Vol. 1, No. 61
Global events and how they affect American readers.
President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency and sent troops to clear road blockades after weeks of protests over fuel-subsidy cuts — a crisis that reaches the world's largest untapped lithium reserves.
As VP Vance met Iranian officials in Switzerland, Trump threatened to 'hit Iran very hard again' and 'bomb the hell out of' Tehran if it breaks the deal — war threats running alongside his own peace talks.
Russian-installed officials in occupied Crimea halted civilian gasoline sales after Ukrainian strikes hit fuel depots, deepening an energy crisis Kyiv calls 'long-range sanctions.'
Italy scrapped a planned U.S. visit by its foreign minister after President Trump claimed Giorgia Meloni 'begged' him for a photo, a rare public rupture with the European leader long seen as his closest ally.
In Brussels, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a six-month review of the roughly 80,000 US troops in Europe and told allies the alliance must shift to 'Europe leading' its own defense.
Drones keep striking the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, now running on emergency diesel power. Russia blames Ukraine; Ukraine calls it a Russian provocation; the IAEA says it can't determine who is firing.
UN chief Antonio Guterres visited Port-au-Prince this week as a new Gang Suppression Force, authorized in a resolution Washington co-wrote, prepares to deploy — still short on the mandate and money to succeed.
More than 1,000 civilians have been killed by drone strikes in Sudan in the first five months of 2026, the U.N. human rights chief says — a toll that has made unmanned aircraft the war's leading killer of noncombatants.
All 15 members of the U.N. Security Council, including Russia and China, backed a resolution this week renewing the Afghanistan mission and demanding the Taliban reverse its crackdown on women and girls.
Britain plans to bar under-16s from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X — and is weighing curfews and scroll limits for older teens. Tech firms and privacy groups are pushing back, as the U.S. stays stuck on the same fight.
Trump arrived at the G7 declaring Russia and Ukraine both ready to talk. Zelensky offered to sit down with Putin on the spot — and Putin wouldn't even take the meeting.
A roughly €1.4 billion resort backed by Jared Kushner's fund has put tens of thousands of Albanians in the streets. The prime minister won't back down — and blames Iran for the unrest.
A Russian missile set the Dormition Cathedral at Kyiv's thousand-year-old Pechersk Lavra ablaze overnight, part of a barrage that killed at least 10.
Trump says the U.S.-Iran deal could be signed as soon as today, with the Strait of Hormuz reopening immediately and toll-free. Iran is urging caution and disputing the terms. Oil eased toward $85, down 6% on the week.
The 52nd G7 summit opens Monday in Évian-les-Bains, with leaders facing a U.S. tariff deadline, the Middle East war's energy shock, and a critical-minerals squeeze — and the hardest talks aimed at Washington.
Beijing called off a ministerial digital dialogue and a meeting with the EU's No. 2 diplomat at short notice, a deliberate snub that lays bare how far relations have frayed over rare earths and trade.
A year after Air India Flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 260, investigators confirmed both fuel-control switches moved to cutoff seconds after takeoff — but not how or why. The final report is now delayed.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is touring Europe to deepen ties on semiconductors, defense and supply chains, elevating relations with Italy and the EU days before he faces Trump at the G7 summit.
Trump says a secret military mission moved 100 million barrels and 200 ships through the Strait of Hormuz. His own officials describe something much smaller.
Xi Jinping's first visit to North Korea in seven years deepened the alliance and pointedly skipped the nuclear question, undercutting the Trump administration's stated goal of denuclearizing Pyongyang.
After Thailand scrapped a 2001 maritime pact, Cambodia has forced the dispute over a $300 billion energy zone into a rare UN process — testing a fault line that the U.S. and China both watch closely.
The Pentagon added Alibaba, Baidu and BYD to its Chinese military companies list weeks after Trump's Beijing trade truce. A June 30 contracting ban now looms.
U.S. CDC modeling warns Congo's Ebola outbreak could rival the deadliest epidemic on record. Confirmed cases have passed 500, deaths near 100, and the virus has reached Uganda's capital.
A magnitude 7.8 quake struck off Mindanao minutes before classes began Monday, killing at least 32, injuring more than 130 and sending a tsunami onto the southern Philippine coast as hundreds of aftershocks followed.
For the first time since the April ceasefire, Iran fired ballistic missiles at northern Israel. Netanyahu wanted to hit back — Trump asked him to stand down to keep a fragile deal with Tehran alive.
