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    America launches “self-defence strikes” against Iran; protests in Belfast, and more

    10/06/2026 | 3 mins.
    America said it launched “self-defence strikes” against Iran, hours after Donald Trump blamed the country for shooting down an Apache army helicopter and vowed retaliation.

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    OpenAI files for IPO; Iran and Israel halt attacks, and more

    09/06/2026 | 4 mins.
    OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, confidentially filed for an initial public offering.

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    Iran fires missiles at Israel; Trump says interest rate increase would be “wrong”, and more

    08/06/2026 | 3 mins.
    Iran fired missiles and drones at northern Israel following Israeli strikes on Hizbullah, an Iran-backed militia, in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital.

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    Tech stocks tumble, America and Iran exchange fire, and more

    07/06/2026 | 3 mins.
    America’s Department of Agriculture said a second case of the screwworm parasite had been found in a calf on a ranch in Texas

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    Nasdaq slides as America reports strong jobs data; more strikes in the Middle East, and more

    06/06/2026 | 4 mins.
    SpaceX agreed to lease computing capacity to Google in a three-year deal worth $30bn

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The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief for access to the full World in Brief.Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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