



Liz Hoffman

Amena Bakr

Government bond yields rose to multiyear highs and stock markets fell as fears of a prolonged US-Iran conflict grows.
2Silicon Valley giants like Microsoft and Google are making moves to become less reliant on China, amid a process of US-China tech decoupling.
3Washington’s Asian allies voiced concerns after Trump said he would scale back participation in joint military exercises with South Korea.
4Water levels at the largest reservoirs in the US fell to their lowest in decades, as climate change brings a punishing dry spell.
5A Russian court sentenced an anti-war party leader to over a decade in a penal colony, the latest sign of the Kremlin’s rising domestic repression.
6China faced deepening economic headwinds in July, state data showed, as consumer spending and investment slumped further.




























