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US Sanctions Cuba’s Díaz-Canel as Trump Ramps Up Pressure automated-news
US Sanctions Cuba’s Díaz-Canel as Trump Ramps Up Pressure

The US slapped sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and members of his family, further ratcheting up pressure on the communist-run Caribbean island. CNN, Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

06 Jun 2026 🔒
US Proposes New Tariffs Over Forced Labor automated-news
US Proposes New Tariffs Over Forced Labor

The Trump administration has hit on a new way to impose tariffs on 60 nations that supply almost all US imports — accuse them of failing to enforce bans on foreign goods made with forced labor. Bloomberg News Global Trade Editor Brendan Murray joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg Thi

06 Jun 2026 🔒
Parliamentary elections mark 'historical moment' for Armenia, expert says automated-news
Parliamentary elections mark 'historical moment' for Armenia, expert says

Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections, which could reshape the country's ties with Russia and the West, mark a "historic moment" for the country, according to Ulrich Schmid, Professor of Eastern European Studies at the University of St Gallen. Incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is seeking

06 Jun 2026 🔒
Lebanon says three soldiers killed in Israeli attack on car automated-news
Lebanon says three soldiers killed in Israeli attack on car

The Israeli military is investigating the incident in south Lebanon, where it is fighting Hezbollah.

06 Jun 2026 🔒
On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy automated-news
On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy

A long trade war looms. Trump’s scattershot protectionism, chaotic tariffs and belligerence against our natural allies guarantees that US trade policy will remain a hot mess We are in for a long trade war. In the months since “Liberation Day” last year, when Donald Trump let loose a volley of tariff

06 Jun 2026 🔒
Gazan fishermen patch up dinghies with door frames to keep themselves afloat automated-news
Gazan fishermen patch up dinghies with door frames to keep themselves afloat

Gazan fishermen patch up dinghies with door frames to keep themselves afloat

06 Jun 2026 🔒
Pakistan interior minister heads to Iran amid push for peace deal - IRNA automated-news
Pakistan interior minister heads to Iran amid push for peace deal - IRNA

Pakistan interior minister heads to Iran amid push for peace deal - IRNA

06 Jun 2026 🔒
Iran says staff blocked from entering US after players given World Cup visas automated-news
Iran says staff blocked from entering US after players given World Cup visas

Iranian officials say technical staff have been denied visas, hours after the US said players could enter the country.

06 Jun 2026 🔒
Russia says hundreds of Ukrainian drones downed as economic forum ends automated-news
Russia says hundreds of Ukrainian drones downed as economic forum ends

Russia's defence ministry said the drones were downed over 16 areas and regions, including Crimea.

06 Jun 2026 🔒
America’s crude inventories are getting perilously low. But that’s not the full story. automated-news
America’s crude inventories are getting perilously low. But that’s not the full story.

U.S. commercial oil inventories may be too low for comfort as the war with Iran enters its fourth month far from a clear resolution — and a lot is riding on how much longer the conflict drags on.

06 Jun 2026 🔒
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