FEMA has started releasing disaster declarations in batches. All 35 this year came on seven days
FEMA approved five major disaster declarations at once on Monday. Every one of 2026's 35 has landed on one of seven days, and the median wait from a state's request is now 47 days.
Mexico received $918m more in remittances this year. In pesos, households got 82 billion less
Banco de México's June figures show first-half remittances up 3.1% in dollars. Converted at the rates recipients actually face and adjusted for inflation, the same money buys 13% less.
Avista told investors about the Spokane fires in an 8-K. The 10-Q it filed the same day does not mention them
The Spokane utility filed three documents on Monday. One describes fires burning through its service territory; the quarterly report filed alongside it lists a different incident as its only subsequent event.
Japan's factory stockpiles rose for the first time since February, and carmakers drove it
METI's June industrial production figures show inventories turning up after three months of decline, with motor vehicles the largest single contributor — a reversal from May.
India's disaster deaths more than doubled last year. One state is 62% of the total, and the ministry's own table does not add up
A written reply laid before the Lok Sabha on Tuesday puts hydro-meteorological deaths at 6,631. Six columns fail to reconcile with their own state rows, and Uttar Pradesh reports a 47-fold rise.
Spokane’s Old Trails fire destroyed a building for every 6.6 acres. No other fire in the country is close
Three fires that started within three and a half hours of each other on Saturday have taken 660 structures — 38% of everything the national fire report records as lost, on 0.31% of its acreage. All three were still at zero containment on Monday morning.
The satellite catalogue ran out of five-digit numbers. A docked Soyuz is now invisible to the old TLE format
The US Space Force catalogue crossed into six digits on 11 July, and the two-line element set — the format most tracking software still reads — has no room for them. Ask for the space stations as TLEs and the crew ferry is missing.
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak is now the country’s largest ever, and the epicentre has become its deadliest part
WHO puts the Bundibugyo outbreak past the 2018–20 epidemic on case count. Reading its successive notices in sequence shows Ituri’s case fatality ratio has nearly tripled since June, from 15% to 41%, while the rest of the outbreak barely moved.
Cyclospora’s first two deaths, and Michigan alone reports six times the national outbreak count
Michigan attributes the deaths to its own 11,234-case outbreak, not to the nine-state outbreak the CDC has been counting at 1,947. One state is reporting 67% more cases than the CDC records for the whole country.
Altria’s cigarette profit rose $12m last quarter. Customs refunds contributed $27m of it
The number is in the 10-Q, not the press release. It is the second quarter running that Altria has quantified its duty-drawback benefit only in the filing — $51m in the first quarter, $27m in the second.
Germany’s June asylum figure looks like a fourteen-year low. Its own agency says the month cannot be compared
Eurostat published June data on Monday and Germany’s 4,265 first-time applicants is the lowest since 2012. The EU migration pact took effect on 12 June, and BAMF calls the resulting month-on-month move a purely statistical effect.
Colombia’s Senate gave the Pacto Histórico none of its fourteen committee leadership posts
Six of the seven constitutional committees announced their new chairs by press release. The seventh, the only one not to go to a party of the incoming majority, was updated quietly on the Senate’s own web page.
China’s factory index fell back below 50, and the two things that rose were jobs and unsold stock
The manufacturing PMI dropped 1.1 points to 49.2% in July, the steepest fall in the thirteen months the statistics bureau prints. New orders alone account for four-fifths of it.
Tariff refunds have reached $119bn, and the trade court is taking cases at a pace it has seen once before
Treasury’s daily ledger shows $118.9bn paid out through the Customs and Border Protection account in the first ten months of this fiscal year, against $10.8bn in all of the last one. The money started moving in May.
The FDA’s drug shortage database holds 1,181 open records. They are 73 drugs
The agency writes one shortage record per package, per manufacturer, so the same drug can appear ninety times. Counted properly, half the list has been in shortage for more than four and a half years, and four entries date from early 2012.
Take Ireland out of the euro area and the last four quarters look steadier than the headline numbers
Eurostat put euro-area growth at 0.4% for the second quarter. About a third of that came from Ireland, which is 3.5% of the bloc — and the quarter before, Ireland was most of the reason the euro area recorded no growth at all.
EU pump prices are up 20% over the year. The pre-tax price is up 42%, and fuel duty is absorbing the gap
Because excise is charged as a fixed sum per 1,000 litres rather than as a percentage, tax has fallen from 56.7% of the price of a litre of petrol to 48.8% in a year. That cushion is roughly nine-tenths of why drivers have not felt the full rise.
The lettuce outbreak now accounts for under a third of confirmed cyclospora cases, down from about half
The CDC’s named outbreak has been frozen at 1,947 cases since 24 July, while its national surveillance page — updated on the 28th — moved from 4,173 laboratory-confirmed cases to 6,707 across 45 states.
