The White House and top AI labs are near a voluntary deal giving federal agencies 30 days to screen new frontier models for national security risks, with an announcement expected before August 1.
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Brent Hits $91 as Houthi Blockade Adds Second Strait to Oil Supply Threat
Brent hit $91.05 on July 21 as the Houthi naval blockade of Saudi Arabia threatened to close the Bab al-Mandeb, adding a second oil chokepoint to the Red Sea supply crisis.
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Trump Levies 50% Tariffs on Canada Under a Trade Law Unused for Nearly a Century
Using a trade law last invoked in the 1930s, Trump on July 21 announced additional 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods to take effect in 30 days.
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Houthis Declare Naval Blockade of Saudi Arabia, Opening a Second Oil Chokepoint
Yemen’s Houthis declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia on July 20, threatening the Bab al-Mandeb and potentially restricting a quarter of global oil supply alongside the Hormuz closure.
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Ortega Says Nicaragua Will Never Again Hold Elections
Speaking at the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 20, Daniel Ortega declared Nicaragua will hold no more elections, cementing what critics describe as a permanent one-man state.
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EU Fines AliExpress a Record €550 Million Under Digital Services Act
The European Commission imposed its largest-ever Digital Services Act penalty on Alibaba’s AliExpress on Monday, citing systemic failures to detect and remove counterfeit and dangerous products.
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CXMT Prices Asia’s Largest IPO of 2026 at $8.6 Billion
China’s leading DRAM chipmaker Chang Xin Memory Technologies priced an $8.6 billion Shanghai listing with 212-times investor demand, targeting a debut on July 27 at an $85 billion valuation.
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ECB Governing Council Meets Thursday in Its Most Finely Balanced Decision of the Year
With June eurozone inflation at 2.8% and growth at just 0.8% forecast for 2026, the ECB faces its sharpest hold-or-hike tension since raising rates for the first time in three years last month.
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Ukraine Strikes 176 Shadow Fleet Vessels in July Drone Blitz
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed 11 more shadow fleet vessels and hit 20 Crimean energy facilities across two nights, pushing the July campaign total to 176 ships struck.
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Cuba’s Grid Collapses for the Fifth Time in 2026
Cuba’s national electrical system failed again on Tuesday as fuel starvation leaves a grid running at less than 30 percent of demand with no margin for error.