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China’s Fading Recovery Reveals Deeper Economic Struggles

Bubba Wallace wasn’t surprised about the shove he received from Aric Almirola on Monday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. A fan recorded video of an incident between the two drivers when they got out of their cars during a rain delay at the Coca-Cola 600. The video, which was posted on social media and aired by … Read more

By Arundhati Sarkar (Reuters) – Gold prices traded in a narrow range on Tuesday, hovering close to a recent two-month low, as optimism over a U.S. debt ceiling deal and reduced bets for a pause in the Federal Reserve’s rate hike policy in June dented the metal’s appeal. Spot gold was flat at $1,945.19 per … Read more

Can’t even front. I vaguely remember Miami being my preseason favorite to win it all at the start of the playoffs. Trust me, I’m not gloating here because I also picked Phoenix to knock out the Nuggets in six games of the Western Conference semifinals. The Suns were instead eliminated by the No. 1 in … Read more

(Bloomberg) — Soon-to-mature Treasury bills rallied as trading resumed after the Memorial Day holiday, following a tentative deal over the debt ceiling which eased concerns of a US default. Most Read from Bloomberg The so-called ask yields on securities due June 6, the day after the US may run out of cash, were indicated 13 … Read more

This is what resilience looks like. What heart looks like. Miami had to fight through the play-in, coming back late against the Bulls to earn the No. 8 seed. Then they beat the feared Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Then they beat the feisty New York Knicks. All that to get the most talented team … Read more

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the expectations the debt ceiling deal in U.S., the world’s biggest oil user, will spur more demand but fears of further interest rate rises and that OPEC+ will leave output quotas unchanged capped gains. Brent crude futures climbed 35 cents, or 0.5%, to … Read more

The newly found petroglyphs from Sweden include depictions of humans. Here we see one tall human with their arms throw up in the air. On a steep rock face in western Sweden, researchers uncovered a fascinating find: around 40 petroglyphs — depicting ships, people and animal figures — dating back around 2,700 years. The petroglyphs … Read more

Just a few months after he revealed his cancer diagnosis, Liam Hendriks returned to the mound on Monday night in Chicago. The White Sox closer made his season debut in their 6-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in what was an incredible, emotional scene at Guaranteed Rate Field. Hendriks, who announced in January that … Read more

By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday as investors cheered the prospect that the world’s largest economy will avert a major debt default, improving sentiment across most asset classes. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4% early Tuesday, after U.S. stocks were closed on Monday for … Read more