Strong aftershock rattled Venezuela, Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui sentenced to 30 years, Weidel vowed to end Germany's boycott of Russian oil and gas, parcel bomb injured Yermolaiev family in Monaco

A strong 4.6-magnitude aftershock rattled northern Venezuela on June 29, 2026, sending terrified residents fleeing into the streets. The tremor struck five days after a devastating pair of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude "twin" earthquakes decimated the country's central coast. US and Iranian officials are due to meet in Qatar’s capital on Tuesday. A powerful parcel bomb explosion in Monaco on June 29, 2026, severely injured sanctioned Ukrainian tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev and his family. Alice Weidel, the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has vowed to end Germany's boycott of Russian oil and gas and restore economic relations with Moscow. Self-exiled Chinese billionaire and tycoon Guo Wengui was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. prison on Monday, June 29, 2026. Argentina President Javier Milei's administration grapples with a major political crisis following the June 27, 2026 resignation of Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni amidst a corruption investigation. The European Union is eliminating its "de minimis" customs duty exemption and introducing a temporary €3 flat-rate duty per item category for low-value parcels entering the bloc from July 1, 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly admitted that Ukrainian long-range strikes on energy infrastructure have caused "problems" and "a certain shortage" of fuel, noting miles-long queues at petrol stations across the country. On Monday, June 29, 2026, a 45-year-old Turkish national born in Germany opened fire at a mother-and-child youth welfare facility in Stade, Germany, killing six adults following a severe child custody dispute. Severe, sudden thunderstorms following a record-breaking heatwave knocked out power for tens of thousands of households across northern and central France. High tension mounts as an unofficial June 30 deadline set by anti-immigration protesters demands undocumented foreigners leave South Africa. On June 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings that blocked President Donald Trump from immediately firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, while simultaneously vastly expanding presidential power to terminate the heads of dozens of other independent regulatory agencies.