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With just one month until Major League Baseball’s trade deadline on July 30, championship contenders are finalizing their trade lists while other teams are preparing to sell their best players.The Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins are expected to make significant deals, but just about every other team in baseball is also technically a championship contender and will have to make big decisions in the coming weeks.So here are four smart trades we’d like to see before the deadline.Garrett Crochette (White Sox) to OriolesBaltimore made a bold move in the offseason to acquire Corbin Burnes in a trade that showed…

CNN — The Supreme Court is expected to issue its final ruling of its term Monday morning, settling the question of whether former President Donald Trump can claim immunity from federal election subversion charges. The nine justices are meeting in court for the last time before the summer recess, one day past an unofficial deadline of the end of June, likely setting up continued legal battles over their final decision. For now, the most significant issue remaining unresolved is whether Trump is entitled to the blanket immunity he is seeking from special counsel Jack Smith on his election interference charges.…

Brits head to the polls on 4 July. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders and key election issues.Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a general election on 22 May, Britons will head to the polls on 4 July to choose the next party to lead the country. Opinion polls suggest the vote would give Labour a majority after 14 years of Conservative rule. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming UK general election. The UK, which consists of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, has a population of approximately 67 million and is the…

In Pakistan’s general elections held in February 2024, the participation of religious parties increased significantly, with 23 parties (see Figure 1) 175 The number of registered parties identifying themselves as sectarian has increased from just 12 in 2018. However, this increase has not necessarily translated into electoral success, as the vote share of many sectarian parties, especially smaller ones, has been steadily declining since 2013. In Pakistan, the military, often referred to as the “deep state”, has played a key role in determining who controls the government. In Pakistan, the military, often referred to as the “deep state”, has played…

President Joe Biden looks down as he takes part in the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential election with former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. (Photo by Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) Joe Biden has once again sent me on a nonsense search, a word only Joe would use. This is an outdated phrase not typically uttered by modern politicians. It could be of ancient Greek origin, or it could come from Old English, or maybe it’s just old American, like Joe Biden. No one really knows. Politicians today may accuse their opponents of talking…

Sha’Carey Richardson celebrates her victory during the women’s 100-meter final at the USA Track and Field Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. Charlie Nibergal/AP Hide caption Toggle caption Charlie Nibergal/AP EUGENE, Ore. — Olympians were born and world records were broken. The U.S. Olympic track and field team was decided after 10 days of competition at Hayward Field, providing a preview of what they can do at the Paris Games, which begin in less than a month. Here are some highlights from the Olympic qualifying tournament, which concluded on Sunday. Stars to watch in Paris Sydney McLaughlin LevroneHer…

Dermatologists have urged people not to make their own sunscreen by following a series of tutorials posted on the internet. Popular influencer Nara Smith (@naraazizasmith) posted a video to TikTok last week showing her husband making sunscreen “from scratch.”The creator, who frequently shares recipes and boasts 8.1 million followers, told viewers: “We were spending a lot of time by the pool and realized we were out of sunscreen.” Instead of going out to buy sunscreen, her husband, Lucky Blue Smith, emptied the kitchen cupboards and made his own. “We all burn easily, so I chose something with a bit more…

(Bloomberg) — Concerns remain about China’s economic outlook even as a gauge of private manufacturing activity rose to its highest level in three years amid signs of weakening manufacturing confidence.Most read articles on BloombergThe Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose to 51.8 last month, the highest since May 2021. That beat the 51.5 median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. A reading above 50 signals economic expansion.A measure of business leaders’ expectations for future output fell to the lowest level since late 2019 but remained in positive territory. The exact figure for the measure was not released.”Lack of market confidence…

After the big tech companies’ meteoric rise on the stock market, valuations may be settling down again.At least, that’s the concern of Truist chief strategist and CIO Keith Lerner. In a note last Friday, Lerner downgraded his firm’s rating on the tech sector to neutral from overweight, as companies like Nvidia, Apple and Google continue to lead the sector to its most extreme outperformance in decades.Valuations of big tech companies riseThe stock market is incredibly narrow, with just a few mega-cap tech stocks driving the market rally.Overall, the technology sector is up about 40% since November 2023, about 16 percentage…

Reuters reported that China’s manufacturing activity slowed further last month, with the country’s statistics bureau reporting that the PMI index fell to 49.5, the lowest in five months.However, Reuters separately reported that the private PMI figure calculated by S&P Global showed an increase in manufacturing activity among small and medium-sized enterprises, which it attributed to strong orders from overseas. Moreover, analysts at the Economist Intelligence Unit told Reuters that official data suggesting an economic slowdown may not be accurate.”Actual industrial activity should be stronger than the data suggests as the official PMI is likely not fully capturing the current momentum…