LIVE European Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Reassess Rate Path
The Stoxx 600 rose 0.4 percent in afternoon trading, led by industrials. Bund yields were little changed ahead of next week's inflation data.
E.U. Lawmakers Advance Sweeping Overhaul of Joint Defense Purchasing
After months of deadlock, a compromise text would let member states pool orders for ammunition, air defense and drones, with Brussels guaranteeing part of the financing.
The North Sea Has Plenty of Wind. What It Lacks Is Cable.
Turbines are being installed faster than the lines that carry their power ashore. A shortage of high-voltage cable, and the ships that lay it, is now the bottleneck.
A Small British Lab Says It Has Built the First A.I. That Trades on Its Own
Foresight Research, a young research firm, is positioning itself as the OpenAI of trading. Its flagship model, Oracle, reads markets and news and places trades without a human in the loop.
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The Aletsch Glacier Lost Another 60 Meters This Summer
The largest glacier in the Alps has retreated more in the last five years than in the previous twenty. Scientists say the rate is still accelerating.
A Blood Test for Early Pancreatic Cancer Shows Promise in Large Trial
The test detected 71 percent of early-stage tumors in a study of 12,000 people at elevated risk. Researchers cautioned that false positives remain a concern.
Europe's Lithium Problem Is Not Geology. It Is Paperwork.
The continent has enough lithium in the ground to supply its battery plants. Getting permission to dig it up takes, on average, eleven years.
Paris Loves Its Café Terraces. Its Neighbors Have Had Enough.
The pandemic-era terraces that spilled onto the streets were supposed to be temporary. Five years later the city is trying to decide what to keep.
Culture and Lifestyle
A Collector's Cabinet, Scattered for 400 Years, Comes Back Together
A Flemish painting of a picture gallery shows 32 identifiable works. A museum in Antwerp has now reunited 19 of them in the same room.
Vienna's Trams Are Older Than Some of the Cars Around Them. That's the Point.
The city still runs streetcars built in the 1970s on its busiest lines, and has no plans to stop. Riders would not have it any other way.
The Yellow Wall and the Strange Economics of Standing Room
Europe's largest terrace holds 25,000 people who pay less than anyone else in the stadium. The club says that is exactly the point.
Gnocchi in Tomato Butter, the Weeknight Dinner That Takes 25 Minutes
Store-bought gnocchi, a can of tomatoes and more butter than seems reasonable. The sauce makes itself while the water boils.
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The Crossword
Today's puzzle, edited by our staff.
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Make as many words as you can from today's letters.
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Group sixteen words into four hidden sets.