Monaco Explosion Manhunt, WhatsApp’s Big Change, Germany Exits World Cup

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(1) Europe is becoming less vulnerable to outside shocks thanks to a better financial framework and progress on the green transition, Christine Lagarde said.

(2) The European Union and China set an October deadline to make progress on trade disagreements, as tensions rise between the two economic powers.

(3) A top Iranian official reiterated the country’s determination to maintain control over maritime traffic moving through the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes ahead of fresh negotiations with the US on ending their war for good.

(4) The Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump sweeping power to bend much of the federal regulatory state to his will, a major expansion of executive branch influence that will enable him to fire the heads of independent agencies that police markets, protect consumers and enforce workplace rules.

(5) WhatsApp will let the messaging service’s 3 billion global users select a username for their account, a change meant to increase privacy by letting people connect on the platform without having to share their phone number.

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