Our daily journey around the world

🇺🇸🇨🇦 The US and Canada intercepted a team of Russian and Chinese bombers near Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska on Wednesday, marking the first time bombers from both countries have operated together near North America. China said the joint exercise, which didn’t enter US or Canadian sovereign airspace, wasn’t aimed at any third parties and complied with international law.

🌎 HIV infections and deaths have plummeted since 2010, per a new UN report. The number of people infected with HIV annually has fallen by 39% since 2010 to reach 1.3 million, while deaths have declined by 52% to reach 630,000, the UN said. Health officials attribute the global decline to increased access to sex education, testing, and newly developed PrEP preventative drugs, which reduce the risk of contracting HIV from sex by ~99%. The UN aims to reduce annual HIV infections and deaths by 90% by 2030.

☕ Global coffee prices are on the rise. Prices for robusta beans – used in instant coffee – are at their highest level since the 1970s, while the cost of higher-quality arabica beans is higher than any point in the past 2+ years (as of earlier this month). Long-term droughts in Brazil and Vietnam – the world’s top two coffee producers – have shrunk the size and amount of coffee beans being produced, causing global supply chain disruptions and price hikes.