- New Zealand was battered by severe weather, leaving thousands of properties without power across the lower North Island — including a prison caught in overnight outages.
- Melbourne, Australia: A 15-year-old boy was charged after allegedly abducting a girl as she walked to school on the last day of term.
- Hyderabad, India: President Trump thanked the Telangana state government after it named a road adjoining the U.S. Consulate “Donald Trump Avenue.”
- Lionel Richie, 77, abruptly ended the opening night of his new U.S. tour after suffering a dizzy spell on stage in St. Paul, Minnesota, cutting the show short after approximately one hour.
It was a day that lurched between tragedy and spectacle, between geopolitical brinkmanship and sporting glory — a snapshot of a world that, as ever, refuses to slow down.
