Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married Saturday in Manhattan, and the celebrity guest reactions range from tearful tributes to brutal hangover confessions. Here’s what everyone is saying.
An oil tanker was struck by an “unknown projectile” Monday off Oman’s coast near the Strait of Hormuz, the British maritime agency UKMTO confirmed. The incident has raised fresh fears over the safety of one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes.
The Tour de France will push ahead with an “adapted” stage 3 Monday after wildfires burned nearly 1,500 hectares near the Pyrenees. The fires are part of a wider crisis scorching southern Europe amid record heat.
From stalled EU diplomatic talks and a French confidence vote to Tour de France drama and record-breaking tourism figures, Sunday’s midday bulletin covers the stories shaping Europe this July 5th. Here’s everything you need to know right now.
Alexandra Eala pulled off one of Wimbledon’s biggest upsets, defeating world No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-4, 7-5 in a performance that left Centre Court speechless. The 19-year-old Filipino dedicated her historic win to “all the girls with ruffled socks and chubby cheeks.”
Pope Francis visited Lampedusa on Sunday and called on European leaders to open more legal migration pathways, laying a wreath at a cemetery holding unidentified migrants who drowned at sea. It was his second visit to the island, and his message was no less urgent than the first.
The WMO warned Friday that strengthening El Niño conditions are dramatically raising the risk of extreme weather events worldwide. Scientists give a 90% probability the event will intensify through early 2024.
The EU’s new Tech Sovereignty Package takes aim at foreign dominance of Europe’s digital economy, with non-EU firms supplying over 80 percent of the bloc’s digital products. But ambition and capability are still very different things.
Europe’s window to build a credible military deterrent may be closing faster than its leaders acknowledge. Security analysts warn that a narrow timeline — potentially expiring by 2028 — demands urgent action on defense spending and political will.
Europe’s defense spending is set to surpass $400 billion in 2025, marking a historic shift in how the continent thinks about security. Leaders are betting that arming up is now the only credible path to lasting peace.
Nearly 200 families are sleeping inside a baseball stadium on Venezuela’s central coast after the June 24 earthquakes destroyed or damaged more than 1,100 homes. The Playa Grande shelter has become a symbol of the slow-moving crisis still gripping the country’s coastal communities.
The Venezuela quakes have thrown thousands of families already surviving on the edge into a desperate scramble for food and shelter. With homes destroyed and livelihoods wiped out overnight, relief efforts are racing against a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday demanding the removal of undocumented migrants, but the day organizers had billed as a deadline passed with far less violence than feared. Around 47 arrests were made nationally as police kept a heavy presence in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Pretoria.
Five aid workers were killed after gunmen ambushed a clearly marked convoy in Jonglei State, South Sudan. The attack has forced humanitarian organisations to suspend operations in the corridor as an investigation gets underway.
An explosion struck a residential building in Monaco on Thursday, injuring three people. The principality’s head of government told AFP the blast was “very likely an attack.”
Australian man Simon Carman has been charged with murdering 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla after her body was found concealed in a suitcase in Pattaya. The suspect denies all involvement as Thai police say the investigation is ongoing.
Armed group clashes displaced more than 2,600 people in Haiti’s Artibonite department last week, deepening a humanitarian emergency that now affects hundreds of thousands across the country. From Lebanon to Gaza and DR Congo, this week’s global crisis update paints a troubling picture of compounding emergencies and stretched aid systems.
The UN Peacebuilding Fund turns 20 in 2026, having disbursed over $1.6 billion across more than 60 countries navigating the fragile path from conflict to stability. As new wars persist, its record offers a rare counter-narrative of societies that held together.
Europe’s five most powerful leaders met this week to prove the continent can meaningfully shoulder Ukraine’s security burden without Washington. Concrete pledges topped €21 billion, but the gap between promises and battlefield deliveries remains a stubborn problem.
A drone strike injured students at a school in Sudan’s El Obeid as the UN warned of mounting civilian casualties in the besieged city. From dangerous homecomings in south Lebanon to a global push for women diplomats, here’s what’s happening around the world.
