●SPX 7,440 (+1.18%) • IXIC 25,820 (+2.07%) • DJI 52,182 (+0.59%) — Q2 Closes with a Surge ●US & Iran Negotiators Head to Doha — Kushner & Witkoff Lead Team | Meeting Still Uncertain ●Israel-Lebanon Deal May Entrench Stalemate — Hezbollah Rejects Disarmament Flat Out ●Turkey EXCLUSIVE: NATO Adjusting to Security Landscape — US Not Withdrawing ●iPhone 18 Pro Supplier List & Parts Exposed in Tata Data Leak — Reuters ●Samsung & SK Hynix Mega Chips Gamble Tests Optimism of AI Cycle ●Oil Set for Steepest Quarterly Loss Since 2020 — Focus Shifts to US-Iran Doha Talks ●Monaco Blast Manhunt Launched — Target Identified as Ukrainian-Born Oligarch ●South African Cities Shuttered as Anti-Migrant Protests Spark Fear ●UK Regulator Considers Opening Apple & Google App Stores to Rival Payments ●STOXX 641 (+0.82%) • FTSE 10,560 (+0.73%) • N225 70,062 (+0.86%) ●Ralph Lauren Wins China Superfans by Selling the American Dream — At the Right Price ●AfD Leader Alice Weidel Vows to Restore German-Russian Ties — Eyes Chancellery ●Venezuela Death Toll 1,700+ — Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Aid Frustration Grows ●SPX 7,440 (+1.18%) • IXIC 25,820 (+2.07%) • DJI 52,182 (+0.59%) — Q2 Closes with a Surge ●US & Iran Negotiators Head to Doha — Kushner & Witkoff Lead Team | Meeting Still Uncertain ●Israel-Lebanon Deal May Entrench Stalemate — Hezbollah Rejects Disarmament Flat Out ●Turkey EXCLUSIVE: NATO Adjusting to Security Landscape — US Not Withdrawing

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Anime

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