Jullea Powell

📝📵 In new legal briefs, the DOJ made its case for outlawing Chinese ownership of TikTok, citing Beijing’s ability to weaponize US user data and manipulate content algorithms.

🌍 US officials arrested two top leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel; Israel blamed Hezbollah for a rocket attack on a soccer field in Israeli territory; and more.

🌍 The US and Canada intercepted a team of Russian and Chinese bombers near Alaska; global coffee prices are on the rise; and more.

👶📉 Americans are having fewer kids than at any point in the past 45 years, with the US fertility rate falling to its lowest level since 1930.

🌎 Brazil is dealing with cocaine sharks; Singapore reclaimed the title of world’s strongest passport; and more.

🌍 The UK unveiled the design of its newest fighter jet; salmon is getting more expensive due to sea lice infestations; and more.

🌍 Turkey celebrated the 50th anniversary of its occupation in northern Cyprus, while southern Cyprus held a day of mourning; Gaza’s health ministry discovered polio samples in sewage; and more.

🌏 Russia sentenced WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison; Bangladesh scaled back government job quotas that sparked national student protests; and more.

🌍 Taylor Swift’s Eras tour may have killed the chances of a UK rate cut; the global population is projected to peak roughly five years earlier than expected, per a new UN report; and more.

🌎 Paris’ mayor took a dip in the River Seine to show its cleanliness for the Olympics (starting July 26); Ghana, a major cocoa producer, is seeing harvests 55% below average this year; and more.

🌍 Italy plans to reintroduce nuclear energy for the first time in 35 years; Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning mix is now banned in South Korea; and more.

🌏 China reported lower-than-expected GDP growth last quarter; Saudi Arabia will host the first Olympics Esports Games in 2025; and more.

🌍 Euro 2024: Spain defeated England 2-1 to take home the championship; NATO is working on a contingency plan to reroute the internet to space; and more.

🌍 NATO accused China of supplying Russia’s attacks on Ukraine for the first time; the Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to evacuate Gaza City and head south as it increases military operations in the area; and more.

🌏 Chinese officials are investigating the alleged use of chemical tankers to transport cooking oil; Samsung workers in South Korea indefinitely extended their first-ever strike; and more.

🌎 Argentina, a major lithium producer, is further ramping up production; Barcelona locals protested mass tourism by spraying visitors with water; and more.

🌍 The Euro 2024 semifinals kick off later today; Nepal began cleaning up tons of garbage from Mount Everest’s highest camp; and more.

🌏 The UK and France held nationwide parliamentary elections; Israel approved the largest West Bank settlement expansion in 30+ years; and more.

🌏 China is reportedly expanding its espionage presence in Cuba; Greece became the first EU country to introduce a six-day workweek; and more.

🌍 Nearly two dozen UK officials are under investigation for betting on the election date; Bolivia’s president is facing accusations that he staged last week’s failed coup attempt against himself; and more.