The World in Brief from The Economist

President Joe Biden rebuked the International Criminal Court for seeking arrest warrants for Binyamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar. Also, Iran set new elections for June 28th, following the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s president, in a helicopter crash.

President Joe Biden issued an unambiguous rebuke of the International Criminal Court’s application seeking arrest warrants for Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s leader.

The price of copper extended its dramatic rally, rising to a record high of $11,105 per ton at the London Metal Exchange

Iran’s state media confirmed the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Also, Jake Sullivan, America’s national security adviser, traveled to Israel to push for a ceasefire agreement.

A search for Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, was under way after his helicopter was forced into a “hard landing” in the country’s mountainous north-west.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, warned that Russia could yet expand its assault on Kharkiv, a north-eastern region where it launched a surprise attack on May 10th, as he called on Western allies to increase supplies of military aid

Rudy Giuliani became the 18th person to be indicted in Arizona for conspiring to overturn the presidential election result in 2020.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, warned that Russia could yet expand its assault on Kharkiv, a north-eastern region, as he called on Western allies to increase supplies of military aid

America’s Dow Jones stock index closed the week above 40,000 for the first time.