内容摘要：Several European players have said publicly that they will forego playing in the Eurobasket this summer, opting to stay and play in the WNBA during that tournament. Seattle’s Gabby Williams and Dominique Malonga said they won’t play for France at the tournament. Fellow French star Carla Leite also has decided to stay with the Valkyries. The Eurobasket, which starts late next month, is a qualifier for next year’s FIBA World Cup that will be played in Germany. The WNBA allows players to go compete for their national teams in major tournaments like the Eurobasket without it violating the league’s prioritization rules.

Several European players have said publicly that they will forego playing in the Eurobasket this summer, opting to stay and play in the WNBA during that tournament. Seattle’s Gabby Williams and Dominique Malonga said they won’t play for France at the tournament. Fellow French star Carla Leite also has decided to stay with the Valkyries. The Eurobasket, which starts late next month, is a qualifier for next year’s FIBA World Cup that will be played in Germany. The WNBA allows players to go compete for their national teams in major tournaments like the Eurobasket without it violating the league’s prioritization rules.

It’s encouraging because such data pulls the economy further from a worst-case scenario called “stagflation,” one where the economy stagnates but inflation remains high. The Federal Reserve has no good way to fix that toxic combination. It could try to lower rates to help the economy, for example, but that would likely worsen inflation in the short term.Even with Tuesday’s encouraging report, though, economists and analysts say inflation may still run higher in coming months because of Trump’s tariffs. That will likely leave the Fed waiting for more data to guide their decision on whether and when to cut interest rates in order to help the economy.

It’s similar to the wait that investors in general are enduring. With the Fed set to make no moves on interest rates for the time being, markets will likely trade “with negotiation and reconciliation headlines,” according to Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo, global co-head and co-chief investment officer of multi-asset solutions within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.“I think investors are aware that the trade deal is not done yet,” said Louis Wong, director for Phillip Securities Group in Hong Kong.“I would advise investors to remain cautious in the near term and to be prepared for unexpected news from the trade front,” he added.

On Wall Street, Coinbase Global jumped 24% after the cryptocurrency exchange learned its stock will join the widely followed S&P 500 index next week. That means many investment funds will likewise add it before trading begins on Monday. Coinbase will replace Discover Financial Services, which is getting bought by Capital One Financial.Stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry were also strong. Nvidia rose 5.6% and was the biggest single force pushing upward on the S&P 500. It’s

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-owned AI startup Humain to ship 18,000 chips to the Middle Eastern nation to help power a new data center project.

Super Micro Computer, which builds servers used in AI, jumped 16%. GE Vernova, which is hoping to power vast AI data centers, rose 4%. Palantir Technologies gained 8.1%.“Three covered World War II and Korea. Two, Pulitzer Prize winners Peter Arnett and Horst Faas, have been in Vietnam four years each, which is longer than Ambassador (Henry Cabot) Lodge, General (William) Westmoreland and nine-tenths of the Americans over there,” Gallagher wrote.

Wes Gallagher, center, general manager of the Associated Press, and Malcolm Browne, right, AP Saigon correspondent, speak with colleague Peter Arnett in Tan An, capital city of the Long An province in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, March 23, 1964. (AP Photo)Wes Gallagher, center, general manager of the Associated Press, and Malcolm Browne, right, AP Saigon correspondent, speak with colleague Peter Arnett in Tan An, capital city of the Long An province in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, March 23, 1964. (AP Photo)

AP correspondent Peter Arnett and AP staff photographer Horst Faas eat while waiting for the arrival of the U.S. 1st Division in July 1965 in Cam Ranh Bay. Faas eats a French-made sausage sauerkraut meal from a can while Arnett has a C-ration. (AP Photo/AP Corporate Archives)AP correspondent Peter Arnett and AP staff photographer Horst Faas eat while waiting for the arrival of the U.S. 1st Division in July 1965 in Cam Ranh Bay. Faas eats a French-made sausage sauerkraut meal from a can while Arnett has a C-ration. (AP Photo/AP Corporate Archives)