Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Restaurant portions are about to get smaller. Are Americans ready? (NYT)
• Shein faces Italian antitrust scrutiny over environmental claims (WSJ)
• One bright spot amid the industry's gloom: Natural wine (NYT)
• How Hello Kitty took over the world (WSJ)
• Statistics Canada says the population grew 0.6% in the second quarter to 41,288,599 (Globe and Mail)