Daily SumUp

From their medieval roots and their brush with Nazis, these beloved bazaars are now celebrated around the world. 

Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has forced approximately 700,000 civilians to flee their homes, with the death toll reaching 23 since clashes escalated this week. Official reports from both countries detail significant civilian and military casualties amid a massive internal displacement crisis.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, tells Le Monde that the zone would require Ukrainian and Russian forces to both pull back from the front line. 

Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, many European observers have been in a state of wilful denial. They have been hopeful that Trump 2.0 would be largely the same as his first administration where the rhetoric was worse than the reality. 

Government statement frames operation as assault on country's sovereignty and natural resources

The 156-day trial, the most high-profile use of Beijing’s draconian national security law, is set to come to a close.

Taiwan, trade ties and German access to critical rare earth minerals topped the agenda during German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul's first visit to China.

Kosovo has started accepting migrants deported from the United States and who are not originally from Kosovo, caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti said late on Thursday.

The Trump administration is reportedly thinking about leaving Europe out and creating a new economic alliance. It would include just the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Canada, and Australia.The idea is to build a “like-minded” group that avoids what Trump insiders see as European bureaucracy, weakness, and constant roadblocks on China, trade, and defense.An official who worked in the White House during Trump's first administration said that the idea of creating a Core 5, or C5, alliance involving the US, China, India, Japan, and Russia is no longer considered particularly shocking.Therefore, current talks of a whole new G7 shouldn’t be surprising either.This means scrap the old G7 and replace it with countries Trump actually wants to deal with.While this could shatter decades of transatlantic unity, supporters of this new G7 group would call it a long-overdue reset that reflects where the real geopolitical power is shifting.It is a bold move that could reshape Western diplomacy entirely.A G7 without Europe? That’s not a summit, that’s a statement.