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Tariffs: The United States and the European Union unveiled details of a new trade deal. It imposes a 15% tariff on most European imports and affirms the rate won鈥檛 go up even for pharmaceuticals and semiconductors, which President Donald Trump had threatened to boost to 100% or more. The two sides have the world鈥檚 largest bilateral trading relationship.

Redistricting: California Gov. Newsom signed legislation for a special election in November, when voters will decide on a new congressional map that would benefit Democrats in next year鈥檚 primaries. The effort, which聽bypasses California鈥檚 independent redistricting commission, comes in response to new maps approved Wednesday in Texas that benefit Republicans. Meanwhile, the majority of Americans polled in a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey say gerrymandering efforts are bad for democracy. As a Republican respondent from Texas said, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 like it when either side tries to do that.鈥�

鲍办谤补颈苍别:听Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting targets including an American-owned electronics plant. It was one of the biggest aerial assaults on Ukraine this year, adding uncertainty to President Trump鈥檚 efforts to end the three-year-old war.

Nord Stream:聽A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Italy yesterday.聽Described by both Moscow and the West as an act of sabotage, the explosions largely severed Russian gas supplies to Europe, prompting a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict.聽

Trump: A New York appeals court threw out a half-billion-dollar judgment against President Trump, members of his family, and his business. The ruling upheld the verdict that Mr. Trump was guilty of business fraud for overinflating his net worth, but the $464 million penalty was deemed excessive.

Africa: The African Union has joined a push to replace the standard Mercator world map with a map that better reflects Africa鈥檚 relative size. Most world maps make countries near the poles appear larger, so that Africa looks on par with Greenland, when it is actually three times as large. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really about dignity and pride,鈥� Fara Ndiaye, director of Speak Up Africa, told The New York Times.

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Beyond wrangling over whether sending thousands of federal troops to Washington is needed or even legal, residents and crime experts say targeted community engagement is a better anti-crime strategy.

After a week of summits around peace for Ukraine, Russia is holding firm to its demands. While the White House suggests that progress is being made on a deal, Russian observers say the Kremlin is content to wait Kyiv out.

In their dealings with the U.S. president, foreign leaders are finding that he responds better to a personal approach than to geopolitical arguments or the details of diplomacy.

With the prospect of mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants from the United States, a social media influencer tries to pave the way with solid information - and showcase the unexpected joys of making a fresh start.

No matter what it鈥檚 called or whether it鈥檚 served in a cone or a bowl, ice cream is savored all over the world. There鈥檚 still time this summer for aficionados to follow the Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail, which has more than 100 destinations.

This coming November, or soon after New York City commemorates the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, voters in America鈥檚 largest city might elect their first Muslim mayor. Zohran Mamdani, who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is ahead in most polls for the general election. While he has faced some anti-Muslim rhetoric during the campaign, the Big Apple鈥檚 negative concerns about Islam and Muslims, common in the years after 9/11, have generally become a Big Meh.

Mr. Mamdani鈥檚 appeal to many of the city鈥檚 young and Democratic voters lies mainly in his socialist promises, such as government-run food stores. Identity politics, namely the desire for a leader of one鈥檚 own likeness or the fear of 鈥渢he other,鈥� matter less. His popularity 鈥渞eflects the emerging power of civic and grassroots/working-class mobilization,鈥� wrote Sangay Mishra, a political science professor at Drew University, in Religion News Service.

New York鈥檚 probable acceptance of a Muslim mayor, while noteworthy because of 9/11, is not so startling these days. Dozens of Muslims have been elected to public office in the United States as well as in Europe. This embrace by voters helps undercut a powerful recruiting message 鈥� that non-Muslims disrespect Islam 鈥� used by extremists who abuse Islamic principles for violent ends.

鈥淔ear doesn鈥檛 make us safer, it only makes us weaker, and the politics of fear is simply not welcome in our city,鈥� said Sadiq Khan, a Muslim who became mayor of London in 2016 and is now serving a third term.

American attitudes toward Muslims began to shift upward after the 2011 Arab Spring, according to polls, but dipped last year. The high for holding favorable views was 78% in 2022 but, according to polling by the University of Maryland, that declined to 64% last year, returning to 2016 levels.

Yet a majority of young Democrats in the U.S. (56%) now say Muslims actually strengthen American society. That reversal of a post-9/11 stereotype might explain why Mr. Mamdani is favored to be mayor of New York. His religion is not really an issue.

Memories of the 9/11 tragedy may live on, yet ways to prevent a similar attack require new ways of thinking.