The European Commission has issued two binding directives requiring Google to give competing AI assistants equal access to Android and share search data with rival platforms. The decisions, issued on 16 July 2026, are the most significant test yet of the EU's Digital Markets Act.
President Donald Trump has signed executive orders cutting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by roughly 90 percent each, undoing protections that Joe Biden had reinstated in 2021.
A wildfire that broke out on Sunday in the historic Fontainebleau forest, 60 kilometres southeast of Paris, has consumed more than 2,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of around 1,000 people. Two people are in custody on suspicion of arson as France endures its third heatwave of the summer.
Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China's Zhejiang province on Saturday night before weakening to a severe tropical storm, leaving a trail of injuries across Taiwan and triggering the evacuation of nearly two million people across eastern China.
Workers in Samsung's smartphone, television and home appliance division plan to stage a protest on 16 July over a bonus deal that could give semiconductor colleagues up to 100 times more than they receive.
Argentina's President Javier Milei has proposed legislation to create a new corporate category for AI-run businesses, but the actual bill demands human administrators remain in charge. The proposal, a world first, has ignited a global debate about accountability, innovation, and limits of autonomy.
Taiwan's defence ministry has reinstated ideological education for military academy graduates after a 25-year pause, citing growing military pressure and infiltration threats from China.
The European Court of Justice has permanently confirmed a record antitrust penalty against Google for using its Android operating system to shut out mobile rivals. The ruling ends eight years of litigation and leaves the company with no further right of appeal.
Peru's electoral court has officially declared right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori president-elect, ending a weeks-long count that exposed the country's deep political fault lines. She will take office on 28 July as Peru's ninth head of state in a decade.
US President Donald Trump's annual financial disclosure shows digital assets have become by far his largest income source, raising fresh questions about conflicts of interest as he shapes crypto policy.
A first-of-its-kind European Commission study finds that companies seeking industrial permits across the EU must navigate up to ten separate authorities and multiple disconnected digital platforms, with delays costing hundreds of thousands of euros per project.
A record-breaking heatwave has pushed Germany to a new national temperature high of 41.5°C, with the heat system now advancing into Poland, where forecasters warn the country's 105-year-old record could fall within days.
The United States has launched a second round of strikes against Iranian military targets in two days after an Iranian drone hit a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening a fragile interim peace agreement signed earlier this month.
Israeli forces dropped leaflets over the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri on 26 June, ordering residents to leave in the first such order since the latest ceasefire took effect. The move came on the same day Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement in Washington
A cargo vessel was struck by a projectile near Oman on Thursday, halting a UN maritime evacuation program just as oil prices had fallen to pre-war levels for the first time since the US-Israel strikes on Iran in February. The incident has cast fresh doubt on the US–Iran peace framework.
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela's northern coast within 40 seconds of each other on Wednesday evening, killing at least 32 people, injuring around 700, and collapsing buildings across the capital, Caracas. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a national state of emergency
South Korea's SK Hynix has announced plans to raise up to $29.4 billion through an American Depositary Receipt listing on the Nasdaq, targeting a July 10 debut. The deal would be the largest ADR offering in history, overtaking Alibaba's $21.8 billion New York listing in 2014.
US Vice-President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Switzerland to meet Iranian negotiators, a day after both sides digitally signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding intended to end months of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.