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"We have no chance against this," Honda chief executive Toshihiro Mibe told Japanese media after visiting a highly automated factory in Shanghai.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

This obsession with petrodollars pulls our attention away from something more fundamental: the dollar’s role as the world’s numeraire, the denominating currency against which all or most other prices, contracts, and values are expressed.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Beijing wants to stave off social and economic disruption, while backlash against the new technology builds in the U.S. and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“We are extremely pleased that Josh has been released from custody and that no criminal charges have been filed against him,” they said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Look at the way they’d worked together against those cottonmouths.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman