The Trump administration declined on Wednesday to extend the U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, starting a decade-long clock to wind down the North American trade deal as it seeks changes to try to reshore manufacturing jobs.
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Ukrainian attacks have caused fuel shortages to spread from Russian-annexed Crimea to nearby parts of southern Russia, and even to the capital Moscow, which has previously been spared, residents say.
The president earlier refused to sign it until a divisive voting-rights measure was passed.
The dollar heads into the second half of 2026 on a high, thanks to bets for higher U.S. interest rates and an unquenchable thirst for U.S. assets from investors chasing the “American exceptionalism” that may spell more pain for other currencies.
A Milan prosecutor’s crusading labour investigations have forced companies to grant fuller employment rights to more than 60,000 workers and recouped more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in unpaid taxes, but also sparked a heated debate over whether the judiciary in Italy is overstepping its role.
Record heat across Europe has disrupted transport and forced schools and tourist sites to close, with temperatures rising as much as 18 degrees Celsius (32.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above seasonal norms, according to the Reuters Climate Monitor.
The global AI boom has turned South Korean chipmaking giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics into stock market darlings. It has also thrust their employees into the top tier of the country’s highly competitive marriage market.
A day of fragile gains in Bolivia saw major protest roadblocks cleared for the first time in weeks on Sunday, but progress was overshadowed by the crash of a military support flight that killed six people, authorities said.
Bolivia’s crisis intensified on Saturday as President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency, enabling wider military deployment to clear blockades and restore order after protests brought the economy to a halt over the past 50 days.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee