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LivaNova’s VNS Therapy Maintains Effectiveness in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Latest 2-Year Data
Ana Suller Marti, MD
(Credit: Suller Marti Lab)
LivaNova has published 24-month data from the 3-year CORE-VNS study (NCT03529045) in Epilepsia, showing sustained reductions in generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizures among patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) following treatment with vagus nerve system (VNS) Therapy. The company noted that participants from CORE-VNS have been followed through the 36-month study interval, and it is in the process of publishing those outcomes.1,2
Among 115 patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and generalized seizures at baseline, the median reduction in GTC seizure frequency was 73.9% at 12 months, with 37% of participants reporting seizure freedom from GTCS for the 3 months prior to the 12-month follow-up. Treated patients remained stable at 24 months, with a median GTCS reduction of 77%. In addition, 42.6% of patients reported seizure freedom for the 3 months prior to the 24-month visit.
“GTC seizures can be some of the most severe and debilitating seizures a patient can experience,” lead author Ana Suller Marti, MD, assistant professor of neurology at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, said in a statement.1 “The observed reductions in seizure frequency and severity, as well as the achievement of complete seizure freedom in some cases, are key findings that clinicians should be aware of.”
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The CORE-VNS study assessed comprehensive outcomes of real-world evidence for over 800 patients with epilepsy treated with VNS Therapy globally. Researchers noted that the participants included in this analysis had a median of 10 years between epilepsy diagnosis and VNS Therapy implantation. In the interim analysis, approximately half of those who experienced GTC seizures were under 18 years of age, and nearly all (94%) had no prior history of epilepsy surgery.
Following 12 months of VNS, the number of participants who reported the postictal severity of their most debilitating seizure as “severe” or “very severe” decreased from 52.8% to 25.3% (21/83). Additionally, the percentage of participants that reported these levels of postictal severity was 26.3% (20/76) after 24 months of VNS. The company noted that participants’ drug load did not significantly change during the follow-up and adverse events were consistent with those previously documented in patients with DRE using VNS.
“I am struck by the significant seizure burden carried by the people, many of whom are so young, in this real-world dataset. Participants in this study failed a median number of six anti-seizure medications—some even as high as 20—and had a median of four tonic-clonic seizures per month at baseline,” Stephanie Bolton, LivaNova President, Global Epilepsy, said in a statement.1 “Our focus remains on contributing to the science of the treatment of epilepsy, working in partnership with physicians, and transparently communicating the latest scientific information available.”
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1. LivaNova Announces CORE-VNS 24-Month Data Show Adjunctive VNS Therapy is Associated with Substantial Reductions in Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures in People with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. News Release. Published June 5, 2025. Accessed July 8, 2025. https://investor.livanova.com/news-releases/news-release-details/livanova-announces-core-vns-24-month-data-show-adjunctive-vns
2. Suller Marti A, Verner R, Keezer M, et al. Reduction of generalized tonic-clonic seizures following vagus nerve stimulation therapy: CORE-VNS Study 24-month follow-up. Epilepsia. Published online April 1, 2025. doi:10.1111/epi.18371Continue Reading
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Maximising Climate Bank – EIB operations in sustainable…
Back in 2021, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to become the EU’s Climate Bank by adopting the Climate Bank Roadmap. This year, this Roadmap will be renewed for the period 2026-2030.
Transport lending activities are at the heart of the EIB lending portfolio and therefore play a critical role for the clean transition. T&E assessed 254 EIB operations in the EU across eight strategic transport sectors from 2021 up to February 2025, worth €61 billion – nearly 20% of EIB lending in the EU.
The EIB needs to do more to align transport lending with Climate Bank mandate
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Despite its “climate bank” promise, the EIB plowed €1 billion into biofuels—technologies that are neither scalable nor sustainable, and that risk diverting funds from genuinely green solutions.
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The EIB needs to ramp up support for the entire domestic cleantech value chain. From €3.9 billion for 17 batteries’ projects, €2.5 billion went into battery manufacturing. Much less has been flowing into components and materials where the EU remains exposed to dependencies.
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Roads too dominant: Since 2021, the EIB has spent €7.79 billion on EU road infrastructure, most of it on new roads. This is more than what the EIB invested in Europe’s domestic battery value chains (€3.88 bn) and alternative fuels (€2.36 bn) combined.
