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• ExplainedWhat does the 1.5°C climate limit actually mean?The 1.5°C target is not a temperature any single day or country must stay below. It refers to long-term global average warming above the pre-industrial climate. Crossing it temporarily and staying above it permanently are different problems.
• ExplainedCarbon dioxide gets the attention. Faster climate wins may come from the pollutants beside it.Methane, black carbon, ground-level ozone, nitrous oxide and high-warming refrigerants can have an outsized effect on near-term warming. Cutting them does not replace CO₂ reductions, but it can slow warming faster.
• MoneyA few narrow stretches of water can still move the price of almost everything.Energy companies are reconsidering a just-in-time export system after disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. The lesson is bigger than oil: global supply chains can be efficient and still be fragile.
• CultureThe Emmys are leaving broadcast TV. That says more about television than the awards themselves.The Emmy Awards will move exclusively to Prime Video from 2027 under a six-year deal, ending the long-running rotation among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. The ceremony is following the audience it was created to celebrate.
• CultureHollywood just put Batman, Harry Potter, Star Trek, HBO, CNN and CBS under one roof.Paramount completed its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, creating Skydance, a media giant spanning two film studios, HBO, CBS, CNN, streaming services, sports and some of entertainment's biggest franchises.
• ExplainedCountries keep emergency oil underground for moments exactly like this.The IEA is discussing another coordinated release of oil and diesel stocks as energy markets face supply disruptions. Strategic reserves exist to buy time during severe shortages, not to make fuel permanently cheap.
• ExplainedHow can a medicine change what supermarkets sell?GLP-1 medicines reduce appetite and food intake for many users. At population scale, that can alter portion sizes, snacking frequency and the types of foods companies choose to develop, even though the medicines are not food products themselves.
• PeopleArgentina did not just say goodbye to a footballer. It closed a national argument.Lionel Messi ended his Argentina career after 208 appearances, 126 goals, two Copa América titles and a World Cup. The remarkable part of the farewell is how completely the relationship changed from criticism and comparison to Diego Maradona into national reverence.
• MoneyBrazil voted on Sunday. Markets voted on Monday.Flávio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s first-round presidential vote 47% to 45% over Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The next trading session, Brazilian stocks surged. The useful question is not which candidate markets ‘like’. It is which policy probabilities investors suddenly changed.
• MoneyA bond yield just hit a 24-year high. Why should anyone outside Wall Street care?The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield briefly touched 5.34%, its highest level since 2002. That number lives in the bond market, but its effects reach mortgages, business loans, government budgets and the price investors put on almost everything else.
• NowBrazil is choosing a president. It is also choosing how it deals with the world.Nearly 159 million Brazilians are eligible to vote in a polarized presidential election between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro. The contest is domestic, but the consequences reach Washington, Beijing and the future of Latin America’s largest economy.