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Africa bigger, US smaller as UN votes to adopt a new world map to replace Mercator. US the only country to vote against it · DoNuts T.®ump has threatened to shut America’s doors to most of the world’s goods to force his own central bank to lower interest rates · Australian housing affordability hits lowest rate on record despite recent falls in property prices · Aryna Sabalenka, the four-time major winner, halted play in the first set of her third round match in the US Open to complain about the smell of cannabis wafting onto court · the Justice Department accidentally stopped working with Canada after a division chief misunderstood instructions to reschedule a meeting & sent out an email with the subject line, "Pause on Canada", The Wall Street Journal reported · ICE's recruitment practices attract certain types of candidates, with DHS doing minimal vetting. The agency's recruitment materials have been found to use language & imagery that appeal to extremist ideologies · the widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East has shared her outrage after it took a viral social media post to get issues related to her husband's benefits & basic pay months resolved. She was told by a military officer assigned to support her after her husband’s death that he was ineligible for those benefits because “we were not at war” · DJ Vancealot uses the same playbook saying "I wouldn’t call it a war" even as strikes continue · President T.®ump said the conflict, which has resulted in the deaths of 18 US service members & a spike in global energy prices, is “small potatoes”.