Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan's Kuomintang party, visited Shanghai to promote what she described as a peace mission, saying 'birds not missiles' belong in the skies and quoting John McCrae's poem to urge tranquility for current and future generations. Her trip comes as Beijing continues daily military deployments around Taiwan, with Taipei rep…
North Korea announced this week that it tested a tactical ballistic missile armed with a cluster-bomb warhead, an electromagnetic weapon and carbon-fibre bombs, alongside a mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile system, state media reported. Officials and analysts cited the demonstrations as part of Pyongyang's effort to field conventional capabi…
NASA’s Artemis II astronauts will hold their first press conference from space while returning to Earth after a six-hour flyby of the lunar far side that made them the farthest-traveling humans in history. The Orion spacecraft and its crew remain in nominal condition as teams on the ground analyze real-time scientific observations from deep space.
A 40-year-old former U.S. Army employee has been indicted on charges that she disclosed classified national defense information to a journalist working on an article and book about a special military unit. The Justice Department says the communications occurred repeatedly between 2022 and 2025 and included phone calls, texts and social media posts;…
Bahamian police have taken Brian Hooker, a Michigan resident, into custody in the Abaco islands following the disappearance of his wife, 55-year-old Lynette Hooker, while the U.S. Coast Guard has begun a criminal investigation. Search and rescue operations were suspended and recovery efforts initiated after only a flotation device was found ashore.
NASA’s recent Artemis mission, which sent astronauts farther into space than any humans in history, has intensified attention on China’s stated goal of landing crewed missions on the moon by 2030. Beijing is developing a suite of new systems - from the Long March-10 heavy-lift rocket to the Mengzhou crew capsule and the Lanyue lunar lander - but mu…
A U.S. federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has declined to grant Anthropic a temporary stay of the Pentagon’s designation labeling the AI developer a national security supply-chain risk. The ruling preserves the Defense Department’s restrictions for now as parallel litigation continues in multiple jurisdictions over the unprecedented move.
The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled an April 30 vote on a proposal that would bar laboratories located in China from testing electronic devices destined for the U.S. market, expanding a prior restriction that targeted labs owned or controlled by the Chinese government. The agency says roughly three-quarters of electronics are curren…
The United Nations condemned a large-scale series of Israeli air and artillery strikes across Lebanon that reportedly killed and wounded hundreds of people just hours after a ceasefire involving Iran took effect. The U.N. Human Rights Chief described the scene as horrific and urged prompt, independent investigations as Lebanese authorities reported…
Mexico's Senate approved Roberto Velasco as the country's new foreign minister with an 81-30 vote margin and no abstentions. Velasco, who has overseen relations with the United States and Canada since June 2020 as head of the North America unit and later as undersecretary, was appointed by President Claudia Sheinbaum after former Foreign Minister J…
A Long Island architect, Rex Heuermann, told a judge he killed eight women in attacks spanning from the 1990s through 2010, admitting to strangling and, in some cases, dismembering victims whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach. The plea resolves a long-running investigation that had gone cold until DNA evidence tied Heuermann to the scene; he i…
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday resulted in four deaths, among them Al Jazeera journalist Muhammad Washah, according to Gaza health authorities and the Qatari network. Washah and another Palestinian were killed when a strike hit the vehicle they were traveling in along Gaza City's coastal road. Medics also reported a separate airstri…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said lawmakers will attempt next week to pass a resolution that would stop the current U.S. military action against Iran and require President Donald Trump to obtain Congress' approval before authorizing additional attacks. The move follows a two-week ceasefire the president announced and controversial threats…
A Pakistan-mediated two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran announced on Tuesday has not clearly ended hostilities. Fighting and strikes continued across the region on Wednesday, while disputes over control of the Strait of Hormuz and damage to oil infrastructure are keeping energy markets and shipping under pressure. Oil prices fell …
President Donald Trump announced that discussions addressing the Iran crisis will take place behind closed doors and said the United States will accept "only one group of meaningful 'POINTS'" as a basis for a ceasefire. He offered little additional detail about the negotiations, while Pakistani and U.S. officials indicated delegations will travel t…
Ecuador’s foreign ministry recalled its ambassador to Colombia for consultations after Colombian President Gustavo Petro characterized former Ecuadorean vice president Jorge Glas as a political prisoner and asked Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa to release or hand Glas over to Colombia. Quito called Petro’s comments an intrusion into its domestic …
Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s foreign minister since 2024 and a British-educated veteran diplomat, will join a delegation to Pakistan for talks with U.S. officials following a Pakistan-mediated two-week ceasefire that paused a six-week war. Known for describing Iranian negotiation tactics as akin to bazaar bartering - a method he says requires "patience an…
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker and former Revolutionary Guards commander, is set to play a central role in talks aimed at cementing and extending a recently announced truce. Pakistani sources indicate Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will travel to Islamabad to negotiate with the United States, as Iran's leadership reco…
A Pakistan-mediated agreement has led to an immediate two-week halt in offensive operations between the United States and Iran, with U.S. and Iranian officials scheduled to begin talks to explore a longer-term settlement. Tehran has offered a 10-point plan and Washington has circulated a 15-point proposal; key issues such as uranium enrichment, mis…
Speaking in Budapest, Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump is eager to see swift advancement toward ending the Iran war and has instructed his diplomatic team to pursue talks in good faith. Vance warned that while some Iranian elements appear receptive, others remain resistant, calling the current pause a "fragile truce." The comment…
A Los Angeles woman known in court filings as the 'Ketamine Queen' is due to be sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to felony counts tied to the ketamine supply that contributed to actor Matthew Perry's drowning in 2023. Federal prosecutors have asked for a 15-year sentence, while Sangha's attorneys argue for time served, citing her rehabi…
Religious language has become a central element of the Trump administration’s public messaging about the war with Iran, with senior officials and prominent evangelical pastors framing recent operations in explicitly biblical terms. That rhetoric is being used to shore up support among white evangelical voters, a core component of the president’s co…
Peru heads to the polls on April 12 to elect a president and a new Congress after a prolonged period of political instability. With a record number of contenders on the ballot and opinion polls indicating no one will surpass the 50% threshold required for an outright win, at least five candidates out of 35 appear positioned to vie for one of the tw…
President Donald Trump is hosting NATO chief Mark Rutte at the White House as the war with Iran intensifies tensions between the United States and European allies. Disputes over support for the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, the security of the Strait of Hormuz and public criticism of NATO have driven relations to a precarious point. Rutte is expec…
Turkish media report that authorities have detained 10 people in connection with a gun attack that took place outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul's main financial district. One assailant was killed and two were wounded in an extended gun battle with police. Investigations are ongoing and officials have provided limited public comment.
