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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy each spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, as Trump marked his 80th birthday and the war in Ukraine remained a flashpoint ahead of this week’s G7 summit.Putin’s call with Trump lasted just under an hour, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who briefed reporters afterward.On Ukraine, Ushakov said Trump emphasized the need to end hostilities and stated his readiness to influence European allies and Kyiv toward that goal, including at the upcoming G7 summit.Trump also said that recent strikes on civilian targets in Russia complicate a…

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Hong Kong-listed home appliance company Midea has two options, J.P. Morgan analysts said last week. Either become an industrial giant like Siemens — and double in market cap by 2030 — or plod along “the Panasonic path” with gains of just 25%, the analysts said. Midea shares are already up more than 7% so far this year, bucking a more than 3% decline in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index. The home appliance maker is one of the 20 largest stocks in the index by market capitalization, ahead of chip company SMIC and consumer electronics maker Xiaomi . “The market is…

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The Octagon during a light and pyrotechnic test ahead of a planned UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 13, 2026. President Donald Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event will go on as planned on the White House grounds.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump marks turning 80 on Sunday with a birthday celebration that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House.This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed-martial arts extravaganza, where combatants…

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You don’t have to be a sports fan to understand the investing opportunities arising from the World Cup. After more than three decades, the FIFA World Cup has finally returned to North America, with the U.S., Canada and Mexico jointly hosting the 2026 tournament. The World Cup brings together 48 nations across 16 cities, which also means higher fan participation, travel flows and global media engagement. “This is likely to be the largest single-sport event in history,” JPMorgan strategists led by Dubravko Lakos-Bujas and Bhupinder Singh wrote in a Thursday report. The tournament is set to generate about $14 billion…

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June 14 (Reuters) – Investment bank   is making a late bid to dislodge Centerview Partners as ’s financial adviser to oversee one of the largest-ever sovereign debt restructurings at a lower fee, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.  Lazard has proposed a fee of $25 million, a fraction of the at least $150 million Centerview was negotiating with the government as recently as last month, Bloomberg reported, citing a letter sent on Friday to interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez.  Reuters could not verify the report. Lazard, Centerview and Venezuela’s Ministry of Communication and Information did not immediately respond to a request…

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Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of his abbey in the small English town of Malmesbury, wearing a pair of crude wings he’d fashioned from willow wood and cloth. Eilmer managed to glide a good 600 feet, passing over the city wall before crash-landing in a small valley near the river Avon. The fall broke both his legs, crippling him. Malmesbury Abbey still boasts a stained-glass window in honor of Brother Eilmer. This legendary experiment in medieval aviation comes to us via 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury in an account…

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What do you do when you need a moment to focus? For thousands of people around the U.S., the answer might be reaching for a technicolor piece of plastic that, when pressed, emits a soft and satisfying “click.”A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.It’s only been about a year since the pair stumbled into the niche of 3D printing fidget clickers, and they’ve already captured the attention of millions (including the adoration of…

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