内容摘要：Spending on home renovations has remained resilient as elevated mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices have frozen out many would-be buyers. That’s kept

Spending on home renovations has remained resilient as elevated mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices have frozen out many would-be buyers. That’s kept

Gotham FC defeated Club America 3-1 on Wednesday to advance to the final, while Tigres, who lost in the Mexican Clausura quarterfinals, defeated the Portland Thorns 2-0 in their semifinal.The W Champions Cup is the region’s annual women’s club championship and will serve as the qualification event for the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup, which launches next year.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy will stagnate this year as the country faces headwinds from U.S. Presidenttariffs and trade threats, the government’s panel of independent economic advisers said Wednesday.Germany has Europe’s biggest economy, but hasn’t seen significant

and the gross domestic product shrank in each ofThe advisory panel, in its first forecast since new

government took office earlier this month, predicted the economy will stagnate this year and grow by 1% in 2026. Its previous forecast, in November, was for 0.4% growth this year.

The new outlook is in lineput together by Merz’s coalition “offers opportunities for a modernization of infrastructure in Germany and a return to a higher path of growth,” meaning a better outlook for next year.

Germany for years expanded exports and dominated world trade in engineered products such as industrial machinery and luxury cars. But it has suffered from increasing competition from Chinese companies, along with many other factors, and Trump’s tariffs have added a further risk to German exports.Last year, the United States was Germany’s biggest single

for the first time since 2015, displacing China from the top spot as exports to the Asian power declined.UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official for Syria warned Wednesday of the “real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation” in the war-battered country but also hoped for a better life for its people following decisions by the U.S. and European Union to