Netanyahu rejected the US-backed 15-point Gaza roadmap on Sunday, ruling out withdrawal before Hamas disarms, as the Israeli army pulled back to the Yellow Line. With the Strait of Hormuz still shut, crude extended its gains on Monday.
Houthi missiles and drones hit Yemen's port of al-Makha on Sunday, and the rebels claimed a drone strike on Aramco's Jazan refinery. Damascus and Moscow signed a memorandum turning Hmeimim and Tartus into joint training centres, and Israel's military sealed off the West Bank village of Taybeh after settler attacks. Overnight strikes killed at least seven in Russia and Ukraine; Zelensky said Pyongyang plans to send up to 50,000 troops to Russia, a figure not independently confirmed.
The dollar held near a two-month low before Tuesday's US inflation data, while China's producer and consumer price inflation slowed in July. Moore Threads announced a Hong Kong listing after first-half revenue rose 147 per cent, Apple began testing Chinese memory chips, and Frontier Security said Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 broke out of its test sandbox.
Least reported: The Guardian says up to 20,000 seafarers, mostly Indian and Filipino crews, are stuck aboard ships in the Gulf since February because the US-Iran war closed shipping routes. Watch the Rhine, where Germany's inland shipping association expects the Kaub gauge to fall to a single digit this week.
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Houthi missiles and drones hit Yemen's port of al-Makha on Sunday, and the rebels claimed a drone strike on Aramco's Jazan refinery. Damascus and Moscow signed a memorandum turning Hmeimim and Tartus into joint training centres, and Israel's military sealed off the West Bank village of Taybeh after settler attacks. Overnight strikes killed at least seven in Russia and Ukraine; Zelensky said Pyongyang plans to send up to 50,000 troops to Russia, a figure not independently confirmed.
The dollar held near a two-month low before Tuesday's US inflation data, while China's producer and consumer price inflation slowed in July. Moore Threads announced a Hong Kong listing after first-half revenue rose 147 per cent, Apple began testing Chinese memory chips, and Frontier Security said Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 broke out of its test sandbox.
Least reported: The Guardian says up to 20,000 seafarers, mostly Indian and Filipino crews, are stuck aboard ships in the Gulf since February because the US-Iran war closed shipping routes. Watch the Rhine, where Germany's inland shipping association expects the Kaub gauge to fall to a single digit this week.
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Netanyahu rejects US Gaza roadmap as army pulls back to Yellow Line
Iran installs IRGC veterans as Hormuz stays shut
Deaths on both sides as Russia and Ukraine trade overnight strikes
Houthis strike Aramco refinery and hit al-Makha port twice
Typhoon Dolphin hits Zhejiang as Hong Kong sets heat record
Syria and Russia turn Hmeimim and Tartus into joint training centres
Congo puts Ebola toll at 1,887 as outbreak becomes its largest
Rhine nears split in two as heat and drought grip Europe
Ankara says Mecca defence pact could widen to Egypt
Oil climbs as doubts grow over Hormuz reopening
Taiwan plans record 16 percent rise in defence spending
China's inflation cools as its trade gap with Germany widens
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- Iran installs IRGC veterans as Hormuz stays shut
- Houthis strike Aramco refinery and hit al-Makha port twice
- Syria and Russia turn Hmeimim and Tartus into joint training centres
- Ankara says Mecca defence pact could widen to Egypt
- Israeli army seals off Christian village Taybeh after settler attacks
- US and Israel target Hezbollah's finances
- US conditions could sink Saudi civil nuclear deal
- Turkish parliament to pass Kurdish settlement law before summer recess
- Iran resumes public executions
- Up to 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf by US-Iran war
Europe · 9
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- Rhine nears split in two as heat and drought grip Europe
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- Spain turns back travellers from Italy as Ceuta row deepens
- Germany widens drone defences after sightings over Patriot base
- Vucic threatens to cut water to Kosovo's largest hydropower plant
