Briefing: Zelenskyy holds the line as Washington loses patience. China’s trade surplus hits $1 trillion. + What does owning America’s most valuable media properties actually get you?

Briefing: A peace ceremony in Washington with weapons fire in South Kivu. Putin lands in New Delhi as the U.S. puts on pressure. + How has Europe become the destination for so much dirty money?

Briefing: Venezuela resumes deportation flights from America. Ukraine peace talks stall in Moscow. + Why are Colombian armed gangs and militias launching so many drone attacks?

Briefing: A fire killed 156 in Hong Kong; asking why is a national-security violation. Trump pardons a convicted drug kingpin—and endorses his party’s candidate. + How does joining a petition become a crime?

Briefing: The American defense secretary’s “kill everybody” order is under Congressional investigation. Zelenskyy meets Macron in Paris as U.S.-brokered peace talks accelerate. + How is an isolated North Korea suddenly producing advanced military tech?

Briefing: A shooting near the White House. A fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. + Why is it so tough to define what Israel will accept in the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire?

Briefing: Russia and Ukraine strike each other through the night while talking peace in Abu Dhabi. The FBI wants to interview six U.S. legislators who reminded troops to disobey illegal orders. + Does Putin’s vision of Russia as a great power make a peace deal with Ukraine impossible?

Briefing: While the world’s big economies convene in Johannesburg, the Americans stay home. A U.S. judge throws out the prosecutions of two of Trump’s perceived political enemies. + What is international law, anyway?