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Category: 21 July 2026
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UKRAINE LAUNCHES HUNDREDS OF DRONES AT MOSCOW AS ZELENSKY FACES WIDESPREAD PROTESTS OVER DIRECTION OF WAR
Ukraine launched more than 400 drones at Moscow late Sunday and into Monday, causing damage to an industrial park about 18 miles south of the capital and a fire at an oil depot 12 miles outside of the city as Kyiv continues to try and smash Russia’s energy economy.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
BlackRock, the world’s richest private equity firm, became even richer in the second quarter when it posted $192 billion in net second-quarter income, 31 percent ahead of the second quarter in 2025.
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ISRAEL ISSUES NEW EVICTION, DEMOLITION ORDERS ON HOMES NORTH OF EAST JERUSALEM
The IDF last week ordered the eviction of residents in a town north of East Jerusalem as Tel Aviv continued to extend its reach into the occupied territories.
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CHINA CLAMPS DOWN ON RARE EARTH EXPORTS
China, which dominates mining and production of the rare earth elements essential in high-tech manufacturing, tightened their exports to Japan in recent weeks after prime minister Sanae Takaichi commented on Japan’s response to an attack on Taiwan.
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CHINA’S CAR EXPORTS TOP ONE MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME
In June, China’s carmakers exported 1.06 million passenger vehicles, a 71.2-percent increase from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported.
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GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL
Israel killed at least 72,283 Palestinians and injured 173,864 since the genocidal war started in October 2023. The death toll includes the 1,168 Palestinians who were killed since the so-called ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025.
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CHINA’S SECOND-QUARTER GROWTH SLOWEST IN MORE THAN THREE YEARS
China’s economy expanded by 4.3 percent in this year’s second quarter, the slowest since early 2023, well under the first quarter’s 5-percent bump and below the bottom of Beijing’s 2026 forecast of “4.5 to 5 percent.”
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BRAZIL’S DIGITAL PAYMENT SYSTEM PROMPTS 25-PERCENT U.S. TARIFF
A key reason for Donald Trump’s new 25-percent tariff on Brazil’s exports to the U.S. is Pix, the country’s wildly popular digital payments system.
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U.K. BORROWING COSTS RISE ON RENEWED MIDEAST WAR
The yield on the U.K.’s ten-year bond rose briefly to 5.05 percent on 15 July as fighting intensified along the Persian Gulf.