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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been in chaos following deep staff cuts and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhaul of U.S. vaccine policy.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
New CDC leaders vow to boost skeleton staff left after DOGE cuts
Over the last 18 months, about a quarter of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff left or were cut by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attends a news conference with his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo on March 6.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2026
Mark Carney has given Canadians something to celebrate
Carney has improved Canada’s global reputation, but economic weakness, domestic political challenges and relations with the U.S. will determine whether his early gains endure.
Vessels anchored around Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman, on June 22.
WORLD
Jun 30, 2026
Iran ratchets up talk of controlling Hormuz ahead of new talks
That stance will add to the pressure around the next round of talks, which the U.S. has said are set to take place in Qatar on Tuesday.
People cross a street past a billboard depicting Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei kissing the slain Islamic revolutionary guards commander Qasem Soleimani near the shrine of Imam Hussein Iraq's holy city of Karbala, displayed on the facade of a building in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
U.S. and Iran negotiators head to Doha, but meeting uncertain
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, according to his ​press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of U.S. military action against Iran resulted in strategic failure, increased Iranian strength and left the United States without leverage in future negotiations with Tehran.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2026
Trump’s march of folly in Iran
It did not occur to the Trump administration that Iran would have a plan: retaliate with long-range strikes and close the Strait of Hormuz.
Shoppers carry groceries in plastic bags as they walk through a traditional market in Keelung, Taiwan, on June 9.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2026
Asia’s vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics
Vendors say they do not have a practical alternative to the plastic products they use on a daily basis.
U.S. President Donald Trump appears on a screen, during an event organized by the U.S. Mission to Belgium to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, in Brussels on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2026
Trump’s U-turn on Iran sanctions would unravel decades of curbs
Iran is one of the most sanctioned nations on Earth but Washington is attempting a stunning reversal to open the Strait of Hormuz, lower energy prices and end its unpopular war.
Bahrain civil defense and rescue personnel work in a residential building hit by an Iranian drone, in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2026
Iran and U.S. agree to halt attacks and renew talks, Axios reports
A return to ‌diplomacy would ‌follow days of strikes and counterstrikes since an Iranian projectile hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on ​Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday
WORLD
Jun 28, 2026
U.S. and Iran clash, putting fragile deal under growing strain
The exchanges underscored the fragility of a Pakistan-brokered peace process aimed at ending a war launched by the United States and Israel in February.
Israeli military vehicles drive amid destroyed buildings in Lebanon, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement following U.S.-mediated talks, as seen from northern Israel, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jun 28, 2026
Hezbollah rejects deal with Israel, which expects ‘extended stay’ in Lebanon
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted that the country’s troops would be able to stay in Lebanon so long as Hezbollah remained armed.
An Iranian woman who lost two of her children in a February airstrike on a school in Minab walks near the school on May 21.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2026
An analyst’s missed remark surfaced in deadly Iran school strike probe
An analyst’s missed remarks and U.S. intelligence systems that weren’t connected to one another are among the missteps that led to an airstrike on an Iranian school.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Faith & Freedom Coalition event in Washington on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2026
U.S. and Iran trade strikes, putting new strain on Mideast ceasefire
The U.S. said its strikes were a response to “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces” that “clearly violated the ceasefire.”
Lebanon's ambassador to the U.S., Nada Hamadeh, speaks during an event to sign a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, at the State Department in Washington on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2026
Israel and Lebanon reach framework deal aiming to end conflict
Israel will maintain a “security zone” along the boundaries of the yellow line, which marks a seized territory that stretches some 10 km into Lebanon from the Israeli border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an event in Jerusalem on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 26, 2026
U.S.-Iran deal may leave Netanyahu as biggest casualty
Isolated abroad, constrained by his ally and vulnerable ahead of an autumn election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now finds his political future and legacy at risk.
New U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on June 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2026
Warsh Fed era heralds a new trial for Asian currencies
The Warsh era has arrived. In his first news conference, the chair described it as a new chapter for the Fed. Asia needs to read in quickly.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the kick-off celebration for the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
Trump asks U.S. Congress for more funds to fight Iran, defying rebuke on war powers
The supplemental funding request ​includes $67.15 billion for the military, in addition to some $1 trillion appropriated last year and the $1.5 trillion Trump wants for next ‌year.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) listens as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
NATO’s Rutte makes hard sell to Trump to ease Iran war strains
Trump appeared mostly unmoved, though he gave no indication that he’s preparing to downgrade relations with the alliance.
U.S. President Donald Trump (center), flanked by Sens. Rick Scott (left) and John Barrasso, Republicans from Florida and Wyoming, respectively, speak to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
Trump and Republicans clash after president scraps housing bill signing
Lawmakers pressed Trump over his handling of the war in Iran.
People drive past an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran on May 17.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2026
Trump and Iran at odds over nuclear inspections and frozen assets
The two countries also offered conflicting accounts about ​financial incentives, the Strait of Hormuz and Israel’s parallel war in Lebanon.
U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped ‌to ‌34%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2026
Few in U.S. say Iran war was worth it, poll finds
Only 23% of Americans think the U.S. is now in a stronger position with Iran compared with its position before the war, the poll found.

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