Europeans are clashing with their political leaders after visiting the US and getting a taste that sweet, cold indoor air... 

• Over the weekend, the US and Iran exchanged fire; the US said it responded to the Iranian’s decision to hit a Panama-flagged tanker. In response, Iran struck military bases in Gulf nations.
• Thereafter, the US and Iran agreed to halt strikes and to resume meetings this week.

Annual summit set for July 7-8 with President Trump's expected attendance...

South Korea has triggered five market-wide trading halts in 2026 — against only eleven such full-market halts since the system's 2000 inception. Nearly half of all market-wide halts this century have occurred this year. 

Days before the vote on independence, a British armada attempts to restore royal authority...

Socialist Nightmare: "There, millions of homes were built for Venezuelans living in poverty. Most were in La Guaira and were made with low-quality materials." 

Pandora’s box is open...

The immediate read is that this anti-corruption sweep appears aimed at Iraq's political class aligned with Iran.

No president has attempted such a firing in the Fed's more than century-long history...

...a basket of the core hyperscalers is DOWN 18% so far in June, which tracks as the worst single month for this cohort since the IPO of META.

What saved America from the usual traps of frontier economies was not immaculate stability. It was adaptability.

"... was funneled through the Democracy Political Action Committee." 

China added 34 gigawatts of nuclear capacity over the past decade to the US's one plant, and is on track to overtake both the US and France as the world's top nuclear producer.

...the gap between top 10 market caps & EPS contributions has narrowed to smallest spread in years…

The move to Level 1 activation, signifying the most severe health crises, comes as the outbreak, which is now in its second month, has infected more than 1,200 people in Congo, with 321 deaths reported...

Which everyone will now use...

The direction of travel globally is already toward commodity-backed settlement...