China and Europe are currently in a trade battle between Chinese-imported electric vehicles and French-imported Cognac. China just recently announced a hearing would take place regarding European brandy imports, as in January, China investigated brandy being sold at lower prices. The hearing will take place on June 18th and will
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday, targeting Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, according to the enclave’s health ministry. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the attack but stated it remained unclear whether Deif and another Hamas commander had been
On Friday, July 5, 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Vladimir Putin to discuss a peace deal that upset the European Union, who cautioned Hungary against appeasing Moscow. The E.U. stated that Prime Minister Orban does not speak to President Putin on behalf of the European Union. On
On Wednesday, June 26 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed in Canberra, Australia after being freed by United States courts under a plea deal. Prior, Assange had flown from the U.K., where he was incarcerated from April 2019 to June 2024, to Saipan to attend court. Saipan is an island in
On June 21st, the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed an arrest warrant for Iyad Ag Ghaly, a Malian militant leader accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Timbuktu during 2012-13. Ag Ghaly, also known as Abou Fadl, allegedly led the Ansar Dine, an extremist group linked to
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye, announced that he would invite the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, “any time” for talks to restore relations between the two neighbouring countries. Erdoğan said that Turkey would reciprocate any positive steps from Syria and that Vladimir Putin, President of Russia,