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Of €1.1 billion for port and airport projects, only two out of 11 ports included any renewable‐energy components—and the Bank even backed airport expansion in breach of its own Climate Bank Roadmap commitments.
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The EIB’s “Climate Action & Environmental Sustainability (CA&ES)” label stretches credibility when it flags motorway expansions through protected Natura 2000 sites—projects guaranteed to spike CO₂ emissions—as environmentally sustainable.
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Rail and urban mobility— the bright spots: On the flip side, the EIB funneled €23.6 billion into EU rail upgrades (making it the transport sector’s top beneficiary) and €13.3 billion into cleaner urban transport—providing a strong example of how public investment can boost the green transition.
Cementing climate as a top priority for a clean European industry
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The EIB Climate Bank Roadmap for 2026-2030 should accelerate its transformation into the EU’s Climate Bank. This means full alignment with stringent net-zero pathways for its transport operations, as transport represents 29% of EU emissions in 2022.
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The EIB needs to make better use of its EU Climate Bank mandate and maximise the complementarity with private lending. It should take more risks and expand its use of de-risking instruments (guarantees, counter-guarantees). Currently, the EIB invests the majority of its resources into ‘low risk’ assets, including road infrastructure. Clean future oriented technologies such as batteries, synthetic fuels and their supply chains would benefit from EIB’s de-risking capacity as they lack access to conventional financing
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The future Climate Bank Roadmap should limit inefficient and environmentally harmful investments in new road infrastructure and biofuels. Instead, double down on renewable synthetic fuels to decarbonise aviation and shipping. Likewise, the EIB should focus on upgrading airports and ports for a net-zero future instead of supporting expansion.
The EIB needs to fully align its operations with a European Green industrial strategy. Prioritising projects that use locally made components or materials is key to contributing to sustainable competitiveness in Europe. The EIB can do more to boost EU’s clean industrial transition – developing and scaling up the domestic battery value chain, e-fuels production and the road e-mobility, including charging.
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Private Ax-4 astronauts aboard ISS are filling their time with science, views of Earth and pierogis (video)
Houston-based company Axiom Space’s fourth crewed mission to space is nearing its end, and its four astronauts are filling every last minute with science, amazing views of Earth and pierogis.
Axiom-4 Crew:
Commander Peggy Whitson
Pilot Shubhanshu “Shux” Shukla
Mission Specialist Sławosz “Suave” Uznański-Wiśniewski
Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu
The crew of Axiom-4 (Ax-4) have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked there on June 26. Their days have been filled with more than 60 research experiments and outreach events, breaking an Axiom mission record for on-orbit activities.
Lucie Low, Axiom’s chief scientist, spoke with the Ax-4 crew during a mission science briefing on July 5. The four astronauts discussed some of the experiments they have been working on during their time aboard the orbital laboratory.
The crew of Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station. From left to right: mission specialist Tibor Kapu; pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, commander Peggy Whitson, and mission specialist Sławosz Uznański. (Image credit: SpaceX) Ax-4 is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who’s currently Axiom’s director of human spaceflight. She also holds the record for most cumulative days in space by an American, which is inching closer to 700 with each additional day she remains aboard the ISS. Before this mission, her record stood at 675. Whitson has been a helpful voice of experience as her crew navigates life in microgravity, according to Axiom.
Whitson explained to Low that the research the Ax-4 astronauts are conducting on orbit is not only helping the science community, but also the growing number of international partnerships in space. Whitson’s crew includes mission pilot Shubhanshu “Shux” Shukla from India and mission specialists Sławosz “Suave” Uznański, a Polish astronaut from the European Space Agency, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. The experiments they’re conducting represent contributions from a total of 31 countries.
“Axiom-4 is a government-sponsored research mission for a global space community,” Whitson said.
“I am so proud that ISRO [the Indian Space Research Organization] has been able to collaborate with national institutions all over the country,” Shux told Low. “They came up with some fantastic research.”
Axiom has published daily updates during the mission, describing experiment progress and highlighting outreach events that different Ax-4 crew members have taken part in, including a microalgae investigation Shux is working on to measure the affects of microgravity on the organism’s biology and its potential use as an in-space resource.
Kapu boasted about Hungary’s skill in dosimetry research. He has been taking part in a technology demonstration using the Rad Nano Dosimeter, a miniature device designed to be continuously worn to monitor a body’s radiation exposure, carbon dioxide levels and the effects of magnetic fields. He is also cultivating radishes and peppers aboard the ISS, which he said are growing “extremely fast.”
