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Behind the Scenes at World Cup, Lots of Disease Busters NewserThe summer may be defined by more than soccer The Boston GlobeThe behind-the-scenes work of protecting World Cup fans from infectious diseases CIDRAPExperts warn these infectious diseases could spread at the World Cup 2026 The IndependentThe FIFA World Cup will bring tourism, soccer fans — and the risk
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Swiss vote against proposal to cap population at 10 million BBCOpinion | Switzerland Rejects a Population Cap WSJSwiss reject population cap in referendum, avoiding EU clash and cheering business CNNSwiss voters appear to reject proposal to cap population at 10 million The GuardianShould Switzerland Cap Its Population at 10 Million? Voters Will Decide. The New York Times
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A U.F.C. fight on President Trump's birthday will now double as a capstone for Paramount's successful effort to secure Justice Department approval for a mega media merger.
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Early results show Swiss voters reject right-wing's bid to cap population at 10 million AP NewsSwiss vote against proposal to cap population at 10 million by cutting migration, projections say BBCEarly results on "Swiss Brexit" indicate defeat of measure that would cap population at 10 million CBS NewsShould Switzerland Cap Its Population at 10 Million? Voters Will Decide. The New York TimesSwiss reject population cap in referendum, avoiding EU clash Reuters
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The Federal Reserve served up a widely expected third consecutive jumbo rate hike when it concluded its regularly scheduled two-day meeting on Wednesday. Chair Jerome Powell and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points. (A basis point equals 0.01%.)
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Although the move matched consensus expectations, a significant portion of the bond market - and plenty of traders and tacticians, for that matter - were bracing for a whopping 100 bp rate hike. Uncertainty over just how hawkish the Fed would reveal itself to be has cast a pall on equities over the preceding weeks, and so a rate hike of "only" three-quarters of a percentage point was actually met with some relief. Stocks sold off sharply when the Fed released its statement at 2 p.m. Eastern, but then drifted back into positive territory during Powell's press conference, which began a half-hour later.
Ultimately, however, the major indexes finished in the red. That's because the Fed's bottom line is that inflation is by no means under control. And while there might be ample anecdotal and emotional evidence pointing to the contrary, the economy is simply running too hot. An imbalance in supply and demand in the labor market and related strong real wage growth, snarled supply chains and a rising dollar are just some of the factors confounding monetary policymakers - not to mention corporate revenues and profit margins.
As we've
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