Finland has the EU’s highest unemployment rate, and Eurostat’s table reaches that ranking two different ways
Eurostat’s 30 July release puts Finland at 10.5% against Spain’s 10.1%. The two figures are not calculated the same way: Finland’s is a smoothed trend, Spain’s is seasonally adjusted. Finland leads on either basis.
Taiwan’s own statisticians had this quarter almost flat. It came in at an annualised 9.9%
The advance estimate published on Friday puts second-quarter growth at 12.92% on the year. Measured the way the agency itself forecast it — quarter on quarter, annualised — its May projection was 1.99% and the outturn was 9.91%.
Colombia’s president-elect takes office on 7 August. His candidate has already lost the Senate
Abelardo de la Espriella’s pick for Senate president was beaten 56–45 by Álvaro Uribe’s, eighteen days before the handover. He won the lower house instead — and in both chambers the outgoing left took a vice-presidency.
WAFCON 2026: Malawi beat Nigeria on their tournament debut, and Africa’s World Cup places will be settled in the quarter-finals
The ten-time champions lost 3–2 to a side playing its first match at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, and the holders of the other big record lost too. CAF’s own bracket shows why the decisive round comes on 8 and 9 August, not in the final.
Kumamoto earthquake: Japan’s fire agency confirms three deaths and says 13 more are under investigation
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s seventeenth bulletin puts the verified toll at three, names the two towns, and then records separately that Kumamoto fire departments are reporting 13 further deaths not yet counted. Both numbers are in the same three-page document.
The national wildfire scoreboard says this year is 130% of normal. In the Northwest it is missing more acres than it counts
The federal situation report’s year-to-date table credits the Northwest with 776,014 acres burned. Its own active-incident table, on the same page, puts the fires currently assigned there at 1,835,823 — a gap of more than a million acres, and the report footnotes why.
UPS earnings: the US parcel business made one cent per package last quarter, down from 85 cents
UPS charged 9.3% more per US parcel in the second quarter and still cleared a single cent on each one, because its cost per piece rose 16.8%. The entire gap is one restructuring line — and on the company’s own adjusted numbers, profits went up.
Colorado’s Aspen Acres fire was due to be contained on Wednesday. That morning the federal report moved the date to 15 August
The estimated containment date for the fire southwest of Pueblo had read 29 July in every daily federal situation report since 30 June, when it was 2,476 acres. On the morning of the 29th it changed to 15 August — on a day when the fire itself did not move at all.
England and Wales population growth is the slowest of any non-pandemic year since 1998
The population reached 62,009,993 in mid-2025, a rise of 0.364%. Working through the Office for National Statistics’ own 188-year series shows only one slower year since 1999 — 2020 — and before that you have to go back to 1998.
Federal agencies now get three days to patch. CISA’s own catalogue shows the deadline started tightening months before the rule that set it
A binding directive issued on 10 June replaced a patch clock that had been almost exactly 21 days for four years. Recomputing every entry in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue shows the collapse happened in two steps, and the first one came three months early.
COVID emergency-room visits hit their lowest level on record in June, and the summer rise is starting from there
CDC’s emergency-department surveillance recorded COVID at 0.09% of visits in mid-June, the lowest in the series’ 1,400-day history. Late July is running at 0.21% — a rise, but 71% below the same week last year.
China extends its flood emergency to Sichuan as Typhoon Hongxia’s rain moves inland
The Ministry of Water Resources activated a level-four flood-defence response for Sichuan on Wednesday evening, warning that three tributary systems feeding the upper Yangtze may produce numbered floods between 30 July and 3 August.
Kumamoto earthquake: Japan puts 354,000 people under its highest evacuation orders as two agencies differ on the magnitude
A Shindo 7 quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at 16:27 local time. Japan’s fire agency had 354,284 people under its two highest evacuation levels by midnight, with rescues still running at a collapsed building.
Keiko Fujimori inherits the two-chamber Congress her father abolished — and a right-wing bloc with two-thirds of both houses
Fujimori was sworn in on Peru’s independence day alongside its first bicameral legislature since 1992. Her own party has a majority in neither chamber; the wider right clears two-thirds in both.
West Virginia and Kentucky are waiting on three disaster declarations. FEMA’s own records show the median wait this year is 53 days
Two governors have three pending requests between them, one of them expedited. The federal register of declarations shows what usually happens next — and that emergency declarations arrive in a day while the ones that pay households take months.
Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has more than doubled in eight days, and nearly half of the dead are children
The disaster authority’s daily situation reports put the season’s toll at 109 dead and 362 injured. Set against the report from eight days earlier, deaths are up 132% and damaged houses up 349%.
Boeing has now booked about $2.7bn of losses on a $4bn contract to build two Air Force One jets
The company disclosed another $280m charge on the presidential aircraft in its second quarter. Boeing reports the increments one at a time and never adds them up; totalled, they come to roughly two-thirds of the contract.
