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Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
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- Doubts swirled around the US-Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East as shippers said it could take weeks for confidence to return after any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and fundamental questions remained unanswered.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived at the G7 summit, hoping to impress upon US leader Donald Trump that Ukraine's fortunes in its war against Russia have improved as he pushes for greater international support. Follow our live updates from the summit.
- Zelenskiy and senior policymakers and business leaders join Reuters NEXT at a moment when Europe’s ambitions are being tested by geopolitical strain, economic uncertainty and rapid technological change.
- As the US approaches its 250th birthday next month, two out of five Americans do not believe it will endure another 250 years, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that highlighted deep divisions over how the nation views itself.
- Georgia Republicans go to the polls to select their candidate for US Senate to take on incumbent Jon Ossoff, voters in Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C., will also head to the polls. Here is what we're watching.
- If Andy Burnham wins Thursday's election in Makerfield, the seat he needs to challenge UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the country's leadership, it may have less to do with his own appeal than the feuding of two populist right-wing parties splitting their vote.
- The UK is going further than Australia with its under 16s social media ban. Alistair Smout tells the Reuters World News podcast who's actually on the hook for enforcing it.
- Australia's weather bureau warned that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
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Helsing company presents the new air combat system CA-1 Europa in Tussenhausen, Germany. REUTERS/Michaela Stache/File Photo
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- Center stage at last week's Berlin airshow was the "wingman" drone, Europe's latest-generation defense weapon designed to accompany fighter jets.
- A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers now feel they will need to keep US short-term borrowing costs on hold all year, projections are expected to show, with a small number seen penciling in a rate hike. New Fed chief Kevin Warsh is a question mark.
- Dozens of large, off-grid power projects are being approved rapidly and often under a cover of secrecy across the United States to supply the tech industry’s booming demand for powering data centers.
- Elon Musk's SpaceX said it would acquire Anysphere, the software firm behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, for $60 billion, in a bid to ramp up its foothold in the enterprise AI market.
- China's economy showed increasing unevenness in May, with retail sales falling for the first time in over three years and investment slumping, while industrial output picked up pace.
- Aging populations, indebted governments and geopolitical splits undermine price stability. That leaves independent central banks unanchored, say Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan. On this episode of The Big View podcast, the economists tell Peter Thal Larsen the status quo cannot last.
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A satellite image of side-by-side ships off the coast of Sohar, Oman.
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The United States military has overseen scores of secretive ship-to-ship oil transfers to keep Gulf energy exports flowing, using aerial and water drones as well as helicopters in an operation to guide convoys to awaiting tankers.
The operation on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz employs a shuttling technique long used by Iran to skirt sanctions. Two specific locations where the oil transfers take place were identified by 11 people familiar with the operation – one off the coast of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and the other off Oman’s port of Sohar.
It started in early May, and at least 92 ships have been involved in the transfers, according to shipping data and satellite imagery reviewed by Reuters.
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British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor poses for a photograph next to his installation 'Mount Moriah at the Gate of the Ghetto' (2022). London. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe
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British artist Anish Kapoor presents bold, large new works alongside some of his older sculptures at an upcoming exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery, in a return to the space that held his first solo UK show nearly 30 years ago.
On display are shiny sculptures made with mirrored steel or others in void-like black, visceral paintings and gory bloody pieces as well as large-scale installations the 72-year-old Mumbai-born Turner Prize winner is known for.
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