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In Ankara, NATO tries to patch things up with an unpredictable Trump
On July 7 and 8, 2026, heads of state from the Atlantic Alliance are gathering in Ankara, Turkey, hoping to ease the
Kim Jong Un oversees a missile test from the repaired Kang Kon destroyer
On July 3, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests aboard the destroyer Kang Kon,
Trump lets the $2 trillion North American deal lapse without renewal
July 1, 2026, marked the deadline set by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, for the three signatory countries to collectively decide
Maxwell seeks to overturn conviction, Republicans split on a pardon
Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors alongside financier Jeffrey Epstein, has
Denmark hands Ukraine another 590 million euros, and shifts the game
On June 30, 2026, Denmark announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth roughly 4.4 billion Danish kroner, close to 590
A 15-year-old Japanese teen outsmarts Bandai Channel using ChatGPT
In early July 2026, Japanese police arrested a 15-year-old high school student, a first-year student in Saitama prefecture, suspected of designing, with
Estonia digs trenches on its Russian border to deter Moscow
Along Estonia's eastern border, in the forests and fields separating the country from Russia, Estonian soldiers are methodically building a network of
The light switch that wakes up dormant cancer cells
Researchers at ETH Zurich have built a light-activated molecular switch capable of selectively destroying the receptors that let certain cancer cells dodge
Trump at 39% approval, one year after the Big Beautiful Bill
The claim has been circulating widely since early July 2026: Donald Trump's approval rating has reportedly fallen to around 39%, almost exactly