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    IRAN

    The latest.

    The regime has denied a rumour (amplified by opposition-aligned outlets) about Iran’s figurehead president tendering his resignation. Meanwhile, the US and Iran have again traded fire for the third time in a week, with the Americans claiming hits on Iranian radar sites, while Kuwait is reporting damage to a base hosting US troops. And… in weirder news, hackers have managed to breach the dormant Obama White House Instagram page to post pro-Iran propaganda! (France24)

  2. 02

    CHINA

    New kid on the regulatory block.

    Beijing has appointed Ding Xiangqun as chief of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), China’s top financial regulator. (CNA)

  3. 03

    ARMENIA

    EU should be careful.

    Moscow has recalled its ambassador to Armenia in protest over Yerevan’s accelerating rapprochement with the EU. Once a Russian ally, Armenia has pivoted sharply toward Brussels since Putin failed to protect it during Azerbaijan’s 2023 takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh. (DW)

  4. 04

    MEXICO

    We are nobody’s piñata.

    President Sheinbaum has used a big election anniversary rally to dunk on US meddling, framing DOJ indictments of top Mexican officials as attempts to destabilise her government rather than genuine anti-cartel cooperation. Her comments come days after Mexico’s senate approved a constitutional amendment adding ‘foreign interference’ to the list of grounds to annul an election. (Guardian)

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    AUSTRALIA

    AUKUS part 2?

    Treaty allies the UK, US, and Australia have used the sidelines of the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore to ink a deal for new joint underwater drones that’ll patrol undersea cables. It’s part of their trilateral AUKUS defence tech pact, which will also now see Australia get three used (rather than new) US Virginia-class subs. (BBC)

  6. 06

    ITALY

    Energising.

    Rome is now pushing to “Italianize“ the international unit for electric potential from ‘volt’ to ‘volta’ in honour of Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, whose pioneering work first inspired the name. (Politico)

  7. 07

    MOROCCO

    Africa’s new industrial leader.

    According to the African Development Bank, Morocco has now surpassed South Africa as the continent’s most industrialised economy for the first time. It partly reflects Morocco’s industrial upgrades and export diversification, but also South Africa’s struggles with power outages, corruption, and political instability. (Al Jazeera)

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