We’re in the heart of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Between breaks lounging on the beach and cannonballing into the pool, have you made sure to keep up with this week’s latest international headlines?
1. Poland reinstated border controls with which two countries on Monday?
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the measures to help temporarily reduce the flow of asylum-seekers, FP’s Alexandra Sharp writes in World Brief.
2. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on 14 countries, with more following in the days after. When will the tariffs take effect?
Trump’s frenetic approach to global trade and diplomacy has left many U.S. businesses uncertain on how to plan investments or supply chain strategies, FP’s Keith Johnson reports.
3. Protests in Nairobi on Monday marked the anniversary of the Saba Saba march that helped bring an end to single-party rule in Kenya. How many years ago was the original march?
The demonstrations are the latest in a wave of youth-led protests against the Kenyan government that began last year, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
4. On Tuesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he was aiming to triple trade flows with India. What is the current bilateral trade between the two countries?
As the host nation of the recent BRICS leaders’ summit, Brazil has focused on economic development in an attempt to thwart threatened U.S. tariffs, Oliver Stuenkel writes.
5. Roughly how many missiles and drones did Russia launch at Ukraine overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday?
The United States’ brief cessation of military aid to Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing summer offensive proves once and for all that Washington cannot be trusted, Christian Caryl writes.
6. What was the chief reason for hundreds of thousands of workers in India launching a nationwide strike on Wednesday?
Meanwhile, questions over the Dalai Lama’s succession threaten to strain India-China relations, which had recently started to thaw, FP’s Michael Kugelman writes in South Asia Brief.
7. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a joint deal on Thursday to address which issue?
Starmer hopes the agreement will work to reduce migration to the United Kingdom and improve the country’s asylum process. Last year, Ismail Einashe argued that the new Labour government must overhaul the entire immigration system.
8. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court said it now believed war crimes and crimes against humanity were taking place in which Sudanese region amid the country’s ongoing civil war?
Former U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths spoke with FP’s Ravi Agrawal on how to think about solutions to the war in Sudan in May on FP Live.
9. U.S. tennis player Amanda Anisimova upset top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the women’s singles Wimbledon semifinal on Thursday to advance to the final. Who will she face?
This will be Anisimova’s first Grand Slam final, The Associated Press reports.
10. Roughly how many people gathered at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo to celebrate pygmy hippo Moo Deng’s first birthday on Thursday?
The zoo is holding four days of celebrations for Moo Deng, which include a 44-pound hippo-sized cake, according to NBC News.
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