CHINA / ASIA
Trump declines to say if he & Xi talked about Taiwan
Trump & Xi set to have second, final day of talks on Friday
Trump says he hopes US x China ties will be 'stronger and better'
Air India to cancel 27% of international flights
Honda reports first loss in decades
Vietnam pilots ‘Starlink’ program to achieve stated goal of digital sovereignty
MID-EAST
Ships being seized & sunk in Strait of Hormuz
Trump says Xi offered help to open Hormuz Strait
Xi promises not to send weapons to Iran
Netanyahu sues The New York Times
Israelis shout ‘death to Arabs’ in Jerusalem Day celebrations
USA
US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks resigns
Federal judge orders Trump admin to bring back Colombian woman who was deported to Congo
Kash Patel omits ‘VIP snorkel experience’ from FBI press-release after Hawaii visit
US 30-year bond yield tops 5%; highest since 2007
Trump bought Nvidia, Boeing, and Microsoft
Trump says China agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets
Xi tells Musk, Tim Cook and other CEOs China will ‘open wider’
Families of Americans imprisoned in China appeal to Trump for help
Supreme Court restores access to Mifepristone
Gavin Newsom proposes digital software tax
EUROPE
Latvian prime minister resigns over drone-drama
Airstrike on Kyiv apartment kills 20
Russia's prison population falls by 40%
30 metric-ton cocaine bust off the coast of Spain
Five Italians die in the Maldives during scuba dive
Dutch paraglider crashes into high-voltage powerline in Austria
LAS AMERICAS
CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro in Havana
Trump’s 51st state comment met with resistance in Venezuela
Haitian gang wars kill 78+ in Port-au-Prince
Uruguay pushing through oil-crisis better than most
EXTRA
Pandas set for 8,000-mile blind date in Atlanta
Man shot at In-N-Out drive-thru drove family to safety with bullet lodged in head
LVMH sells Marc Jacobs to WHP Global
Rugby player dead at 30 after suffering ‘unsurvivable’ injury midgame
Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim