NYTIMES (Keith Bradsher) - China Tightens Rare Earth Grip on U.S. Firms, Threatening Trade Clash
The move targets two U.S. manufacturers at the center of the Trump administration’s effort to rebuild the domestic supply chain for critical magnets.
NYTIMES (Jim Tankersley) - First Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Ends With High Hopes and Big Challenges
Mediators reported progress toward reaching a final deal within 60 days. They also said that negotiators had dwelled on issues that were supposed to be settled.
NYTIMES (Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Michael H. Keller and Alexis Soloski) - The Key Players in the U.S.-Iran Talks, and the Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
Plus, the “Steven Spielberg of sitcoms.”
WASHINGTONPOST (Joanna Slater) - Three groundskeepers. 11 weeks. The race to prepare for a World Cup favorite.
France is launching its championship hopes from a university field just a few miles outside Boston.
NYTIMES (Quinn Glabicki) - California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.
A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.
NYTIMES (Dan Brooks and Thomas Prior) - Could I Become a Kickboxer at 48? I Went to Thailand to Find Out.
A week inside a grueling Muay Thai training program in Phuket.
NYTIMES (Ed Augustin and Frances Robles) - Cuba’s Fuel Crisis Brings Schools to a Standstill
Cuba’s already struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade.
NYTIMES (Stephanie Nolen) - A Loophole Brings Cystic Fibrosis Patients a ‘Miracle Drug’ in Generic Form
A generic version of a breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug, manufactured in Bangladesh for a fraction of the American price, may give some families around the world an unlikely lifeline.
NYTIMES (Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko) - Thousands Are Fleeing Ukraine’s Donbas Strongholds as Russia Pushes Closer
While Kyiv’s fortunes have brightened in other ways in the war, Moscow’s forces are raining bombs and drones on “fortress belt” cities like Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
NYTIMES (Emma Goldberg and Claire Fahy) - For Schlossberg, Quirky Charm and a Claim to Camelot May Not Be Enough
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, has found it difficult to overcome some of his perceived shortcomings in a high-profile House primary race.