Suave told Low one of the experiments that has excited him the most is a brainwave interface device that allows someone to control a machine with only their brain — the first time such a demonstration has been conducted in space. Suave also took time alongside Whitson for another video downlink on July 6, Ax-4’s flight day 12.
🥟 Pierogi have reached space!🇵🇱 @astro_slawosz and @AstroPeggy shared the traditional Polish dumplings on the International @Space_Station.🔥 Learn more about the #Ignis space menu: https://t.co/wCpWhx2FpQ@MRiTGOVPL @POLSA_GOV_PL @esa @Axiom_Space pic.twitter.com/zR1UsiNYfGJuly 7, 2025
The pair spoke with Sonya Gavankar McKay, Axiom’s director of digital strategy, from the space station’s Columbus module. McKay virtually joined Whitson and Suave for a mission update and to share a quick meal.
Holding a food packet identical to one used by the Ax-4 crew in space, McKay speared her fork through a pierogi as she asked Suave how to say, “enjoy your meal,” in Polish (“ciesz się posiłkiem,” according to Google Translate).
Suave and Whitson, also with pierogis on their forks, let them float weightlessly in front of the camera for close-ups. “Pierogi is a very Polish dish,” Suave explained, describing the cuisine as a quintessential comfort food.
He was also asked about some of his photography and the views he has captured of Earth from space. “I try to capture every moment,” Suave said, adding that any free time he has, he spends by the ISS’ giant cupola windows, staring back down at the planet below.
Potentially nearing the end of their scheduled two weeks in space, McKay asked Whitson how the Ax-4 had adjusted to the realities of weightlessness. Despite the crew’s packed schedule, Whitson says they have managed to get the hang of things.
“What’s amazing is how much the guys have really gotten their space legs,” she said. “They’re really getting very efficient and working much more efficiently, and they’re way less stressed.”
Following their SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 25, Ax-4 is expected to remain on orbit for about two weeks. Their earliest return would be July 10, but Axiom, SpaceX and NASA have yet to confirm a date.
The crew’s departure from the ISS is largely dependent on weather at their spacecraft’s splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean, with some wiggle room built in to the visiting crew’s stay aboard the space station in the event of a delay. The departures of both the Ax-1 and Ax-3 missions were held up nearly a week due to unfavorable weather at their splashdown zones.
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The perfect binoculars for casual stargazing are now $50 off for Amazon Prime Day.
Amazon Prime Day is here until July 11 and there are loads of optics deals to be had, including over $50 off these Nikon Prostaff P3 10×42 binoculars. We reviewed the Nikon Prostaff P3 8×42 binoculars and we dubbed them the best for beginners in our best binoculars guide. They are best for terrestrial viewing and are easy to hold for long periods due to being lightweight.
You can get the Nikon Prostaff P3 10×42 binoculars on sale for $100 at Amazon.
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While we haven’t specifically reviewed the 10×42 model, we have tested the 8x model in our full Nikon Prostaff P3 8×42 binoculars review. Our review highlighted the P3 series’ impressive optical performance and comfortable ergonomics for extended viewing sessions. They feature in our best binoculars guide as the best for beginners, as well as a good family option in our guide to the best binoculars for kids.
This Prime Day deal gives you a huge $50 off the Nikon Prostaff P3 10×42 binoculars. Whether you are an aspiring astronomer looking for crisp views of the moon or an avid nature watcher, these binoculars offer excellent value for money, especially at this price.
The Nikon Prostaff P3 10×42 binoculars deliver bright images with a 10x magnification and their 42mm objective lens gathers ample light for excellent low-light performance. They feature multi-coated lenses and prisms, ensuring high light transmission across the entire spectrum, meaning they are good at capturing dim stars or natural colors from terrestrial viewing. You don’t have to worry about using them in challenging conditions either, as they are nitrogen-filled to make them fog-resistant, as well as being waterproof up to one metre.
Key features: 10x magnification, 42mm objective lens, 20.2mm of eye relief, multi-coated optics, waterproof, fog-proof, rubber-armored body, turn-and-slide eyecups
Product launched: June 2022
Price history: The Nikon Prostaff P3 10×42 binoculars typically retail for $150 but have dropped to $100 for Prime Day and are the cheapest they have been since March 2025.
