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New Chancellor John Healey has retained several Treasury ministers from Rachel Reeves' team and confirmed the government will keep pushing the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, the pro-City agenda built under Keir Starmer.
Outside the City,...
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As of 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 24, 2026, the U.S. Trade Representative has imposed new Section 301 duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, citing their failure to adequately ban goods made with...
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Andy Burnham became the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, July 20, 2026, succeeding Keir Starmer, and moved immediately into a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle.
Burnham named John Healey, the former defense secretary, as Chancellor...
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Madrid's provincial court dismissed the corruption-in-business charge against Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and lifted travel and reporting restrictions imposed on her last month.
The court upheld the core of the case, ordering...
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Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public, on video, or in audio since the February 28 strike that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, and other family members — including during his father's own funeral.
Senior sources...
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Typhoon Bavi (PAGASA name: Inday) hit Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands on July 6 at peak Category 5-equivalent strength — JTWC-assessed 1-minute winds of 285 km/h (180 mph), among the strongest storms ever recorded there.
By...
A Local Insurgency With Global Consequences
For more than sixty years, the conflict in Indonesia's Papua region has largely remained a domestic security issue with limited international attention.
The killing of American pilot Nicholas F. Goselin, however, has elevated the conflict...
A Flight Into One of the World's Most Dangerous Conflict Zones
On the morning of July 2, 2026, American pilot Nicholas F. Goselin prepared for what, on paper, appeared to be another routine flight into Indonesia's remote Papua Highlands.
For decades,...
The Moment the World Started Paying Attention
For decades, the conflict in Indonesia's Papua region remained largely invisible to international audiences.
While clashes between Indonesian security forces and armed separatists periodically erupted in remote mountain villages, the fighting rarely broke through...
An Attack That Has Drawn International Attention
The fatal shooting of American pilot Nicholas F. Goselin in Indonesia's remote Papua Highlands has thrust one of the world's longest-running but least-publicized insurgencies back into the global spotlight.
The armed wing of the...
