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⭘ Existing home sales in June fell more than expected, as prices hit another record high and mortgage rates remain high. Supply, however, is growing.

⭘ President Donald Trump has suggested eliminating the capital gains tax on home sales. That would largely benefit the high end of the housing market.

⭘ The State Department said Wednesday that it launched an investigation into Harvard University's compliance with the government-run visa program for international students, marking the latest effort by the Trump administration to prevent the university from enrolling international students

⬤ The Trump administration has continued to pressure the university despite continuing talks to settle a monthslong dispute over the federal government's role in higher education.

⭘ In his tariff letter sent out to Japan earlier this month, Trump had threatened 25% levies on the country's exports to the U.S., starting Aug. 1.

⭘ President Donald Trump has begun announcing a suite of new bilateral trade agreements.

⬤ After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were scheduled to take effect.

⬤ Fighting corruption has been a central issue for Ukrainians since pro-Western protests a decade ago, and new curbs on the watchdog agencies have alarmed many.

⭘ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing protests and EU criticism for the first time since Russia invaded, over changes to national anti-corruption agencies.

⭘ More than a hundred aid organizations warned Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza under Israeli assault and aid restrictions.

⭘ More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.

⭘ From his desolate wail on Black Sabbath's doomy 70s masterpieces, to the twisted self-awareness of his huge-selling solo albums, Osbourne's vocal style influenced generations of heavy metal

⬤ Osbourne and Black Sabbath pioneered a horror-inspired heavy metal look that was an alternative to the colorful tie-dye of the hippies, and a prototype of things to come.

⬤ In Birmingham, England, the singer's hometown, fans paid tribute by leaving flowers, beer and tequila. The rapper Drake was there to pay his respects, too.

⭘ President Trump says he wants to make sure the United States wins the artificial intelligence race. The White House says fewer regulations will help.

⬤ In an "A.I. Action Plan," the White House outlined steps it said would promote American dominance in the fast-growing technology.

⭘ Aeneas program, which predicts where and when Latin texts were made, called 'transformative' by historians

⭘ Archaeologists and volunteers identify Sanday timbers as from 18th-century Royal Navy frigate turned whaler

⬤ Researchers identified the shipwreck as HMS Hind, a British frigate that intercepted American ships in the Atlantic before being repurposed as a whaling vessel.

⭘ Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

⭘ Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas

⭘ The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee tells the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports that it has an "obligation to comply" with an executive order issued by President Trump.

⭘ The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women's sports, telling sports governing bodies it has an "obligation to comply" with federal policy.