Price comparison: Amazon: $100 | Walmart: $100 | BHPhoto: $147
Reviews consensus: In our Nikon Prostaff P3 8×42 review, we praised its lightweight body and sharp optical performance. The Prostaff P3 series is generally praised for its bright views while maintaining rugged features like waterproofing and being light enough for extended viewing sessions.
Space.com: ★★★★½ (for similar P3 8×42 model) | Digital Camera World: ★★★★½ (for similar P3 8×42 model) | LiveScience: ★★★★½
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✅ Buy it if: You’re looking for a versatile pair of binoculars for general observation, casual astronomy or nature watching.
❌ Don’t buy it if: You require higher magnification for very specific astronomical observations or if you are looking for a more compact travel binocular.
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Who is Alan Permane? Everything you need to know about the newest team boss in F1
Alan Permane was named as Racing Bulls’ new Team Principal on Wednesday, following a reshuffle that has seen Laurent Mekies promoted to CEO of Red Bull after the exit of Christian Horner. As Permane prepares to take the reins of the sister squad, F1.com has the lowdown on the Briton’s career so far…
F1 beginnings with Benetton
After completing an electronic engineering apprenticeship, Permane secured his first role with the then-called Benetton team in 1989 in what would prove to be the start of a long chapter in his career.
“It was exciting times for me,” Permane recalled to the Beyond The Grid podcast in 2020. “I’d just turned 22, I’d got a job in Formula 1.
“I’d just come out of an electronic apprenticeship and had my eyes opened to the world of Formula 1. It was awesome.”
From there his role grew from being factory-based to becoming an electronic engineer for the test team, while in 1990 Permane joined the race team, with his first event being the United States Grand Prix at the Phoenix Street Circuit.
Race engineering beckons
Permane experienced plenty of success as part of the Benetton team in the years that followed, with the squad winning the Teams’ Championship in 1995 in a year that also saw Michael Schumacher take his second consecutive Drivers’ title.
The next step for Permane came when he was promoted to Junior/Assistant Race Engineer in 1996, working alongside Jean Alesi. He then became a race engineer in the following year, a role that he held through to 2006 – by which point the outfit had become known as Renault.
This saw him work with a range of different drivers, including Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli. It is a position that the Briton carried fond memories of, having told Beyond The Grid: “That was a great part of my career, being a race engineer, and I still miss it.”
Permane also experienced championship glory while in this position, with Renault winning back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006. And while these came courtesy of Fernando Alonso – who he was not a race engineer for – Permane still enjoyed a victory of his own when Trulli won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix, a moment he recalled as “pretty special”.
Climbing the ranks and famous radio messages
In 2007, Permane became the chief race engineer at Renault and went on to oversee all trackside engineering from mid-2011 to mid-2016. This took him through another change in the squad’s name, with the team going under the guise of Lotus from 2012 to 2015 inclusive.
While the outfit’s fortunes varied during this period, Kimi Raikkonen claimed one victory apiece in 2012 and 2013. Permane had an infamous radio exchange with Raikkonen at the 2013 Indian Grand Prix, in which he instructed the Finn to “move out of the f***ing way” for team mate Romain Grosjean, who had more pace at that stage of the race.
“Would I change the way I handled it now? Probably, definitely,” Permane told Beyond The Grid. “But I think at the time there was a frustration there, there was a feeling that Kimi was being selfish and wasn’t putting the team where he could have put the team, so that’s where that came from and that’s history.”
In 2016, the team were taken over by Renault again and Permane was appointed as Sporting Director.
Exit from Enstone
As the Enstone-based outfit went through further changes in the years that followed – including a rebranding as Alpine in 2020 – there were some other highlights for Permane, with the squad taking a surprise victory at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix via Esteban Ocon.
However, the team also experienced plenty of organisational changes and it was confirmed ahead of the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix that Permane and then-Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer would both depart after that weekend.
With this bringing his 34-year stint with the outfit to an abrupt end, Permane spent some time away from the world of F1 – before making a comeback with a different team a few months later…
Return with Racing Bulls
In January 2024, it was announced that Permane would join the then-called RB team – Red Bull’s sister outfit – as Racing Director, reporting to the squad’s new Team Principal Laurent Mekies.
Now, just over 18 months on, a new challenge awaits the Briton as he takes over as Team Principal at Racing Bulls, with Mekies moving to Red Bull as CEO following the departure of Christian Horner.