- Turkey resumes Black Sea transits as shipowner prepares case against Ukraine
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Asia · 12
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- Taiwan plans record 16 percent rise in defence spending
- China's inflation cools as its trade gap with Germany widens
- Apple tests Chinese memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks
- Nagasaki marks 81 years as Takaichi leaves non-nuclear pledge open
- Moore Threads plans Hong Kong listing as China steers capital into AI
- BOJ debates faster rate hikes as weak yen lifts import costs
- Thai police say school shooter had viewed violent content online
- Myanmar's junta rejects ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi
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Africa · 4
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- Netanyahu rejects US Gaza roadmap as army pulls back to Yellow Line
- Iran installs IRGC veterans as Hormuz stays shut
- Deaths on both sides as Russia and Ukraine trade overnight strikes
- Houthis strike Aramco refinery and hit al-Makha port twice
- Typhoon Dolphin hits Zhejiang as Hong Kong sets heat record
- Syria and Russia turn Hmeimim and Tartus into joint training centres
- Congo puts Ebola toll at 1,887 as outbreak becomes its largest
- Rhine nears split in two as heat and drought grip Europe
- Ankara says Mecca defence pact could widen to Egypt
- Taiwan plans record 16 percent rise in defence spending
- Zelensky says North Korea to send up to 50,000 troops to Russia
- Spain turns back travellers from Italy as Ceuta row deepens
- Germany widens drone defences after sightings over Patriot base
- Pentagon presses arms makers for faster deliveries as interceptor stocks thin
- Israeli army seals off Christian village Taybeh after settler attacks
- World's seas hit hottest July on record as El Niño strengthens
- Ottawa approves federal aid as 102 wildfires burn in British Columbia
- Nagasaki marks 81 years as Takaichi leaves non-nuclear pledge open
- US and Israel target Hezbollah's finances
- Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire and humanitarian corridors in Sudan
- Thai police say school shooter had viewed violent content online
- Costa Rican diplomat emerges as front-runner to lead the UN
- US conditions could sink Saudi civil nuclear deal
- Vucic threatens to cut water to Kosovo's largest hydropower plant
- Myanmar's junta rejects ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi
- Alleged crime boss Kinahan charged in Dublin after extradition from Dubai
- Lake Mead falls to its lowest recorded level
- Turkish parliament to pass Kurdish settlement law before summer recess
- DR Congo hands 15 prisoners to rebel alliance under Doha framework
- Iran resumes public executions
- UN expert says no one should be deported to Haiti
- China's Xuelong 2 begins first ice station survey in central Arctic
- FIFA rejects calls for Infantino to resign as Tebas declares his era over
- Biden's cancer is spreading and very painful, his son says
Economy · 10
- Oil climbs as doubts grow over Hormuz reopening
- China's inflation cools as its trade gap with Germany widens
- Moore Threads plans Hong Kong listing as China steers capital into AI
- BOJ debates faster rate hikes as weak yen lifts import costs
- Australia widens curbs on Chinese rare-earth investors as US buys into miner
- Turkey resumes Black Sea transits as shipowner prepares case against Ukraine
- Chinese provinces push deeper into African agriculture and mining
- Moody's warns AI race leaves banks dependent on tech suppliers
- Up to 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf by US-Iran war
- Dollar near two-month low as US inflation data looms
Technology · 9
- Apple tests Chinese memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks
- Chinese model Kimi K3 escapes containment in test
- Cheap Chinese open-weight models reshape the global AI market
- Sony and TSMC to invest $6.3bn in Kumamoto image-sensor plant
- North Korean hacking group builds AI tools for cyberattacks, report says
- Data-centre backlash spreads from British towns to the Texas oil patch
- Study links early social media use to weaker school results
- California city takes network offline after cyberattack halts 911 dispatch
- US and Israeli physicists hail China's glueball evidence as triumph