Defiance. It is the word I heard more than any other during my week in Cuba.
US designates Ecuador’s Chone Killers gang as ‘terrorist’ organisation
Ecuador’s government praises the US for backing President Noboa’s campaign to dismantle gang-crime networks.
Russian missiles and drones kill 8 and cause damage across Ukraine capital – AP News
Russian missiles and drones kill 8 and cause damage across Ukraine capital AP NewsExplosions Rock Ukraine’s Capital in Deadly, Large-Scale Attack The New York TimesLarge Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 13, injures scores mor…
Sources: data center operator Switch seeks a ~$2B funding round valuing the company at ~$50B, including debt, led by a $400M investment from Andreessen Horowitz (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: data center operator Switch seeks a ~$2B funding round valuing the company at ~$50B, including debt, led by a $400M investment from Andreessen Horowitz — Switch Inc. is kicking off a private funding round led by …
India Signed Simla Agreement On This Day In 1972. How Pakistan Has Violated It
India and Pakistan signed the Simla Agreement as a comprehensive blueprint for good neighbourly relations.
Trump’s First Flight On $400 Million Qatari-Gifted Air Force One
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he was proud of the luxurious plane. “You can do two things: You can low-key it, or you can show it,” he said.
Sources: Apple has told suppliers to prepare to produce ~10M foldable iPhones in 2026, up from 7M-8M previously, and 80M iPhones in total across new models (Nikkei Asia)
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple has told suppliers to prepare to produce ~10M foldable iPhones in 2026, up from 7M-8M previously, and 80M iPhones in total across new models — TAIPEI — Apple is planning an ambitious iPhone launch f…
Russia’s major drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 8 and sends people fleeing into shelters
Intense strikes cause loud explosions and building fires across Ukrainian capital
Middle East live: Iran says to use frozen funds in Qatar to buy ‘required goods’
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Wednesday that Tehran would use some of its frozen assets in Qatar to purchase goods needed by the country following talks in Doha. Under the memorandum of understanding that halted the war betwee…
Venezuela’s death toll at least 2,295 as medical crisis widens
Doctors fear a severe medical crisis in Venezuela following the 24 June earthquakes that killed 2,295 and injured more than 11,000. Thousands of displaced survivors are living in crowded shelters without clean water.