Walter MurrowAround the World in Brief
Several other stories rounded out a busy weekend of global news:
Taiwan’s defiance: Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, on a visit to Eswatini — one of the island’s few remaining diplomatic allies — declared…
Belfast Car Bomb Raises Specter of ‘New IRA’
Closer to the UK, authorities are investigating a car explosion outside a police station in Belfast. While details remain sparse, the incident has sparked concern about a possible resurgence of…
Orbán’s Inner Circle Moves Wealth Abroad
In Hungary, the political aftershocks of Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat by Péter Magyár are reverberating in dramatic fashion. According to a report by The Guardian, cited by Greek outlet Ta Nea,…
Powell’s Final Act at the Fed
Against this volatile geopolitical canvas, Jerome Powell is set to chair his final Federal Reserve meeting on April 27–28. The two-day session of the Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected…
Iran and the U.S.: Trapped in ‘No War, No Peace’
The broader geopolitical backdrop to Trump’s remarks is a Middle East locked in what The New York Times described as an “awkward limbo of ‘no war, no peace.'” The conflict between the United States…
Gunfire Erupts at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
What should have been a glittering evening of political comedy and backslapping turned into chaos on Saturday night when shots rang out at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner at the…
Around the World in Brief
Italy’s Serie A faces a potential match-fixing scandal after referee coordinator Gianluca Rocchi came under investigation for sports fraud — raising fears of a repeat of the Calciopoli scandal that…
John Ternus: Apple’s “Third Man” Prepares to Take the Helm
Apple is preparing for its third leadership transition. John Ternus, 50, is expected to succeed Tim Cook as CEO starting in September. The coincidence is notable: Ternus is the same age Cook was when…
Europe’s Defense Dream Stalls: The Franco-German Fighter Jet Fiasco
The EU’s ambitions for strategic military autonomy took another hit as France and Germany failed to resolve their dispute over the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a sixth-generation fighter jet…
India Mourns Raghu Rai (1942–2026): The Man Who Invented a Way of Seeing
India lost one of its most iconic visual storytellers this week. Raghu Rai, the legendary photographer whose career spanned decades and defined how the world saw the subcontinent, passed away on…
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