“I feel very honoured to take on the role as Team Principal and would like to thank Oliver [Mintzlaff, CEO Corporate Projects and Investments] and Helmut [Marko, Red Bull advisor] for the trust they have shown in me,” said Permane.
“I am looking forward to working with Peter [Bayer, CEO of Racing Bulls] to continue the good work that both him and Laurent have done in taking this team forward.
“This is a new challenge for me, but I know that I can count on the support of everyone within them.”
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ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it
On Monday, sheet music platform Soundslice says it developed a new feature after discovering that ChatGPT was incorrectly telling users the service could import ASCII tablature—a text-based guitar notation format the company had never supported. The incident reportedly marks what might be the first case of a business building functionality in direct response to an AI model’s confabulation.
Typically, Soundslice digitizes sheet music from photos or PDFs and syncs the notation with audio or video recordings, allowing musicians to see the music scroll by as they hear it played. The platform also includes tools for slowing down playback and practicing difficult passages.
Adrian Holovaty, co-founder of Soundslice, wrote in a recent blog post that the recent feature development process began as a complete mystery. A few months ago, Holovaty began noticing unusual activity in the company’s error logs. Instead of typical sheet music uploads, users were submitting screenshots of ChatGPT conversations containing ASCII tablature—simple text representations of guitar music that look like strings with numbers indicating fret positions.
“Our scanning system wasn’t intended to support this style of notation,” wrote Holovaty in the blog post. “Why, then, were we being bombarded with so many ASCII tab ChatGPT screenshots? I was mystified for weeks—until I messed around with ChatGPT myself.”
When Holovaty tested ChatGPT, he discovered the source of the confusion: The AI model was instructing users to create Soundslice accounts and use the platform to import ASCII tabs for audio playback—a feature that didn’t exist. “We’ve never supported ASCII tab; ChatGPT was outright lying to people,” Holovaty wrote. “And making us look bad in the process, setting false expectations about our service.”
A screenshot of Soundslice’s new ASCII tab importer documentation, hallucinated by ChatGPT and made real later.
Credit:https://www.soundslice.com/help/en/creating/importing/331/ascii-tab/
When AI models like ChatGPT generate false information with apparent confidence, AI researchers call it a “hallucination” or “confabulation.” The problem of AI models confabulating false information has plagued AI models since ChatGPT’s public release in November 2022, when people began erroneously using the chatbot as a replacement for a search engine.
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Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil if it doesn’t stop the Bolsonaro ‘witch hunt’ trial
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula is undertaking a “Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!” over charges against its right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro, who has bragged about his closeness with Trump, is facing trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup against Lula.
CNN has reached out to Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Unlike the 21 other countries that have received letters from Trump this week, Brazil was not set to face “reciprocal” tariffs in April. Goods from there have instead been tariffed at a minimum of 10%, which is the rate Trump has been taxing most goods from countries that were set to face “reciprocal” tariffs.
And unlike the other 21 countries, the US ran a $6.8 billion trade surplus with Brazil last year, meaning the US exported more goods to there than it imported from there.
This is not the first time Trump has used the threat of tariffs to try to change other countries’ domestic policy decisions.
Earlier this year, he threatened 25% tariffs on Colombian exports that would grow to 50% if the country didn’t accept deportees from the US. (Colombia ultimately accepted the deportees and avoided those tariffs.) Trump also imposed tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China over the role he alleges they play in facilitating illegal migration to the US and enabling fentanyl to reach the country.
But despite Trump’s discontent with the Bolsonaro trial, he wrote that “there will be no Tariff if Brazil, or companies within your Country, decide to build or manufacture product within the United States.” Trump’s made nearly identical offers in a slew of other letters he sent to heads of state this week.
Other recipients of tariff letters on Wednesday included the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Moldova, Brunei, Algeria, Libya and Iraq, with rates going as high as 30% on goods they ship to the United States. The new tariffs go into effect August 1, pending negotiations.
The rates Trump said would be imposed on goods from Sri Lanka, Moldova, Iraq and Libya were lower than those he announced in early April. The rates on goods from the Philippines and Brunei were higher, compared to April levels. Meanwhile, the rate on goods from Algeria was the same (30%) as April levels.
The US and various trading partners have been negotiating new trade agreements since Trump announced so-called “reciprocal” tariffs back in April. Yet few deals have come to fruition.
During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump said “a letter means a deal.” But that doesn’t appear to be how some countries are perceiving the missives.
