Jullea Powell

🌏 India won the men’s T20 Cricket World Cup; Iran and France held elections over the weekend; and more.

🌏 North Korea claims a successful test of key nuclear weapons tech – though South Korea calls it a bluff; the world’s most livable cities (per The Economist); and more.

🌏 The Russian trial of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich began yesterday; Danish lawmakers approved a landmark cow emissions tax; and more.

🌏 A Chinese space probe returned the first-ever samples from the Moon’s dark side; protesters stormed Kenya’s parliament amid outrage over widespread tax hikes; and more.

🌏 Apple is the first target of the EU’s Digital Markets Act; Sierra Leone outlawed child marriage; and more.

🌍 Newly discovered ruins in the UAE could be the lost city of Tawam; Paris residents are threatening to poop in the Seine River ahead of the Olympics to protest sewage contamination; and more.

🌍 Archaeologists discovered the world’s oldest known shipwreck; a record number of NATO members are hitting the alliance's defense spending target; and more.

🌏 Thailand passed a landmark bill legalizing same-sex marriage; the USDA suspended avocado and mango inspections in a top-producing Mexican state over security concerns; and more.

🌍 Russian President Vladimir Putin is making his first visit to North Korea in 24 years; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded the country’s war cabinet following the departure of Benny Gantz, one of its three non-observing members; and more.

🌍 Islamic pilgrims began the final rites of Hajj, as other Muslims celebrated the start of Eid al-Adha; dozens of nations agreed to support Ukraine's “territorial integrity”; and more.

🌏 El Niño is officially over, with La Niña likely on the horizon; global demand for oil will peak in 2029, per new IEA forecasts; and more.

🌎 Chiquita, a US banana company, was found liable for deaths caused by a Colombian paramilitary group it funded; German researchers uncovered what they say is the oldest written record of Jesus’ childhood; and more.

🌏 The last remaining “true” species of wild horse was reintroduced to Kazakhstan; Norway discovered Europe’s largest proven deposit of rare earth metals; and more.

🌏 An Israeli military operation on Saturday led to the rescue of four Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas; US sugar tariffs are driving candy manufacturers north into Canada; and more.

🌍 EU parliamentary elections kicked off yesterday; Canada is facing a potential border guard strike; and more.

🌏 The UN’s nuclear watchdog censured Iran over access to its nuclear program; Tokyo unveiled a government-run dating app; and more.

🌏 India PM Narendra Modi declared victory for his alliance in a closer-than-expected election; China and Hong Kong tightened security for the Tiananmen Square protests’ 35th anniversary; and more.

🌏 Microsoft identified a Russian misinformation campaign targeting the Paris Olympics; Nigeria's main labor unions shut down the country’s national power grid; and more.

🌏 Mexico held a historic election expected to produce its first female president; France hosted a mass parachute jump to commemorate D-Day’s 80th anniversary; and more.

🌍 Global orange juice prices hit fresh new highs this week; President Biden is secretly allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia using US-provided weapons, per multiple reports; and more.