Notable Events Around the World on - 2026-07-28

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy set to meet Trump as Iran and Ukraine wars converge

The US Senate will vote Tuesday on Russian sanctions, days after Ukraine attacked an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.

aljazeera.com

Trump says Iran talks taking place during pause in US military strikes

US President Donald Trump says talks with Iran are continuing during a pause in US military strikes

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Ebola response workers strike in DR Congo as death toll spikes

Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, have gone on strike.

aljazeera.com

AI stock sell-off continues as investors dump chipmakers

SK Hynix and Samsung shares slide and trading halt triggered on South Korea’s Kospi

ft.com

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping? – podcast

In the wake of the new PM’s bold pledge, Helen Pidd heads to a village for homeless people in Greater Manchester, where the former mayor first promised to take actionAndy Burnham made a surprise fi...

theguardian.com

Former senior ICE official says rush for numbers is causing deaths

Fmr. Acting Chief of Staff at ICE: a rush to hire officers and a focus on detention numbers is causing fatal mistakes.

aljazeera.com

J&J offers $5.5bn settlement in lawsuits claiming talc link to cancer

Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $5.5bn to settle nearly 70,000 US lawsuits over talc-based baby powder cancer claims.

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Houthis want to copy Iran’s Hormuz control in the Red Sea: Yemeni FM

Speaking in Riyadh, Yemen's internationally recognised government warns global complacency has emboldened the Houthis.

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What to expect from Zelensky and Netanyahu's visit to Washington

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the two world leaders to town, where they'll separately visit the White House to discuss their region's wars.

co.uk

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI

Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China's growing AI capabilities.

techcrunch.com

Iran war live: Trump touts ‘friendly talks’; Netanyahu arrives in US

Iran says US 'struggling' to end five-month-old war, as Netanyahu arrives in Washington, DC, for talks with Trump.

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