Sixty-seven days from outbreak to first injection: the registry file behind Oxford’s Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine trial
The protocol for the first human trial of a vaccine against the Ebola strain circulating in DR Congo is now public. It gives a cohort structure, a placebo ratio and a timetable that the announcements did not.
Europe switched on a new Galileo satellite last week and announced it in a status table
GSAT0234 entered active service on 23 July. The only public notice is a row in the EU’s constellation feed marked “usable as from” that date.
AstraZeneca’s core EPS rose 18%. Its reported EPS fell 2%, and a 15% tax rate did some of the work
AstraZeneca’s second-quarter core EPS rose 18% while reported EPS fell 2% at constant currency. Its own filing shows $1.5bn of add-backs and a tax rate below its full-year guidance.
Oregon wildfires: 37 large fires, 1.3 million acres and a 10th Conflagration Act invocation
Oregon wildfires span 37 large incidents and 1.32 million acres in Monday’s federal tally, with 68 structures destroyed and the Northwest holding two-thirds of the country’s fire acreage.
Spain and France wildfires: EU satellite data puts France at six times its 20-year average burnt area
Spain and France wildfires have displaced more than 300,000 people, and the EU’s own satellite service puts France’s 2026 burnt area at 91,265 hectares — 6.2 times its 20-year average.
DR Congo Ebola reaches 3,200 cases and 1,405 deaths as the first Bundibugyo vaccine is tested
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 3,200 confirmed cases and 1,405 deaths, and Oxford says a first group of volunteers has received an experimental vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain.
Pacific Power’s Oregon rate case: residential bills rise 10.8%, not the 8.6% in the coverage
Pacific Power wants $170.7 million more from Oregon customers. Its own filing puts the residential increase at 10.8% and $15.61 a month — figures the local coverage left out.
NASA’s Madrid deep-space antennas are tracking spacecraft again after a wildfire crossed the site
NASA’s Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is back on the air after a wildfire forced its evacuation, with four of its six dishes tracking spacecraft on Monday.
Tour de France: Pogacar equals the record five titles as van der Poel takes the Champs-Elysees
Tadej Pogacar won the 2026 Tour de France by 6 minutes 26 seconds, equalling the record of five titles, with Mathieu van der Poel winning a final stage cut short by the wildfires.
Boundary Waters reopens for day use after a closure that voided about 53,000 permit slots
The Boundary Waters reopened select Cook County entry points for day use on Monday after wildfires closed the wilderness on 14 July. Overnight camping stays barred until 29 July.
Spain and France wildfires force 267,000 to flee as France sets a national burn record
Wildfires across Spain and France have driven more than 267,000 people from their homes and burned nearly 98,000 hectares in France, a national record. Organisers cut the Tour de France’s final stage to free up emergency crews.
Berlin Pride attacker shot dead by police after van ramming kills one at Christopher Street Day
A van was driven into crowds at Berlin’s Christopher Street Day on Saturday night, killing a woman and injuring 29. Police shot the suspect dead on Sunday in Spandau. Germany’s interior minister called it an Islamist terror attack.
CDC figures show the lettuce recall accounts for under half of this year’s confirmed cyclospora cases
The Taco Bell-linked outbreak has grown to 1,947 cases across nine states. But the CDC has logged 4,173 laboratory-confirmed cyclosporiasis cases nationally since 1 May, plus more than 7,400 awaiting confirmation — which resolves the case-count gap this site reported last week.
IBM’s full results show software grew 5%. The collapse was in mainframes, down 42%
IBM’s second-quarter report, filed eight days after a profit warning erased a quarter of its market value, shows software revenue up 5% and IBM Z mainframe sales down 42%. The shares have recovered 4.1% from Wednesday’s low but sit 30% below their July peak.
Alphabet and Tesla both beat on revenue. Both sold off, on what the growth cost
Alphabet’s revenue rose 24% and Tesla delivered a record 480,126 vehicles, both ahead of forecasts. Alphabet then fell 7.1% and Tesla 14.5% the next day, as record capital spending and a 1.4% operating margin took over the story.
Chile declares a state of catastrophe after rain floods its desert north
President José Antonio Kast has decreed a state of catastrophe for Coquimbo and Huasco province after a week of rain across northern Chile killed at least 10 people and damaged more than 23,000 homes.
WAFCON opens in Morocco with Algeria beating Senegal 2-0
The expanded Women’s Africa Cup of Nations began in Morocco on Sunday, with Algeria beating Senegal 2-0 in the opening match. Hosts Morocco face Kenya later the same day.
Philippines, Japan and US finish South China Sea drills days after sailor struck
The three countries completed the 17th Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the South China Sea, a five-day exercise that began the day after Manila said a Filipino sailor was struck with a baton by Chinese coast guard personnel.
Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister, 32 days after he entered parliament
Andy Burnham became prime minister on Monday, 32 days after a by-election first made him an MP. He is Britain’s seventh since the Brexit vote.
Trump imposes 50% Canada tariffs under Section 338, a 1930 law never used before
Trump signed three proclamations Monday imposing 50% duties on Canadian cars, alcohol and dairy under Section 338 — a 1930 law never before used for tariffs.
Cyclospora: Michigan alone reports 7,171 cases as FDA retracts its only positive test
Michigan’s state count of 7,171 is more than four times the federal outbreak figure, and the FDA has withdrawn the one lettuce sample that tested positive.
Zelensky removes army chief Syrskyi after six days of protests, promotes Drapatyi
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief was dismissed Tuesday after six days of protests. His replacement, Mykhailo Drapatyi, quit a command in 2025 over a deadly strike.
El Mayo Zambada sentenced to life in prison and a record $15 billion forfeiture
The Sinaloa co-founder was sentenced in Brooklyn on Monday. His $15 billion forfeiture is nominally the largest in a US drug case, but trails El Chapo’s in real terms.
Philippine sailor injured at Second Thomas Shoal days before China talks in Manila
Manila says a China Coast Guard team struck a navy serviceman on the head with a baton near the grounded BRP Sierra Madre. Beijing blames the Philippine side.
WAFCON opens in Morocco on Sunday with 16 teams and 2027 World Cup places at stake
The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations begins July 26 in Rabat, expanded from 12 teams to 16. The four semi-finalists qualify for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.
World Cup final 2026: Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win a second title
Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute as Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time at MetLife Stadium. Spain conceded one goal in the entire tournament.
World Cup final 2026: Spain vs Argentina at MetLife, with a 64-year record at stake
The World Cup final kicks off at MetLife Stadium at 3pm Eastern on Sunday. Argentina can become the first back-to-back champion in 64 years; Spain have conceded one goal all tournament.
Josh Kerr breaks the mile world record with 3:42.66, ending a 27-year mark
Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 in London on Saturday to become the first man under 3:43 for the mile. He took 0.47 seconds off Hicham El Guerrouj’s record, which had stood since 1999.
Cyclospora outbreak tied to Taco Bell lettuce reaches 1,644 cases in five states
Cyclospora infections linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell have reached 1,644 reported cases across five states, with 94 hospitalisations. The FDA traced the lettuce to a single Mexican supplier.
Trump threatens tariffs over Canadian wildfire smoke as more than 900 fires burn
Smoke from over 900 Canadian wildfires has pushed air quality into unhealthy ranges across the US Midwest and Northeast. Trump said the cost of the pollution should be added to the tariffs Canada already pays.
Minnesota air quality hits worst levels on record as Boundary Waters fires burn
Minnesota recorded the most intense smoke pollution in its history this week, with readings in Ely and Duluth far above anything previously measured. The Twin Cities reached a "hazardous" air rating for the first time on record.
Colombia’s new Congress convenes as de la Espriella prepares to restore Israel ties
Colombia’s newly elected Congress is sworn in on Monday, weeks before president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office. He plans to restore relations with Israel and open an embassy in Jerusalem.
Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami as UK seeks extradition on 38 new charges
US Marshals arrested the Tate brothers in Miami on Saturday on a sealed warrant. British prosecutors have brought 38 further charges including rape and sex trafficking, taking the total to 59.
Israel now holds nearly 70% of Gaza as the ceasefire enters its tenth month
Nine months into a US-brokered truce, Israel now holds nearly 70% of Gaza — up from about half — even as strikes continue. A July 14 attack in Jabalia killed a police commander and several of his officers.
Spain reach the World Cup final; England and Argentina meet to decide who joins them
Spain beat France 2-0 in Dallas to reach their second World Cup final and first since winning in 2010. England face Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday for the other place in the July 19 final at MetLife Stadium.
IBM suffers the worst day in its history, cratering 25% on a surprise profit warning
IBM shares plunged about 25% on July 14 — the steepest one-day fall in the company's history, worse than the 1987 crash — after it pre-announced weak second-quarter results. Cooler June inflation lifted the rest of the market.
China expels Ma Xingrui, its third Politburo member purged since 2025
Beijing expelled former Politburo member and ex-Xinjiang chief Ma Xingrui over corruption — the third member of the 24-strong body ousted since 2025 as Xi Jinping's anti-graft drive reaches into the party's civilian ranks.
New York becomes the first state to hit pause on big new data centers
Governor Kathy Hochul ordered a pause of up to a year on state permits for large data centers — those drawing 50 megawatts or more — making New York the first US state to brake the AI-driven buildout over energy and cost concerns.
Argentina's monthly inflation dips below 2% for the first time this year
Consumer prices in Argentina rose 1.9% in June, the slowest monthly pace since August and the first sub-2% reading of 2026 — a win for President Javier Milei, even as the 12-month rate edged up to 33.5%.
