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The United States and European Union announced a trade deal yesterday. The framework sees the US applying a 15% tariff on most EU goods, including cars and pharmaceuticals, and a mutual reduction to 0% tariffs on others, including aircraft and semiconductor equipment. Steel and aluminum will remain tariffed at 50%. Tariffs on some goods—including wine—are still under negotiation.
The announcement ends months of uncertainty for two of the world’s largest economies, responsible for nearly one-third of global trade. As part of the deal, the EU has committed to spending an additional $600B in the US, including on military equipment, and $750B on liquid gas and nuclear energy. The EU intends to phase out Russian gas imports by 2028.
The deal prevents a baseline 30% tariff on EU goods, a change Trump said would go into effect this Friday, barring a deal. In addition to the 27-member EU bloc, Trump has reached revised deals with the UK, Japan, Indonesia, and Vietnam. See tracker here. |
Israel said it would implement a tactical pause in parts of Gaza yesterday, ceasing hostilities in three areas to facilitate aid delivery. The country said it would not conduct operations in Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City for 10 hours daily, from 10 am to 8 pm, until further notice. Israel also said it had begun air-dropping aid.
The announcement comes as deaths attributed to starvation doubled in the past month, to 127 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The dire humanitarian situation can be traced to March, when Israel implemented a weekslong blockade amid stalled ceasefire talks with Hamas. Since May, an average of 69 aid trucks have entered the territory per day, below the minimum 500 to 600 the UN says is needed. Shootings near reduced distribution sites have exacerbated the crisis, reportedly killing hundreds of people.
Israel has accused Hamas of diverting aid, implementing an administration process with fewer distribution points than the UN-led process. Learn more here. |
'Arsenic Life' Retraction |
A blockbuster paper claiming the first-ever observation of an organism using arsenic to grow was retracted last week by the prestigious journal “Science.” The decision caps a 15-year controversy marked by intense criticism and the departure of the lead author from scientific research.
All known life generally relies on six core elements: hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Researchers argued a microbe found in California’s Mono Lake could swap out some phosphorus for arsenic, a claim that would reshape what is known about the building blocks of life. The paper generated significant public interest—amplified by a high-profile NASA news conference—in part theorizing about new forms of extraterrestrial life. Critics argued the data were flawed and such biology was impossible on Earth.
The retraction did not include accusations of misconduct and follows a recent profile of lead author Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s part-time return to science. See the original paper in full here. |
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