Trade : US & China reach a truce over export controls, for the time being (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
After securing a trade truce between the world's two largest economies in London on 10 June, United States President Donald Trump said that "OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE", claiming that it is "SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME."

Haiti : A record 1.3 million internally displaced due to gang violence - IOM (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Nearly 1.3 million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, a 24 percent increase since December 2024, according to a new report by the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Ukraine : Large-scale Russian strikes continue to inflict high civilian casualties (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Civilian deaths and injuries in the first five months of 2025 in war-torn Ukraine were nearly 50 per cent higher than in the same period last year, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has reported.