Brazil's top court bars Flávio Bolsonaro from visiting his jailed father
Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — a leading presidential candidate — from visiting his father, ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, for 90 days, after Flávio read one of his letters on a livestream.
World Cup last 16 ends with all three hosts out and the quarterfinals set
The United States, Mexico, Canada and Brazil are all eliminated as the 2026 World Cup round of 16 closes. Messi dragged Argentina past Egypt in stoppage time; Switzerland knocked out Colombia on penalties.
Hamas dissolves its Gaza government, handing civil rule to a UN-backed committee
Hamas said it has dissolved the body that has run Gaza and will transfer day-to-day affairs to a technocratic committee under a US-founded Board of Peace. It stopped short of disarming — the deadlocked core of the ceasefire.
Trump to lift Turkey sanctions and weigh F-35 sale as NATO summit opens in Ankara
At the Ankara NATO summit, President Trump said the US will lift 2020 sanctions on Turkey and would "consider" returning it to the F-35 programme, while renewing Greenland claims and questioning the US troop presence in Europe.
Chip stocks tumble as DeepSeek in-house silicon and Samsung results spark AI-valuation jitters
Semiconductor shares sank on July 7 after reports China's DeepSeek is building its own AI chip and weak Samsung results reignited doubts about AI spending. A gauge of chipmakers fell over 4.5%; Micron dropped 4.7% and the SMH ETF slid nearly 4%.
Russia kills at least 26 in mass Kyiv barrage on eve of NATO summit
A combined Russian assault of ballistic and cruise missiles, Zircon hypersonics and 351 drones killed at least 26 people around Kyiv. Zelenskyy blamed an interceptor shortage and urged NATO for "strong decisions."
Sara Duterte impeachment trial opens in Manila with her 2028 run on the line
The Philippine Senate began the historic impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte over $110m in flagged funds and a death threat against President Marcos. A conviction needs 16 of 24 senators and could bar her from office for life.
UN warns of catastrophe as RSF drone siege tightens on Sudan's el-Obeid
Some 500,000 people are trapped in el-Obeid as the RSF pounds the North Kordofan capital with drones. The UN issued a "red alert"; UNICEF says more than 300 children have been killed or injured in Sudan in 2026 alone.
Super Typhoon Bavi Barrels Toward Guam and Okinawa
Typhoon Bavi strengthened into a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon in the western Pacific, threatening Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands around July 6 before a forecast approach to Okinawa and Japan's Sakishima Islands later in the week.
World Cup Round of 16: Mexico vs England at the Azteca, Brazil vs Norway as the Field Narrows
Mexico host England at a sold-out Estadio Azteca and Brazil face Norway on Sunday as the 2026 World Cup's round of 16 thins the field. Morocco knocked out co-hosts Canada, France edged Paraguay, and the United States meet Belgium on Monday.
NATO Summit 2026 Opens in Ankara With Defense Spending and Ukraine Atop the Agenda
NATO leaders gather in Ankara on July 7-8 for the alliance's first Turkish summit since 2004, with the 5%-of-GDP spending pledge, Ukraine's long-term needs, and a Canada-led Defence, Security and Resilience Bank among the items to watch.
Heat Dome's Record Tally Comes Into Focus as Relief Nears for the East
As the Fourth of July heat dome that put more than 185 million Americans under alerts begins to break down, the record tally is coming into focus — from Newark's 105°F to Atlantic City's 105°F — with cooler air set to reach the East by midweek.
Sail250 Fills New York Harbor With Tall Ships for America's 250th Fourth of July
The Sail250 parade sent 45 tall ships and more than 40 warships up the Hudson on the Fourth of July — organizers' pick for the largest maritime gathering in U.S. history, and the biggest tall-ship fleet New York has seen since the 1976 Bicentennial.
AI Screen Turns Up New Weapons Against Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea
A machine-learning search through millions of molecules has identified two experimental antibiotics that kill drug-resistant gonorrhea in new ways — including one that disables a bacterial enzyme no existing drug targets, a lab at Harvard, MIT and the Broad reports.
India Climbs to Its Highest-Ever Rank on the UN's 2026 SDG Index
India rose to 94th of 167 countries on the 2026 UN Sustainable Development Report, its best position yet and an 18-place climb since 2015 — even as the report cautions that only about a third of its targets are on track for 2030.
Heat dome peaks for July Fourth with 185 million under alerts and 300-plus records in reach
The heat dome The Fold tracked building in late June crested over the holiday weekend, with more than 185 million Americans under heat alerts and over 300 daily records expected to fall from the Plains to the East Coast by Saturday.
As Khamenei's funeral opens, the US-Iran ceasefire enters its most fragile stretch
Indirect talks are frozen for six days of funeral rites beginning July 4. A month after the June 17 memorandum, The Fold reconstructs how a signed deal survived US airstrikes, a near-collapse and a diplomatic pause — and what still is not settled.
Hiring cooled to 57,000 in June even as the Dow closed at a record
June payrolls rose just 57,000, about half of what economists expected, and prior months were revised down by 74,000 — yet the Dow finished July 2 at a record 52,900 as investors bet a softening labor market keeps the Fed on hold.
Carney's defence bank nears launch with about 10 founding nations before the NATO summit
Canada aims to unveil roughly 10 founding members of a Defence, Security and Resilience Bank at next week’s NATO summit in Ankara — a multilateral lender designed to raise up to $133 billion in cheaper financing for allied militaries.
DR Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 1,400 cases as a vaccine gap slows the response
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has grown past 1,400 confirmed cases and more than 430 deaths, WHO figures show — a fast-climbing toll made harder to contain because the licensed Ebola vaccine does not protect against this strain.
A study of 720,000 patients finds most referred for a kidney transplant never reach the waitlist
Analyzing records from 720,348 adults referred for kidney transplantation, researchers found nearly half never began the evaluation and only about 19 percent made the waitlist — a bottleneck the authors say the usual referral count conceals.
Wildfire on France's Mediterranean coast forces 3,000 to evacuate campsites and a marina
A fast-moving fire driven by 80 km/h winds swept from Sainte-Marie-la-Mer to the Canet-en-Roussillon marina in the Pyrénées-Orientales, forcing about 3,000 people — half of them from three campsites — to flee and briefly closing Perpignan airport.
Memory stocks slide as third quarter opens: Micron drops 10.6%, SanDisk and Applied Materials tumble
The AI memory trade cracked as Q3 opened: Micron fell 10.6% and SanDisk 10.6% on July 1 amid Fed hawkishness, a DRAM price-fixing suit and profit-taking after a 305% run.
US declines to renew USMCA, pushing North American trade pact into a decade of annual reviews
The Trump administration refused to renew the USMCA at its July 1 deadline, triggering yearly reviews of a pact covering $1.6 trillion in trade. Without a deal, it expires in 2036.
Merz coalition unveils 34-measure reform package: €10bn tax cuts, later retirement, stricter sick leave
Germany's ruling coalition agreed a 'Programme for Revival and Employment' — €10bn in income tax relief funded by a 47% top rate, pension-age rises and day-one sick notes.
US and Iran report 'positive progress' in Doha as talks pause for Khamenei funeral
Indirect US-Iran talks in Doha ended with a new communication channel and agreement to buy goods with frozen funds. The next round waits for Ali Khamenei's July 4-9 funeral rites.
South Africa arrests more than 900 as anti-migrant 'deadline day' protests turn violent
Police arrested over 900 people, including 300 undocumented migrants, as marches marking a vigilante deadline for foreigners to leave South Africa descended into looting in several cities.
Afghanistan launches drone strikes into Pakistan as border war enters new phase
Afghan Taliban forces struck what they called ISIS centres in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after Pakistani strikes that Kabul says killed 36 civilians.
Meta plans cloud business to sell excess AI compute, taking on AWS, Azure and Google
Meta is building a cloud service to sell spare AI computing power and access to models like Muse Spark, Bloomberg reported. Shares jumped over 10%; CoreWeave and Nebius sank.
USMNT beats Bosnia 2-0 for first World Cup knockout win since 2002, loses Balogun to red card
Folarin Balogun scored then saw red as ten-man USA beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 at Levi's Stadium. Malik Tillman's free kick sealed a Round of 16 date with Belgium.
Beshear 'confident' Kentucky will get FEMA aid after floods that killed three in Madison County
At a Richmond news conference, Gov. Andy Beshear said flood damage to roads and bridges makes federal public assistance 'a slam dunk' and that 40 damaged homes may qualify for individual aid.
Lahore buries 14 children killed in tuition centre roof collapse as negligence probe widens
Funerals were held for 14 children, aged 4 to 12, crushed when an unfinished roof collapsed on a Lahore tutoring centre. The building owner is among two people arrested.
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship 6-3, voids Trump order
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil, striking down President Trump’s order to deny it to babies of unauthorized and temporary-visa parents.
Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports
In a 6-3 decision on the final day of its term, the Supreme Court upheld West Virginia and Idaho laws barring transgender girls from female school sports, ruling states may set eligibility by biological sex without violating Title IX or the Constitution.
Dow tops 52,000 for the first time as Alphabet debuts in the index
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 52,000 for the first time, rising 306 points to 52,182.74 on June 29 as Alphabet made its debut in the blue-chip index, replacing Verizon after 22 years.
Japanese yen sinks to 40-year low past 162 to the dollar as Tokyo weighs intervention
The yen fell to about 162.4 per dollar on Tuesday, its weakest since 1986, as a wide US-Japan rate gap kept the carry trade alive and Japan's finance minister warned of 'decisive' action against the slide.
