* President Joe Biden will participate in a four-way virtual summit with the leaders of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and India during his Middle East trip this week, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday.
* Britain's new prime minister will be announced on Sept. 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson coming this week.
* A motion of no-confidence brought against French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne by a broad left-wing alliance failed in a vote in the National Assembly on Monday after opposition conservative MPs and the far-right opted not to vote, a count showed.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan plan to meet in the near future after a phone conversation in which they discussed efforts to facilitate grain exports from Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday met with visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to discuss financial and military support for Kiev, the presidential press service reported.
* US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will emphasize the strength of the US economy despite high inflation and a 1.6% annualized drop in first quarter gross domestic product when she meets with Japanese Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi on Tuesday, a senior Treasury official told reporters.
* Maltese President George Vella and visiting Croatian President Zoran Milanovic on Monday confirmed their commitment to continuing close bilateral cooperation on key issues, President Vella's office said in a statement.
* Euro zone finance ministers said on Monday the fight against inflation was the current priority despite dwindling growth in the bloc, as they were informed of a deteriorating economic outlook by the European Commission.
* The biggest overhaul of cross-border tax rules in a generation is now on course to take effect in 2024, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Monday in an update on the project for G20 finance ministers.
* The Republic of Korea's money supply kept growing in May as demand for bank deposits increased amid higher interest rates, central bank data showed Tuesday.
* Spain will contribute 1.86 billion euros (1.87 billion USD) to the International Monetary Fund's new Resilience and Sustainability Trust set up to address climate change challenges, especially in poorer countries facing multiple crises, the government said.
* Chile's government on Monday announced a 1.2 billion USD economic aid plan that includes bonuses and labor subsidies as the Andean nation struggles with surging inflation and an economic slowdown following a post-pandemic recovery.
* Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday announced his government has reached a deal to begin importing diesel fuel from Russia as part of measures to lower fuel prices at home.
* The flow of gas from Russia to Germany through Nord Stream 1 stopped for maintenance until July 21, severely reducing the country's gas imports, the pipeline operator said on Monday.
* The ongoing crisis in Ukraine continued to take a negative toll on Italy's economic situation, the country's main statistics entity reported Monday.
* The number of New Zealand border crossings continued to climb in May as border restrictions eased further, New Zealand's statistics department Stats NZ said on Tuesday.
* The food industry in Finland is facing a serious situation, Mikko Kakela, managing director of the Finnish Food and Drink Industries' Federation (ETL), told national broadcaster Yle on Monday.
* The United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution on strengthening connectivity between Central and South Asia.
* The EU's population shrank for a second year running last year, the bloc's statistics office said on Monday, as the region reels from over two million deaths from the coronavirus.
* The United Nations has verified 23,982 grave violations against children in armed conflict in 2021, which affected 19,165 children in the 21 country and regional situations it monitored, according to a report of the UN secretary-general, which was released on Monday.
* China's commercial capital of Shanghai was among dozens of cities baking in scorching temperatures as unusually hot weather buckled roads, popped roof tiles, and drove people to seek the cool in raid shelters underground.
* Spain is sweltering in its second heatwave, with scorching temperatures expected, risks of wildfires raised and low water levels recorded.
* Four large wildfires burning in the US state of Utah have scorched tens of thousands of acres of land as of Monday and forced evacuations from homes and campsites, authorities said.
* Russia registered its first case of monkeypox, consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Tuesday.
* Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub of Shanghai bracing for another mass testing campaign after detecting the BA.5 Omicron subvariant.
* The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will take steps to improve collection of international air passenger contact information to better monitor public health risks after a report found the current data system "needs substantial improvement."
* Health authorities in Zambia on Monday announced heightened COVID-19 preventive measures ahead of the forthcoming African Union (AU) meetings.
* Italy will soon start its campaign to administer a second COVID-19 booster to everyone aged over 60, the health minister said on Monday, after receiving a green light from European Union health agencies.
* Australian health authorities warned that a projected looming spike in COVID-19 cases could overwhelm the hospital system. According to the modelling, the number of Australians being treated for COVID-19 in hospitals during the BA.4 and BA.5 wave of infections is expected to surpass 5,000.
