Trump pressures Russia; Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire takes effect, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 29 July 2025
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| 0:35.2 | This is the world in brief from The Economist. |
| 0:42.3 | Our top stories. |
| 0:44.3 | Donald Trump said he was shortening Russia's deadline for making progress on peace with Ukraine, |
| 0:50.3 | quote, to 10 or 12 days. |
| 0:53.3 | Two weeks ago, America's president said he would impose |
| 0:56.7 | secondary tariffs on countries that buy Russian exports if no progress was made within 50 days. |
| 1:04.0 | Mr. Trump made the comments during a meeting in Scotland with Sarkir Stama, Britain's Prime Minister. |
| 1:11.1 | A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia came into effect. |
| 1:16.0 | The agreement concludes five days of violence between the countries over a long-running border |
| 1:21.5 | dispute. The conflict killed at least 35 people and displaced 300,000. |
| 1:28.9 | The leaders of both countries thanked China and America whose diplomats were present at the |
| 1:34.0 | discussions. |
| 1:37.0 | Mr. Trump said there is, quote, real starvation in Gaza and that America would set up food |
| 1:42.6 | centers. Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier denied that |
| 1:46.6 | people are starving. Meanwhile, Friedrich Meertz, Germany's Chancellor, said his country would airlift |
| 1:53.2 | humanitarian aid into Gaza. On Monday, Gaza's health ministry said that 14 people had died |
| 2:00.0 | from malnourishment in the enclave in the past 24 hours. |
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