F1 | Leclerc edges out Piastri and Norris for shock pole position in Hungary

Charles Leclerc grabbed pole position in dramatic circumstances at the end of Saturday’s Qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, pulling a lap out of the bag to beat McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

After drops of rain in Q2, and with track conditions appearing to fall away, Leclerc produced a stunning time of 1m 15.372s on his final Q3 lap to overhaul previous session leaders Piastri and Norris by a matter of thousandths.  –read more–

watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix

CNN travel | Jaw-dropping scenery makes this town our No. 7 best place to visit this year

(CNN) — Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, is nourished by the Rio Grande River and the fertile Mesilla Valley, surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert and backed in the east by the dramatic peaks of the Organ Mountains.

The mountains, whose name derives from vertical stone “needles” that resemble organ pipes, change colors throughout the day from charcoal to purple to rose, rust and gold.

Las Cruces is the second-largest city in New Mexico, but it still has the laid-back pace of a much smaller town. The sunny, moderate climate permits year-round outdoor activities. It’s no wonder people are drawn here.  –read more–

CNN BUSINESS | Microsoft has become the next $4 trillion company

Microsoft became the second company to reach a $4 trillion market valuation on Thursday, after its blockbuster earnings report on Wednesday night boosted the tech giant’s shares.

Microsoft’s shares (MSFT) jumped nearly 4.5% after the market opened on Thursday, pushing its intraday valuation to $4.01 trillion. The company’s shares have risen roughly 28% since the start of this year.

The milestone comes just a year and a half after Microsoft reached a $3 trillion valuation. The company first cracked the $1 trillion mark in April 2019. It follows Nvidia into the $4 trillion valuation club, which hit the mark earlier this month.  –read more–

CNN BUSINESS | Jamie Dimon and Trump finally had a meeting after battling for years

New York — President Donald Trump met at the White House last week with a powerful business leader he’s repeatedly clashed with in the past: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

During the Oval Office meeting, Trump and Dimon discussed the economy, trade, financial regulation and the Federal Reserve, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.

The meeting, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, follows years of tensions between two of the most powerful people on the planet. According to the Journal, Dimon and Trump have met twice in the past two months, and the meeting last week included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.  –read more–

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix?

The final race before F1’s traditional summer break comes from Budapest in Hungary, and Pirelli have now confirmed which tyre compounds they are giving the teams to work with.

For the Hungaroring, the Italian tyre manufacturer have opted to bring the C3, C4 and C5 compounds, an allocation that is one step softer for the mediums and softs that the teams had last time out in Belgium, whilst the hard compound is two steps softer.

The last time these tyre compounds were in play was in Austria.  –read more–

CNN SPORTS | Katie Ledecky wins 1,500-meter freestyle gold at the World Aquatics Championships, her 22nd world title

American swimming star Katie Ledecky won yet another 1,500-meter freestyle world title in Singapore, her sixth victory in the event.

The dominant performance on Tuesday marked Ledecky’s 22nd gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships and took her overall tally to 28 medals.

After a fast start, the nine-time Olympic champion was projected to finish ahead of her own world record set in 2018 before closing in 15:26.44 – six seconds outside her best-ever time.  –read more–

CNN travel | The world’s first passenger jet was a luxurious death trap. Now it’s been brought back to life

Today, jet-powered plane travel is easy to take for granted. We’re used to that surge of speed along the runway that pins us to our seats, those moments when we burst through ominous clouds into bright blue skies, and the gentle pings warning us to fasten seatbelts. And we’re used to arriving at our destination in one piece.

But commercial jet travel is only 73 years old. Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth II was already the monarch when the de Havilland DH106 1A Comet G-ALYP took off from London Airport — as Heathrow was then known — about 3 p.m. on May 2, 1952, carrying the world’s first fare-paying jet passengers. Over the next 23 hours, with five stops along the route, it made its way 7,000 miles south to Johannesburg.

That flight marked a huge breakthrough in comfort and speed, compared to even the era’s top-of-the-range propeller aircraft like the Lockheed Constellation. Gone were the constant vibrations and the sonic assault from piston engines. The world had suddenly, irreversibly, entered the jet age.  –read more–

CNN Health | New study finds you can slow the cognitive aging of your brain. Here’s how

At 62, Phyllis Jones felt trapped in darkness. She was traumatized by her mother’s recent death, ongoing pandemic stress and an increasingly toxic work environment. A sudden panic attack led to a medical leave.

Her depression worsened until the day her 33-year-old son sadly told her, “Mom, I didn’t think I would have to be your caregiver at this stage in your life.”

“For me, that was the wake-up call,” Jones, now 66, told CNN. “That’s when I found the POINTER study and my life changed. What I accomplished during the study was phenomenal — I’m a new person.”  –read more–

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CNN Entertainment | Keshia Knight Pulliam mourns the death of her ‘big brother’ Malcolm-Jamal Warner

(CNN) — Keshia Knight Pulliam has made a promise to her late television brother, Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

Knight Pulliam, who as a child star played Rudy Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” posted a tribute to Warner on social media over the weekend. The actor, who played her older brother Theo Huxtable on the show, died July 20 in a drowning accident in Costa Rica. He was 54. –read more–

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