Key Events of the Past Week (July 13 — July 19)
🇫🇷🇩🇪Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz held high-level talks focused on strengthening European defence cooperation. Germany is set to participate in a French nuclear exercise for the first time later this year.
🇬🇧Andy Burnham was elected leader of the Labour Party and is set to become the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister, succeeding Keir Starmer.
🇷🇺🇦🇿 Russia and Azerbaijan announced the normalization of bilateral relations following talks between Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow.
🇺🇸🇧🇷The United States imposed new 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, citing trade imbalances and the need to protect American industries.
🇺🇦Leaders of the "Coalition of the Willing" met in Paris to coordinate further military and financial support for Ukraine.
🇨🇳Representatives of 29 countries signed the agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in Shanghai.
🇫🇷🇩🇪Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz held high-level talks focused on strengthening European defence cooperation. Germany is set to participate in a French nuclear exercise for the first time later this year.
🇬🇧Andy Burnham was elected leader of the Labour Party and is set to become the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister, succeeding Keir Starmer.
🇷🇺🇦🇿 Russia and Azerbaijan announced the normalization of bilateral relations following talks between Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow.
🇺🇸🇧🇷The United States imposed new 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, citing trade imbalances and the need to protect American industries.
🇺🇦Leaders of the "Coalition of the Willing" met in Paris to coordinate further military and financial support for Ukraine.
🇨🇳Representatives of 29 countries signed the agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in Shanghai.