August 22, 2026 11:44 PM PDT
Updated 19 hours ago
REUTERS
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Donald Trump undertook a shuffling of his stock portfolio in June and sold nearly $30 million in shares that month as Congress debates whether those in power should be allowed to trade stocks at all, according to financial disclosures.



The Northern Sea Route is no longer an experiment—it is becoming a strategic alternative to the world's most vulnerable maritime chokepoints.
As conflict and instability continue to threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, Russia and China are accelerating the development of an Arctic maritime corridor that could reshape Eurasian trade during the summer months. The Northern Sea Route, running along Russia's Arctic coastline, is evolving from a niche passage into a commercially viable strategic corridor backed by Beijing's "Polar Silk Road" initiative.
Quebec entered a perilous new phase of the trade war Saturday after Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from talks with the United States over what he described as last-minute demands that included weakening protections for the French language and culture.

You probably remember learning about Earth's internal layers when you were a kid in Earth Sciences class: a superhot, solid inner core, surrounded by a molten metal outer core (how metal!), and a solid-but-viscous mantle made of melted rocks.
