Destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Iran, June 22, 2025. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS |
- Iran said that the US attack on its nuclear sites expanded the range of legitimate targets for its armed forces and called President Donald Trump a "gambler" for joining Israel's military campaign against the Islamic Republic. Follow our live updates.
- Commercial satellite imagery indicates the US attack on Iran's Fordow nuclear plant severely damaged - and possibly destroyed - the deeply-buried site and the uranium-enriching centrifuges it housed, but there was no confirmation, experts said.
- Trump has hinted at regime change in Iran in Truth Social posts while his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to contradict him saying that the US operation is not open-ended. White House editor Colleen Jenkins weighs in on the administration's mixed messages for the Reuters World News podcast.
- Airlines are weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights as a conflict which has already cut off major flight routes entered a new phase.
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- Donald Trump and his allies in the Senate face a political free-for-all over the passage of his 'Big Beautiful Bill,' which Republican congressional leaders hope to enact in coming days despite growing resistance from different party factions.
- The NATO alliance has crafted a summit in The Hague this week to shore itself up by satisfying Donald Trump with a big new defence spending goal - but it now risks being dominated by the repercussions of his military strikes on Iran.
- A US judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the US in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, released on bail pending his criminal trial on migrant smuggling charges.
- South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung named veteran lawmaker Ahn Gyu-back as the country's first civilian defence minister in 64 years, making good on a campaign promise made after December's martial law shook faith in the military.
- Dozens of firefighters battled to tame wildfires fanned by strong winds on the Greek island of Chios in the northeastern Aegean Sea for a second day as authorities evacuated more villages.
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo |
- Global shares slipped while oil prices briefly hit five-month highs and the dollar firmed as the world held its breath to see if Iran would retaliate against US attacks on its nuclear sites. The attacks have injected fresh uncertainty into the global economic outlook. For more, watch our daily rundown on financial markets.
- Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the "robotaxi launch" and social-media influencers posting videos of their first rides.
- Amazon is hoping that growth in high-margin cosmetics will cushion the impact of Trump's tariffs as other sellers pull out of the company's Prime Day offerings.
- The United Auto Workers' leadership is mired in turmoil over allegations of an investment blunder that officials say cost the union about $80 million in potential gains from its financial portfolio, according to UAW officials, employees and union documents.
- AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intelligence operations, a senior US official told Reuters, adding that the Chinese tech startup sought to use Southeast Asian shell companies to access high-end semiconductors that cannot be shipped to China under US rules.
- New Zealand said there has been a rush in applications for its new foreign investor migrant visa as the centre-right government looks to lure more high net-worth individuals to the country to stimulate economic growth.
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How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States |
Unauthorized Chinese-made vapes seized in a raid outside of Chicago are shown in this handout photo released to Reuters June 17, 2025. CBP/Handout via REUTERS |
From an office a 15-minute drive from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, one small firm helped import millions of unauthorized Chinese-made vapes last year alone, forming a key link in the supply chain feeding US demand for illegal e-cigarettes. In a little over four years, the firm, a customs brokerage run by a man named Jay Kim, became a go-to broker for the Chinese vape industry. The firm worked on 60% of all shipments of vapes and vape parts from China to the US in 2024 registered by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a Reuters analysis. |
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Japanese electro dancers take a selfie wearing clothes from the brand Chicanjuku, in Mexico City, Mexicom June 13, 2025. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha |
In a leafy park in Mexico City, beside colonial era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia's designs are turning heads, as usual. Segovia, known to her friends as Kumiko, calls her work Chicanjuku: a fusion of Mexican-American Chicano culture and Japanese Harajuku style, named after the Tokyo district renowned for its bright colored accessories, outlandish makeup, and elaborate hairstyles. |
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