Monaco hunts suspect after parcel bomb wounds sanctioned Ukrainian tycoon
A makeshift bomb packed with bolts and buckshot exploded in a Monaco apartment lobby Monday night, seriously wounding a couple — including sanctioned Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev — and a 13-year-old, as police hunt a suspect who fled to France.
US and Iran arrive in Doha for talks, but Tehran rules out a direct meeting
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner went to Doha on Tuesday and an Iranian technical team traveled separately, but Iran said there would be 'no negotiations at any level' with Washington, leaving the fragile ceasefire's next step in Qatari mediators' hands.
Venezuela earthquake toll surpasses 1,700 as aftershocks slow desperate search
Officials said at least 1,719 people were killed and about 5,000 injured by last week's twin earthquakes near Caracas, as more than 600 aftershocks hampered a search involving rescuers from 27 countries and US military field hospitals.
FDA peptide panel stacked with industry insiders as RFK Jr. pushes to widen access
The FDA's advisory panel set to review controversial peptide drugs next month includes more than a half-dozen members with financial ties to the peptide industry, even as career scientists question whether the evidence supports the expansion Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants.
Carney meets Inuit leaders in Kuujjuaq to tie Arctic defence billions to Inuit priorities
Prime Minister Mark Carney traveled to Kuujjuaq on Tuesday — the first sitting PM to visit in nearly 20 years — to co-chair an Inuit-Crown meeting on ensuring Inuit share in tens of billions of dollars of planned Arctic military spending.
Extreme heat warnings cover 47 million from Midwest to East Coast into July 4 week
About 47 million Americans across the Midwest and Ohio Valley were under extreme heat warnings Tuesday, with heat indexes near 105 in Chicago and Minneapolis as the dangerous dome of heat spreads east and threatens records through the July 4 holiday.
Australia moves to double social media fines to A$99m over under-16 ban
Australia will introduce legislation doubling the maximum penalty to A$99 million for platforms that fail to keep under-16s off their services, and hand the eSafety Commissioner stronger powers, after most banned children kept their accounts.
Three firefighters killed in burnover on Colorado’s Snyder Fire
Three federal wildland firefighters—Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson—died in a burnover near the Colorado-Utah border as the Gore and Knowles fires merged into the 28,000-acre Snyder Fire, with two others injured.
WHO links 1,300 excess deaths to record European heatwave
The World Health Organization said more than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded since June 21 in Europe’s most severe heatwave on record, with about 1,000 in France, as all-time temperature highs fell across the continent.
S&P 500 rallies as US-Iran standdown eases war fears, oil holds below $70
US stocks climbed Monday as Washington and Tehran agreed to 'stand down for now' after weekend strikes, with the S&P 500 up about 0.8% and WTI crude near $69.82 as the Strait of Hormuz risk premium faded.
Supreme Court lets Trump fire independent agency heads, overturning Humphrey's Executor
In a 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court overruled the 1935 precedent that shielded officials at the FTC and dozens of independent agencies from at-will removal, vastly expanding presidential control of the bureaucracy.
Supreme Court upholds mail-ballot grace periods, rejecting RNC challenge
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Watson v. RNC that states may count mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward, preserving grace-period laws in 14 states and D.C. ahead of the midterms.
Heat dome to bake eastern US through July Fourth, threatening hundreds of records
A powerful heat dome is building over the central and eastern United States, putting some 200 million people under dangerous heat with triple-digit highs forecast in Washington, Philadelphia and beyond, peaking over the July Fourth weekend.
Israel-Lebanon framework deal ties Israeli pullout to Hezbollah disarmament
A US-brokered 14-point framework signed in Washington pledges a phased Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon contingent on Hezbollah's verified disarmament, but the group's leader called it 'null and void' as protesters filled Beirut's streets.
Cottonwood Fire tops 92,000 acres, poised to be Utah's most destructive
Utah's Cottonwood Fire has burned more than 92,000 acres at 0% containment, the largest active wildfire in the US, prompting Gov. Spencer Cox to declare an emergency and restrict fireworks through July 5 as 12 fires scorch the state.
Oil set to reopen higher as US-Iran strikes shatter Hormuz calm
Crude closed at multi-month lows on Friday — Brent near $74, WTI around $69 — as Strait of Hormuz traffic normalized, but a weekend of US-Iran strikes threatens to reverse the slide when futures reopen and tests a stretched, tech-led equity market.
Iran strikes US Gulf sites in Kuwait, Bahrain as Hormuz truce teeters
Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired missiles and drones at US-linked targets in Kuwait and Bahrain early on June 28, retaliating for American strikes two days earlier and pushing a fragile 60-day ceasefire to the edge of collapse.
US strikes Iran after drone attack on cargo ship tests Hormuz ceasefire
US Central Command hit four Iranian missile, drone and radar sites on June 26 after an IRGC drone struck the cargo ship Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz, the first American strikes since a shaky ceasefire was extended.
