by Elizabeth Oakes | Jun 27, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, the White House brokered an Israel-Iran ceasefire deal, NATO leaders met in The Hague and committed to a 5% of GDP defense spending target, the U.S. and China announced a trade framework agreement, and Rwanda and DR Congo signed a peace agreement in...
by Karina Martinez | Jun 20, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, President Trump stated he would decide whether to directly involve the U.S. military in the Israel-Iran conflict within two weeks, the G7 met in Canada, Russia launched the year’s deadliest missile attack on Kyiv, and Rwanda and the DR Congo drafted a...
by Karina Martinez | Jun 13, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities and killed top military officials, the U.S. and China announced a trade agreement, over 290 people died in an Air India plane crash, and tensions escalated surrounding anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Read...
by Karina Martinez | Jun 6, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Russian military airbases and Russia retaliated with a major air attack, President Trump spoke by phone with President of China Xi Jinping, NATO defense ministers gathered in Brussels, and Lee Jae-myung was...
by Karina Martinez | May 30, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, an appeals court temporarily reinstated President Trump’s tariffs, ASEAN held its first-ever summit with China and six Gulf Cooperation Council countries in Kuala Lumpur, defense leaders convened in Singapore to kick off the annual IISS Shangri-La Dialogue,...
by Karina Martinez | May 23, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, the EU and UK struck a Brexit ‘reset’ deal, President Trump and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa had a tense Oval Office meeting, G7 finance ministers and central bank governors met in Canada, and Nicușor Dan was elected president of Romania. This...
