Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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After a reduction in the intensity of fighting following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, roughly 400,000 people have returned to southern Lebanon. Residents describe a fragile restoration of daily life along the coast even as inland towns show widespread destruction. Many returnees are repairing homes, reopening businesses and holding on …
The Israeli government has publicly declared it will not accept a June 17 Supreme Court ruling on the composition of the Second Authority for Television and Radio, calling the decision judicial overreach. Ministers Yariv Levin and Shlomo Karhi said the ruling will not be respected and the Cabinet plans to use legal avenues to overturn it, a move cr…
FIFA's move to suspend the one-match ban imposed on U.S. forward Folarin Balogun has provoked sharp criticism from UEFA and prominent figures in the game after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened directly with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The episode has shifted the World Cup conversation from tactics and selection to questions about the gov…
Hamas announced the dissolution of the administrative body that has overseen Gaza's ministries for over a decade and indicated readiness to transfer oversight to a U.S.-backed committee of Palestinian technocrats. The movement says ministry staff will remain in place and that it will continue to manage security in areas under its control, while pre…
A San Francisco jury on Thursday found seven protesters guilty on multiple misdemeanor counts for blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstration. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a more serious felony conspiracy charge. Sentencing is scheduled for August, and defendants face up to five years behind ba…
The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss all charges with prejudice against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other defendants, saying the case is primarily foreign in nature, faces slim chances of success, and does not implicate U.S. interests. The request follows an order from U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis asking…
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will press U.S. officials at a Washington hearing to postpone a proposed 25% tariff on Brazilian goods until after Brazil's October election, requesting a 180-day suspension and arguing that immediate levies would politically benefit the incumbent government. The tariffs, proposed in June over alleged trade violat…
Large crowds filled a central Tehran boulevard on Monday for a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and family members killed in an attack, with mourners chanting for vengeance and attacking a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump. The ceremonies, the largest since the start of week-long memorials, follow a preliminary peace agre…
China announced a missile was launched from a People’s Liberation Army Navy nuclear submarine into international waters of the Pacific on July 6 at 12:01 p.m. (0401 GMT). State media called the exercise routine, while officials in Japan, Australia and New Zealand expressed alarm and urged greater restraint and transparency.
Super Typhoon Bavi, a Category 5 storm, moved across the Mariana Islands, bringing catastrophic winds, destructive gusts and intense rainfall to Rota, Guam, Tinian and Saipan. The U.S. National Weather Service warned of life-threatening conditions, flash flooding and severe wind damage as the storm's eyewall made landfall and the islands prepared e…
Australian media reported that China has informed Pacific governments of an upcoming intercontinental ballistic missile test in the South Pacific, expected within 24 hours. The notification followed a defence pact between Australia and Fiji. Independent ship-tracking data shows three Chinese satellite-tracking vessels deployed across the region, wh…
Iran has initiated contacts with Japanese refiners about restarting crude sales for the first time since 2019, but prospective buyers are seeking an extension of a U.S. sanctions waiver and stronger security assurances before committing to purchases. The waiver, granted on June 22 as part of a 60-day peace negotiation, expires on August 21 and indu…
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, opening Monday, is poised to influence the Philippines' 2028 presidential landscape and magnify a bitter split between two entrenched political families. The process will determine whether Duterte remains eligible to run for president and is likely to hinge on public perceptions of the trial's c…
More than 100 people were detained in Ankara during an anti-NATO demonstration organized by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on July 5, party officials said. The detentions came as Turkish authorities implemented broad security measures ahead of a NATO summit in the capital that will host leaders from 32 allied countries and partner officials. S…
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the NATO summit in Turkey this week, arriving Tuesday and meeting summit host President Tayyip Erdogan first. He is scheduled to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, and will also meet Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and hold a press conference,…
Israel’s cabinet voted unanimously to refuse recognition of a Supreme Court decision that ordered the country’s broadcast regulator, the Second Authority for Television and Radio, to continue operating despite what the government says is an insufficient number of council members. Ministers framed the court ruling as exceeding judicial authority; op…
Health officials reported that an Israeli airstrike struck a group of people on Omar Al-Mokhtar road in Gaza City, killing at least two Palestinians and injuring others. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. The incident comes amid repeated strikes since a U.S.-mediated ceasefire was reached in October and ongoing deadlock in indirect talk…
Three sons of the slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud - prayed beside his coffin and those of four relatives at a large public ceremony in Tehran. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son reported to have succeeded him as supreme leader, has not appeared in public following injuries sustained in the February 28 attack that kil…
Taiwan's defence ministry has reinstated formal 'anti-communist patriotic education' for military academy graduates after a gap of more than two decades, attributing the move to mounting military and infiltration threats from China. The decision coincides with Taiwanese officials tracking a record number of Chinese military and coast guard vessels …
A vessel owned by the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater was forced out of the Sail4th 250 parade in New York Harbor after displaying banners that the event had agreed to prohibit. The U.S. Coast Guard said the messages were politically charged and enforced a no-political-message agreement; Clearwater’s advocacy director disputed the description and sai…
On July 5, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said U.S. President Donald Trump spent nearly 90 minutes on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered American help to find a resolution to the war in Ukraine. Ushakov quoted Trump as expressing readiness to pursue a rapid end to hostilities and said U.S. envoys would continue efforts to broker…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed tests of a strategic cruise missile and evaluations of the anti-ship, anti-submarine and air defence systems aboard the naval destroyer Kang Kon. State media reported the checks assessed detection, information processing, integrated firepower, naval guns, automatic cannons and electronic warfare equipment. K…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance told the Sunday Times that Britain has been "failed by its leadership for a long time" and expressed hope that the country’s next prime minister can deliver the structural change voters want after repeated changes at the top. Vance noted the frequency of prime ministers as evidence of deeper problems in British politics…
Hundreds of people associated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front moved through parts of Washington, D.C., on July 4, wearing the group’s uniform and face coverings, carrying flags and at times chanting as they marched near the U.S. Capitol before boarding Metro trains and exiting at New Carrollton, Maryland.
Joey Chestnut defended his Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest crown, securing his 18th Mustard Belt by eating 66 hot dogs. The total was lower than last year and well short of his 2021 record of 76, which Chestnut and others attributed to extreme heat and humidity during the midday contest in Coney Island. The 2024 champion Patrick Bertoletti f…
