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President Trump looks to stay awake through meetings with world leaders by celebrating his new Iran agreement. / NPR
The “memorandum of understanding” appears to be pretty heavily tilted toward Iran, perhaps because “losing a war has consequences.” / Foreign Exchanges
See also: Grading the war on Trump’s own terms. / Wake Up to Politics
In France, Russia’s attack on Ukraine makes working in defense socially acceptable. / Le Monde
Europe’s new defense spending is helping some, hurting others. “It’s making the town, and it’s breaking the town.” / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Israel establishes a de facto military zone across the Gaza Strip larger than the whole of New York City. / Al Jazeera
Unrelated: A theory says we’re living through an era of non-consent. “Did you want this? Too bad: you’re gonna get it.” / The Trend Report
Four ways clean energy set new records this spring, “and what these feats tell us about where the energy system is headed.” / Canary Media
Meanwhile, buying a tomato today costs 40 percent more than it did one year ago. / The Nation
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Are we less of a 24-7 society than we used to be, or has the internet made such a notion obsolete? / Marginal Revolution
Britain’s most expensive house in 2020 is now home to a homeless man who lives on the porch and pees into a plastic bottle. “Everest base camp problems.” / The Guardian
The first person has been treated in a trial that aims to coax aged cells “to take on a younger identity.” / Nature
There is “early but growing evidence” that the shingles vaccine may be protective against neurodegenerative diseases like dementia. / Vox [$]
Serena Williams’s return to tennis provokes stories over whether GLP-1s are performance-enhancing drugs. / The Athletic [$]
A beginner’s guide to watching the World Cup. / CNN
Eighteen points to explain why some Americans don’t enjoy soccer. “The problem with the game is that, frankly, it’s boring.” / Matt’s Five Points