a 12% drop compared with the $25.05 billion reported a year ago. Tesla posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.40 vs $0.42, with operating income coming in at $923 million vs. $1.23 billion expected. Tesla’s revenue from the sale of regulatory credits fell to $439 million from $890 million a…

Donald Trump’s bitter dislike of renewable energy first erupted publicly 14 years ago in a seemingly trivial spat over wind turbines visible from his Scottish golf course. As Trump returns to Scotland this week, though, he is using the US presidency to squash clean power, with major ramifications for the climate crisis and America’s place in the world.Trump will visit his Turnberry and Aberdeenshire golf courses during the Scottish trip, the latter venue being the stage of a lengthy battle by the president to halt 11 nearby offshore wind turbines. From 2011, Trump, then a reality TV star and property…

Volta Finance Limited Volta Finance Limited (VTA / VTAS)June 2025 monthly reportNOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION, OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES Guernsey, July 24, 2025 AXA IM has published the Volta Finance Limited (the “Company” or “Volta Finance” or “Volta”) monthly report for June 2025. The full report is attached to this release and will be available on Volta’s website shortly (www.voltafinance.com). Performance and Portfolio Activity Dear Investors, In June, Volta Finance achieved a net performance of +0.4% bringing the cumulative performance from August 2024 to date to +11.2%. Both the CLO Debt and…

GAZA CITY Four leading news organizations on July 24 said that their journalists in Gaza are facing the threat of starvation, as the number of hunger-related deaths has increased to 113 in the war-torn Palestinian territory. “We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families,” said a joint statement by The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters and the BBC. “For many months, these independent journalists have been the world’s eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza. They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering.”…

At some point, everyone has wondered how far they could stretch a paycheck. Each generation has different perceptions of wealth, and some generations are less optimistic than others. Sixty percent of Americans believe that their own generation has it the hardest when it comes to financial success, according to a survey by the financial services company Empower. Titled “Secret to Success,” the study asked 2,203 American adults about their thoughts on wealth and money. Millennials were the most pessimistic respondents: Sixty-nine percent felt that they faced the most significant challenges, and believed that financial success would be very difficult to…

‘Happy Gilmore’ became a cult comedy. 29 years later, Adam Sandler is swinging againNEW YORK (AP) — Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore” became one of the most beloved comedies of the ’90s and codified the hockey-style swing as a mainstay on golf courses. “A hop, skip and a hit,” as Sandler says. “Happy Gilmore” made comic heroes of Bob Barker, Christopher McDonald and Carl Weathers, and turned lines like “Are you too good for your home?” plausible things to ask golf balls. Now, nearly three decades later, and after years of batting away pleas for a sequel, Sandler has finally put…