Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Ukraine's General Staff have denied a Russian assertion that Kostiantynivka, a strategically positioned town in the Donetsk region, has fallen to Russian forces. Moscow reported to President Vladimir Putin that it had taken the settlement, a long-sought objective in its advance, but Ukrainian authorities insist tha…
Pope Leo traveled to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on July 4 to appeal to European governments for stronger, more humane responses to migration. Speaking amid rising arrivals and recent losses at sea, he called for immediate relief measures to be embedded within long-term strategies to receive, protect, support and integrate migrants. The visit …
Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told broadcasters that whoever follows him will need to devote as much time to diplomacy and international crises as he has, arguing that foreign and domestic policy are inseparable. Starmer defended his international orientation, cited backing for Ukraine and coalition work, and listed domestic achievements …
Thousands gathered at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla to mark the start of a week of funeral rites for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as state media broadcast chants demanding revenge and officials arrange nationwide processions and pilgrimages ahead of a burial in Mashhad next week. His coffin, alongside four family members killed in …
Thousands of protesters converged in Erfurt to obstruct access to the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) annual conference, staging blockades and attracting heavy police deployments. The gathering comes as the AfD leads in national polls and prepares for regional elections in eastern Germany that could mark the party’s first state-level governing role…
Veracruz state authorities said they have identified skeletal remains discovered at a property in eastern Mexico as those of journalist Roxana Guzman, who was abducted from her home on June 2. Prosecutors say eight people have been arrested in connection with the case, including four municipal police officers allegedly accused of aiding the crimina…
Regional officials reported that a coordinated series of Russian strikes across three Ukrainian regions killed six civilians and injured dozens, including attacks near Nikopol opposite the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Authorities also said a separate overnight drone strike in Sumy region killed four earlier, and Kyiv observed a day of mourning…
A missile and drone strike on Kyiv damaged an apartment near the country’s largest film archive, killing 30 people and reducing to ashes a private collection of books, religious icons and archival footage that a local cultural manager and her film-director husband had assembled over decades. Survivors say the attack erased irreplaceable cultural it…
Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke by phone on July 3 with U.S. President Donald Trump about Colombia's voluntary coca eradication program and a personal U.S. sanction. Bogotá says it met a prior goal of eradicating about 30,000 hectares of coca and expects the total to reach 41,000 hectares by the end of 2026, with funding secured th…
Speaking by video from the Vatican while accepting the Liberty Medal, Pope Leo praised the United States' tradition of welcoming immigrants and urged Americans to uphold the principles of unity, justice and peace as the country marks its 250th anniversary. He reiterated past criticism of hardline immigration policies and described America as a glob…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are widely expected to conclude a three-year relationship arc with a wedding celebration in New York, with activity around Madison Square Garden, strict confidentiality measures and a reported cocktail hour for 1,000 guests fueling intense public and media interest. Neither star has publicly confirmed wedding plans; re…
A volunteer at Britain’s National Archives discovered a previously unrecognised copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence among documents linked to the 1776 capture of an American privateer. The Exeter-printed sheet is the 11th surviving 'Exeter Declaration' and the first such copy found outside the United States; it is also the only known copy …
Brazil’s federal police have initiated an operation aimed at dismantling a criminal network accused of laundering proceeds from international drug trafficking. The action targets individuals who were recently sanctioned by the United States for alleged links to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), and follows U.S. measures that also designated cr…
Tensions over the framing of U.S. history have surfaced across museums, parks and cultural sites as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary. From a contested exhibit at Philadelphia’s President’s House to funding losses for an LGBTQIA+ archive in Florida, institutions say federal guidance and shifting grant language risk narrowing the stories …
President Donald Trump will travel to Mount Rushmore on Friday to take part in ceremonies marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. The visit precedes a larger celebration in Washington on Saturday, where he is scheduled to speak on the National Mall ahead of a major fireworks display. The trip comes amid drought-related fire concerns and…
The head of U.S. Africa Command said most U.S. personnel sent to support a May operation against Islamic State affiliates in northeastern Nigeria have been pulled back. AFRICOM will continue intelligence cooperation at Nigeria's request after a joint mission that killed a top ISIS commander and disrupted the group's regional command and communicati…
DUBAI, July 3 - Iran has opened a week of mass funeral events for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in February by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes at the start of a four-month war. His body and those of family members who died with him were laid in state in Tehran’s large prayer hall as clerics, officials, foreign delegations and thousands …
The United Nations human rights chief has signalled that a new human rights catastrophe is unfolding in al-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan in Sudan. Speaking in Geneva during an urgent debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Volker Turk described prolonged siege-like conditions, critical shortages of clean water and relentless drone strikes a…
An under-construction house belonging to Palestinian Mohammad Salameh in the West Bank village of Jalud was occupied by a group of Israeli settlers before it was completed. Video filmed earlier in the week showed at least six settlers on the roof. Salameh and local officials say appeals to security forces yielded no relief and fear the seizure may …
Rescue crews in Kyiv continued clearing debris and searching for survivors after a Russian missile and drone assault that killed at least 30 people and injured 92. The capital observed a day of mourning while forensic teams worked to identify remains and authorities reported additional deaths in the Sumy region from a separate drone attack. Ukraini…
NATO leaders convene in Ankara on July 7-8 to tackle a cluster of strategic and operational challenges: keeping U.S. commitment to Article 5 amid fraught political signals from Washington; accelerating a transatlantic shift of conventional defence responsibilities to Europe; meeting ambitious defence spending pledges; converting increased budgets i…
NATO leaders will convene in Ankara next week for a summit focused on converting recent defence spending increases into operational capabilities and expanding European defence industries, even as lingering disputes with U.S. President Donald Trump over Iran, Greenland and U.S. force posture threaten to overshadow the meeting. Leaders plan to sign l…
The newly appointed U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and several Pacific nations said securing deep-sea mineral resources in the Cook Islands has become a leading focus. He warned Pacific governments to be cautious in engagements with China and outlined U.S. efforts to strengthen ties, support critical mineral research and explore broader economic as…
A San Francisco jury has convicted seven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstration of multiple misdemeanor offenses, while failing to reach agreement on a more serious felony conspiracy count. The defendants face sentencing in August and potential county jail terms of up to five years; pros…
Officials in central Taiwan staged a two-day, closed-door resilience exercise in Nantou that simulated a cascading crisis: a Chinese blockade followed by a strong earthquake, propaganda and broadcast hijacking, infrastructure sabotage, bank runs, civil unrest and a full-scale invasion. The drill - attended by more than 370 government and military p…