In all the letters except the one sent to Brazil’s Lula, Trump wrote that he takes particular issue with the trade deficits the United States runs with other nations, meaning America buys more goods from there compared to how much American businesses export to those countries. Trump also said the tariffs would be set in response to other policies that he deems are impeding American goods from being sold abroad.
Trump has encouraged world leaders to manufacture goods in the United States to avoid tariffs. If they chose to retaliate by slapping higher tariffs on American goods, Trump threatened to tack that onto the rate charged on their country’s goods shipped to the United States.
Trump has now sent 22 letters on tariff rates to heads of state this week, and more could still come.
JPMorgan economists said in a note to clients on Wednesday titled “Another day, another step closer to Liberation Day” that the 50% tariff threat on Brazilian goods was “most surprising.” (“Liberation Day” refers to April 2, the day Trump held a Rose Garden event to announce “reciprocal” tariff rates.)
“It is possible these tariffs will never be implemented, as some in the market are hoping for,” the economists said, referring to Trump’s latest threats.
Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. ET was the initial deadline Trump set three months ago for countries to ink trade deals with the US or instantly face higher tariff rates. However, on Monday he extended that deadline to August 1.
Bolsonaro, often dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics,” is on trial in Brazil for charges related to an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election results. He and dozens of associates have been charged with attempting a coup d’état, which prosecutors allege involved a plan to potentially assassinate elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing.
This story has been updated with additional context and developments.
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Shakira raves about her haircare brand on the internet
Shakira gushes about her brand on social media Isima is Shakira’s new hair care line, and in her latest post, the pop icon expresses her gratitude to Ulta Beauty stores for featuring her brand’s stands.
The Waka Waka singer, in an Instagram post, wrote, “A big hug to everyone at the @ultabeauty stores for setting up such beautiful @isima stands. Now you can all get isima products not only from our web page but also at every Ulta in America.”
She continued, “Don’t these bottles look super cute? Wait until you smell them! Thanks so much for the support!”
In other news, reports indicate that Shakira has moved on from the hurt her split sparked, following her decision to end her relationship with partner Gerard Piqué.
According to Us Weekly, the Grammy winner is having a good time with her sons, which comes on top of her hit Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, which took place last month in Brazil.
It is relevant to mention that the 48-year-old had previously opened up about what she went through when her relationship with the Spanish footballer ended.
“For many months after my separation I had been silent, trying to begin my mourning, but I couldn’t really begin to grieve until I started writing music,” she told GQ.
“It was my way of healing. And it continues to be. Grief is a process that is not linear. It is full of peaks and valleys,” she admitted at the time and declared that her perspective about love “is not the same” after the breakup.
“The love of a partner disappointed me. It affected my idiosyncrasy. It’s inevitable, at least for the moment, that I have lost trust in the other.”
“The healing process is long. It will take me several albums!,” Shakira concluded.
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Third ‘Big Bang Theory’ spinoff in the works at HBO Max – NBC Connecticut
Originally appeared on E! Online
“The Big Bang Theory” universe is expanding once more.
A new spinoff of the long-running sitcom, which followed physicists Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) as well as their circle of friends, has been ordered to series at HBO Max, the network confirmed in a July 9 press release.
The project — titled “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” — marks the fourth series in the TV franchise, which also includes “Young Sheldon” and “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.” This time, the plot would focus on the hijinks of Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman), an acquaintance who became increasingly prominent in “The Big Bang Theory’s” later seasons.
“Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard,” the release read, “accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon.”
Notably, the release also teased appearances by “alternate-universe versions of characters” from the original series — which aired on CBS from 2007 to 2019 — but warned that “as the title implies, things don’t go well.”
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In addition to Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie, all of whom recurred on the flagship series, are reprising their roles for the new show. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time a fan favorite from “The Big Bang Theory” returned to the small screen.
In May 2024, Parsons appeared in character alongside Mayim Bialik, who played his wife Amy Farrah Fowler in the original series, during the series finale of Young Sheldon after serving as narrator throughout the show’s seven-season run.
“It was very, very special to do that,” he told E! News at the time. “You shoot that final episode and it’s wrapped for you. Then a couple of months later, it wraps for the rest of the world and it’s a very weird feeling to flood over you again like that.”
But the Emmy winner cautioned fans not to get their hopes up for more Sheldon going forward.
“Never say never to anything,” he said. “Life is long, God willing. But I don’t think so.”
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