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Asia
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is linking Japan's long-term growth strategy to a multiyear budget framework designed to give strategic industries greater certainty. The plan seeks to mobilize ¥370 trillion in public and private investment through fiscal 2040 while preserving confidence in the country's public finances.
Oceania
Cost-of-living strain, housing scarcity, migration pressures, technological disruption and strategic uncertainty are no longer separate debates in Australia. Together, they are testing whether public institutions can plan, coordinate and deliver at the scale citizens expect.
Global
Petrobras and Pemex have established a renewable two-year framework to assess mature fields and deepwater opportunities in the Mexican Gulf, while leaving any investment, consortium or joint venture subject to later decisions.
India
A temporary US licence could help Iran receive new energy revenue, but recovering frozen holdings in India, China, Iraq and elsewhere would require a far broader unwinding of laws, blacklists, financial restrictions and commercial risk.
Middle East
Syria's UN representative accused Israel of obstructing stability through continued incursions and territorial occupation, while UN officials described the country's post-Assad transition as a mixture of fragile progress and persistent political, security and humanitarian risks.
Middle East
Donald Trump said no vessel could enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz without US Navy authorization and warned that the passage would remain closed until Iran accepted an agreement.
United States
Washington and Tehran said high-level talks produced a basis for further negotiations, with a 60-day process focused on a final settlement, navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and the conflict in Lebanon.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the agreement between Washington and Tehran but cautioned that the conflict could not yet be considered completely over, citing unresolved security questions and the need to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