Oil falls below $70 as tankers return to Strait of Hormuz despite US strikes
US crude settled at $69.23 on June 26, its first close below $70 since before the Iran war, as more tankers transited the Strait of Hormuz and traders bet a fragile ceasefire would hold even after fresh US strikes on Iran.
Cottonwood Fire becomes Utah's largest as rare 'particularly dangerous' warning issued
The human-caused Cottonwood Fire in Utah's Fishlake National Forest grew past 70,000 acres with zero containment, prompting the Salt Lake City weather office's first-ever Particularly Dangerous Red Flag Warning and evacuations in Beaver County.
Australia to toughen under-16 social media ban after evidence it is failing
PM Anthony Albanese says the government will strengthen its world-first under-16 social media ban after data showed seven in 10 underage children kept their accounts, bypassing age checks with VPNs, masks and parents' IDs.
Venezuela earthquake death toll climbs to 589 as global rescue teams converge
Two days after twin magnitude-7.2 and 7.5 quakes struck near Caracas, Venezuela's death toll has reached 589 with nearly 3,000 injured. Rescue crews from 15 countries are racing the closing 'golden window' to reach the trapped.
Israel kills three in Lebanon as Rubio touts progress in Washington truce talks
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed three people on Thursday even as Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Washington, where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiations were making progress. The war has killed more than 4,200 in Lebanon since March.
USMNT clinches World Cup Group D, its best group-stage start in 96 years
The United States won Group D at its home World Cup after back-to-back wins, the team's first time opening with two victories in 96 years. The Americans closed group play against Turkiye at SoFi Stadium with a knockout berth already secured.
US and Iran clash over nuclear inspections and $12bn in frozen funds
Washington and Tehran offered contradictory accounts of their Switzerland talks, disagreeing over whether Iran agreed to readmit IAEA inspectors and how $12 billion in unfrozen assets may be spent.
Oil falls below $73 as US license clears the way for Iranian crude
WTI crude slid to around $73 on June 23 after Washington granted Iran a 60-day license to sell oil internationally, reviving expectations of fresh global supply just weeks after a Hormuz scare.
US grants Iran 60-day oil license as sides spar over $12bn in frozen funds
Washington issued a 60-day waiver letting Iran sell oil internationally and the two sides agreed a 60-day roadmap to a final deal. But the US disputed Tehran’s claim it would unlock $12bn upfront.
Gold rebounds toward $4,350 as Fed's Warsh meets and oil fears ebb
Gold has clawed back a post-ceasefire slump to trade around $4,350 an ounce, rising for a third straight session as traders await Kevin Warsh's first Fed meeting as chair.
G7 ends Évian summit backing Iran deal, vowing tougher Russia sanctions
G7 leaders closed their Évian summit with a joint statement, signed by the US, praising the Iran agreement and pledging new sanctions on Russia's oil and gas exports.
Stocks rally and oil sinks below $81 as US-Iran deal nears signing
Wall Street opened sharply higher and crude fell more than 5% to its lowest since March after Washington and Tehran confirmed a framework to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The S&P 500 rose 1.6% and the Nasdaq jumped 2.5%.
US-Iran deal 'now complete,' Trump says, lifting Strait of Hormuz blockade to end the war
Trump declared the US-Iran war deal 'now complete' on Sunday, ordering the Strait of Hormuz reopened and the US naval blockade lifted. A formal signing is set for June 19 in Switzerland.
Bitcoin climbs back above $65,000 as the US-Iran deal revives risk appetite
Bitcoin rose past $65,000 over the weekend, recovering from a war-driven slump under $61,000, after President Trump declared the US-Iran deal complete and ordered the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
G7 leaders gather in Évian with an Iran truce, AI rules and trade topping the agenda
France hosts the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains from June 15 to 17, with leaders meeting amid a fresh US-Iran deal, debates over artificial-intelligence regulation and guest nations including India and Brazil.
Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed Sunday, with Strait of Hormuz to reopen immediately
President Trump said an agreement ending the war with Iran will be signed Sunday, with the Strait of Hormuz reopening to all traffic right after. Iranian state media struck a more cautious note on the timing.
Oil sits near two-month low as traders price in a Strait of Hormuz reopening
US crude settled at $84.88 on Friday, its lowest in two months, as the prospect of a signed US-Iran deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz drains the war-risk premium that drove prices toward $100 this spring.
Oil sinks to a two-month low as stocks extend rally on US-Iran deal hopes
WTI crude settled at $84.41, down nearly 4%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.5% to 7,431.46 as traders bet a US-Iran memorandum could reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump cancels Iran strikes as both sides say a peace deal is closer than ever
Trump called off planned strikes and said a signing could come within days; Iran's foreign minister said a deal has 'never been closer' but stressed nothing is final.