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Iran to gain major financial relief under interim deal with US

Iran would be allowed to start oil exports immediately under an interim deal with the U.S. and gain access to a $300 billion economic development program following negotiations for a permanent peace that’s meant to address Tehran’s nuclear activities, according to a draft of their agreement.
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Xi swaps fighter jets for diplomatic hardball to squeeze Taiwan

President Xi Jinping is shifting tactics in his campaign to pressure Taiwan, ramping up diplomatic isolation of the island while dialing down provocative displays of military aggression. Taiwan recorded a daily average of five Chinese war planes crossing the Taiwan Strait’s buffer line with China through May this year — half the number logged in same period of 2025. In March, Beijing didn’t ...
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Abduction of Haiti security official, 6-year-old daughter shows kidnapping crisis

The cabinet director and inspector general at Haiti’s Defense Ministry was kidnapped this week, along with his wife and their 6-year-old U.S. citizen daughter while seeking medical care in Port-au-Prince for their ailing child, according to two sources familiar with the incident. James Boyard, a Haitian police officer and security expert, was abducted Thursday morning in Raimbol in the ...
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Chinese economy stuck in slow lane as consumption heads for drop

China’s consumer spending may have contracted for the first time since the pandemic, a setback that would extend a slowdown in an economy whose momentum is faltering despite booming trade. After a surprise acceleration to start the year, the world’s second-biggest economy is cooling rapidly, with investment resuming declines and consumption hobbled by a weak job market and faster inflation. ...
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Britain announces sweeping social media ban for under-16s

LONDON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media sites for under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live-streaming platforms, in a fightback against big tech that goes further than any other country.
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Iran pushes differing deal versions as U.S. sticks to timeline

Iran circulated competing versions of a proposed interim agreement with the U.S., even as President Donald Trump stuck to his Sunday timeline to sign a deal. All of the texts — there were at least three — include similar elements around reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, giving Iran sanctions relief and opening the door to longer-term negotiations around its nuclear program. But ...
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U.S. wants to avoid congressional vote on trade deal, Canada’s Carney Says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump administration officials have been clear that they don’t want to trigger a vote in Congress by changing the “fundamental architecture” of the North American free trade deal. Carney said the three countries in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement are currently holding separate, bilateral talks on a variety of trade irritants in part because no ...
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