Cuba Promises “Urgent” Economic Reforms Under Growing U.S. Pressure, Including Threats of Military Intervention
Authorities Are Ready to Allow Private Banks and Foreign Investors—Potentially the Biggest Overhaul Since the 1960s Revolution
U.S. Tells Iran Israel Has Agreed to Stop Strikes on Lebanon
Reuters Says Hezbollah Has Joined Ceasefire
U.S. Declassifies Documents on COVID-19 Origins and Anthony Fauci’s Role
National Intelligence Says Fauci Funded Risky Coronavirus Research at Wuhan Institute and Helped Dismiss Lab-Leak Theory—He Denies the Allegations
Ukraine and U.S. Discuss Freezing War Along Front Line as Lavrov Rejects European Peace Terms
The Economist Reports Daily Informal Contacts Between Kyiv and Trump’s Team, While Russia Says Europe Wants to Save “Zelensky’s Regime”
CDC to Allocate $107 Million to Fight Ebola Outbreak in Congo and Uganda
Cases Near 1,000 as Outbreak Coincides With World Cup in U.S., Canada and Mexico
Zelensky Stripped of Poland’s Highest Honor—the Order of the White Eagle
Nawrocki Makes Final Decision After Ukrainian Brigade Is Named After the UPA
Trump Says Meloni “Begged” for Joint Photo at G7 Summit
In Italy, Remarks Are Called Insulting as Foreign Minister Cancels U.S. Visit
U.S. to Unfreeze $6 Billion for Iran After Deal
Money Will Be Released in Stages Over 60-Day Ceasefire and Only for U.S. Goods
Israeli Foreign Minister Announces Break in Contacts With EU Diplomat Kaja Kallas
Move Follows Reports That She Compared Israel to Apartheid-Era South Africa
Trump Administration Drops Plan to Dismantle $386 Million Ocean-Observation System
Decision Comes After Resistance From Scientists and Congress
U.S.-Iran Agreement Enters Into Force
Tehran Opens Strait of Hormuz as Washington Lifts Naval Blockade
At Odesa TCC, People Were Beaten, Held and Threatened With Sexual Violence
Military Enlistment Officials Brought in a Group With Criminal Past for “Busification”—They Had a Quota of Five Detainees a Day and $20,000 a Month
EU Leaders Agree to Extend Russia Sanctions for Full Year
Measures Had Previously Been Renewed Every Six Months Because of Hungary and Slovakia’s Position
Venezuela, With U.S. Support, Launches Operation Against Gangs in Gold-Mining Region
Tren de Aragua Leader “Niño Guerrero” Killed as Government Seeks to Restore Control and Attract Investment
European Parliament Approves Creation of Migrant Centers Outside the EU
They Would Hold People Denied Asylum but Unable to Be Sent Back Home
Russia Plans to Increase Military Spending by Another 4–5 Trillion Rubles This Year
Bloomberg Says That Is About 40% More Than Budgeted
At London Exhibition, Israeli Developers Advertise Homes in Illegal Settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem—Despite Earlier Promises Not To
Event Goes Ahead Despite Protest by 101 MPs; 14 People Detained Outside
Moscow Hit by Largest Drone Attack Since Start of War
UAVs Strike Kapotnya Oil Refinery Again and Shut Down Capital’s Airports
Kyiv Man With Mental Disorders Taken to TCC Again
Earlier, He Escaped From There and Complained of Beatings and Choking
Netanyahu Confirms Israel Will Not Withdraw Troops From Southern Lebanon
Prime Minister Says Security Zone Is Needed “to Achieve the Highest Goal” (Without Saying What That Goal Is)
U.S. Supreme Court Bars Automatic Gun Ban for Drug Use
Authorities Must Now Prove It Makes a Person Dangerous to Society
Drone Maker Delair’s Plant in France Attacked
Company Produces UAVs for Ukraine, Several Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Facility
Odesa’s Masky Theater Fined Over Russian Language, Elderly Ticket Clerk Suffers Stroke at Work After Provocation
Director Boris Barsky Says He Will Not Fire Her—“For Her, Theater Is Life”
Fed Plans to Raise Rates Despite Trump’s Calls for Cuts
At First Meeting Under Kevin Warsh, Regulator Leaves Rate at 3.75%
U.S. Gasoline Prices Fall Below $4 a Gallon for First Time Since March
Fuel Gets Cheaper After U.S.-Iran Agreement to Open Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Delays Adding DeepSeek to Trade Blacklist
Reuters Says Washington Does Not Want to Escalate Tensions With Beijing
U.S. Invested About $10 Million in Building Biolabs in Ukraine, Declassified Intelligence Documents Show
Facilities in Kherson, Odesa and Zakarpattia Received the Money
European Commission Chief Proposes Limiting Simplified Entry for Ukrainians to the EU
Protection Regime Is Set to Be Extended but Narrowed So as “Not to Undermine Ukraine’s Ability to Defend Itself”
Drones Attack Bus Carrying Children’s Football Team From Belarus in Russia’s Bryansk Region
Female Chaperone Killed, Six Wounded, Including Four Children
“Crimea Will Become an Island.”
Fedorov Says “Hell” Is Beginning for Russia on the Peninsula
U.K. to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16
Starmer Says Platforms Harm Children’s Mental Health, With Services, Not Minors, Facing Fines
ICE Investigators Begin Demanding Personal Data on Individual Voters From Local Authorities—Two Counties Have Already Handed It Over
Trump Is Targeting “Noncitizen Voting,” Though Such Cases Are Almost Nonexistent—Just 100 From 1982 to 2025
All Moscow Airports Closed for Arrivals and Departures
Rosaviatsia Imposes Restrictions After Overnight Attack by Hundreds of Ukrainian Drones
Germany Records Record Rise in Antisemitism
In 2025, Country Registers 8,725 Attacks, Threats and Acts of Vandalism—Three Times More Than in 2022
Poland Detains Suspect in Murder of Artist Skrepetsky
Tusk Says He Used a Georgian Passport, While Security Services Are Identifying Who Ordered the Killing
Bezos Says AI Will Lead Not to Unemployment but to a Shortage of Workers
Amazon Founder Rejects Fears That People Will Be Pushed Out of the Labor Market
Finland Lifts Ban on Nuclear Weapons on Its Territory
Government Cites Deteriorating Security Situation
ChatGPT’s Share of AI Assistant Market Falls Below 50% for First Time
Service Remains Leader, but Gemini Rises to 27.7% and Claude to 10.3%
Brent Falls Nearly 4% After U.S.-Iran Deal on Strait of Hormuz
Price Drops Below $80 a Barrel for First Time Since Early March
