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Friday, July 3, 2026

Top news

  • US economy added just 57,000 jobs in June, a worrying sign as wage growth remains below inflation for a third consecutive month.
  • US and Iranian negotiators paused indirect talks for Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral, spanning July 4-9, with mediators saying next meetings would be scheduled after ceremonies.
  • Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people.

World

  • Trump and Iranian officials resumed talks in Doha with mediators, with both sides claiming denuclearization progress.
  • A bomb blast killed five people in a Damascus cafe as Syrian security forces investigate.
  • US-Iran negotiations pause for Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral scheduled July 4-9, after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes February 28.

Business

  • Comcast announced it will separate its NBCUniversal Media, entertainment, and theme parks business from its cable and broadband operations in a spinoff, with shareholders responding positively as Comcast shares moved up 6.5%.
  • The U.S. economy added just 57,000 jobs in June, a worrying sign for labor market stability as wage growth tracked below inflation, fueling expectations the Federal Reserve will take a measured approach to rate policy.
  • Google's parent Alphabet fell 1% after the subsidiary lost a European antitrust case, where a court upheld a fine of 4.1 billion euros for allegedly giving its own apps unfair advantages in Android products.

Technology

  • Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 as the default model for all Free and Pro users, approaching flagship Opus 4.8 performance at $2 per million input tokens through August 31.
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a deal giving all state agencies, cities, and counties access to Claude at 50% discount, despite federal designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk.
  • Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is returning after negotiations with the Trump administration, with new safeguards, monitoring, and industry collaboration around jailbreak testing following export-control concerns.

Science

  • Researchers at McGill University created a quantum device that generates controlled bursts of phonons by forcing electrons through an ultrathin crystal at near-absolute-zero temperatures, behavior that defies current theories.
  • Magnons, tiny magnetic waves previously considered too short-lived for practical use, have been extended to last nearly 100 times longer, making them promising quantum information carriers.
  • Scientists resolved a decades-old puzzle showing that water trapped in nanoscale spaces is not inherently more reactive than bulk water, with pressure differences explaining the apparent reactivity.

Economy

  • Employers added only 57,000 jobs in June, significantly below economist estimates of 110,000, signaling weaker labor market momentum.
  • Inflation accelerated to 4.2 percent in May from 3.8 percent in April, driven largely by surging energy prices tied to Middle East conflict.
  • Treasury yields fell as weaker jobs data prompted investors to lower expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes, with the 2-year yield dropping over 5 basis points.

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