Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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On May 13, President Donald Trump added Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to his delegation en route to a Beijing summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as his top trade negotiator began preparatory discussions in South Korea. The visit aims to preserve a fragile trade truce and pursue deals for U.S. farm goods and aircraft, while also addressing thorny topi…
China has restated firm opposition to U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beijing called Taiwan an internal issue and said Washington must meet international obligations, while Washington is legally bound to provide Taiwan with means of self-defence. The issue coi…
Philip Davis and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) won reelection in an early Bahamian general election, positioning Davis as the first leader in nearly 30 years to begin a second consecutive term. The PLP was projected to capture more than 30 of 41 seats, including two newly created constituencies, while the main opposition, the Free National Mo…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to South Korea for trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng as both prepare for a Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Meetings in Incheon will also include a bilateral encounter with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and are expected to address…
South Korea is weighing a phased approach to assisting international efforts to secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said, outlining potential contributions that fall short of expanded military deployment. Speaking to South Korean reporters in Washington, Ahn said the options under review include political b…
Florida plans to close the federal migrant detention center widely known as "Alligator Alcatraz," with vendors notified that detainees will be relocated by the start of June and the facility dismantled in the weeks after, according to people familiar with operations. The site, built at a reported cost of about $250 million, has drawn criticism over…
S&P Global Ratings has shifted Mexico's long-term outlook to negative from stable while keeping the country's BBB foreign-currency and BBB+ local-currency sovereign ratings intact. The agency cites weak growth, persistent fiscal support for state energy firms, and a potential rise in debt and interest costs as drivers of increased risk; it warns a …
An International Committee of the Red Cross report says civilian suffering in Colombia reached its highest level in ten years in 2025, driven by intensified fighting and armed groups' violations of humanitarian norms. Official government data cited in the report show large rises in individual and mass displacement, confinement, explosive-related in…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the federal government plans a roughly $22 billion rebuilding of Washington Dulles International Airport, describing it as a "brand-new airport." The proposal, reportedly shared with airlines in May, would expand the terminal and add four new concourses with a completion horizon around 2034. The project…
Kyrgyz authorities have formally charged eight people, including influential ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, with plotting to remove President Sadyr Japarov from power. The prosecution comes after Tashiev's abrupt ouster in January and follows recent interrogations of several former officials. The trial is to be held behind closed doors with r…
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Cuba is requesting assistance and that the United States will engage in talks, but provided no specifics about timing, participants, or objectives. His comments followed an escalation in U.S. measures against Cuba, including fresh financial sanctions, a fuel blockade, and limits on travel and remittances.…
Saudi Arabia conducted a series of unpublicized air strikes on targets inside Iran in late March, according to two Western officials and two Iranian officials. Viewed as retaliation for attacks on Saudi territory during a wider Middle East conflict, the strikes appear to be the first publicly reported instance of direct Saudi military action on Ira…
Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa, once the head of the national police during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, barricaded himself in his Senate office after agents moved on the building in a sequence of events tied to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant unsealed on Monday. The Senate intervened and placed him und…
UNICEF says 70 children have been killed in the occupied Palestinian territories, excluding Gaza, since early 2025, with over 800 injured. The agency reports most casualties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem were caused by live ammunition, while other incidents involved stabbing, beatings or pepper spray. A UNICEF spokesperson said the toll indic…
Ukrainian and U.S. officials are preparing a statement of intent that would allow the temporary export of Ukrainian drones to the United States for test and evaluation. The draft, negotiated by defense officials and Ukraine's ambassador in Washington, frames the move as an initial step toward deeper cooperation in production, development or acquisi…
The World Health Organization reported 11 hantavirus cases, three of them fatal, among people who were aboard the Dutch expedition vessel MV Hondius. Nine cases are laboratory-confirmed and two are considered probable. The ship sailed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, 2026, with about 150 people from multiple countries aboard. WHO expects additi…
Islamic State asserted responsibility for an ambush in the Hasakah countryside that Syrian state media said killed two soldiers and wounded others. The claim, made via the group's Amaq News Agency, follows a February announcement of renewed operations and adds to concerns about the enduring threat IS poses to President Ahmed al-Sharaa's efforts to …
Hezbollah’s expanding use of inexpensive, fiber-optic-controlled First Person View (FPV) kamikaze drones against Israeli positions in southern Lebanon has introduced a new tactical dimension to the broader Iran-Israel confrontation. The recorded strikes, many released publicly, have occurred during a fragile ceasefire and are influencing both cease…
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched a sustained drone assault overnight immediately after a U.S.-mediated temporary ceasefire ended. Kyiv reports more than 200 unmanned aerial vehicles were deployed, with most intercepted, while strikes damaged energy and transport networks and hit residential and civilian targets.
Two aircraft transporting 28 passengers from the MV Hondius, which experienced a hantavirus outbreak, landed in the Netherlands shortly after midnight. Radboudumc hospital in Nijmegen placed 12 staff members into a six-week preventive quarantine after blood and urine samples were handled without recently updated protocols. The Hondius has sailed to…
Israel's parliament has approved legislation creating a special military tribunal in Jerusalem to try hundreds of Palestinian militants captured in connection with the October 7, 2023 attack. Backed by 93 of 120 lawmakers, the court will be led by a three-judge panel and may try fighters detained during the assault or later in Gaza, including those…
Diplomatic momentum toward a lasting ceasefire with Iran has weakened after U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed Tehran’s written response to a U.S. proposal. Iran reiterated wide-ranging demands - including a halt to hostilities across multiple fronts, sovereignty claims over the Strait of Hormuz, compensation for wartime damages and an end to a …
On May 12, U.S. President Donald Trump is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, a meeting expected to include discussion of Taiwan - a self-governed island claimed by China but independent in practice. The relationship between Washington, Beijing and Taipei has been defined by a series of crises, policy shifts and high-profile intera…
The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony for acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government by running a website that prosecutors say distributed pro-China content under direction from Beijing. Wang resigned from the city council and the rotating mayoralty; a plea agreement filed April…
Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist who took part in the second Global Sumud Flotilla that departed Spain on April 12, arrived in Sao Paulo after being detained and deported from Israel. Avila and a Spanish activist, Abu Keshek, say they were subjected to torture and witnessed harsher abuse of Palestinian detainees during a 10-day detention. Israel …
