The Ceasefire Breaks, the Oil Shock Returns, and the World Feels It All at Once
Trump calls the Iran ceasefire 'over' after tanker attacks near Hormuz. Oil jumps 6%, markets tumble, and Latin America splits...
July 8, 2026Section
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The United States and Canada set the price of money, the direction of technology, and the trade rules the rest of the world lives by. The Rio Times covers North America through an emerging-market lens: the Fed and the dollar, Wall Street and the AI boom, tariffs and the policies that decide how capital flows to – or away from – Latin America. This hub gathers our daily US and Canada coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.
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Samsung’s Record Profit, Korea’s Sixth Crash: The AI Memory Reckoning Reaches Latin America
Samsung posted the biggest profit in tech history as Korea's market crashed. Inside the AI memory supercycle and what it...
July 7, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — A Maine Senate campaign collapses, the US crashes out of its home World Cup,...
July 7, 2026
Submarines, Summits And The Great Rearmament: How Canada’s Choice Signals A New Security Era
Canada picked Germany's TKMS over Korea's Hanwha as NATO leaders gather in Ankara to spend 5% of GDP. Inside the...
July 7, 2026
When The Best News Becomes The Bad News: Asia’s Chip Scare And The Global AI Reckoning
Samsung posted its best-ever profit and its shares still fell nearly 7%. Why the memory-chip scare is a global AI-bubble...
July 7, 2026
The Roar and the Ache: What the World Cup Reveals About a Fractured Planet
Morocco and Egypt lift Africa, Europe fights heat and racism, and the Americas host it all. How World Cup 2026...
July 6, 2026
A Missile, a Pact and the Ocean Where Great Powers Now Collide
China fired a submarine missile into the Pacific as Australia and Fiji sealed a defence pact. What the new ocean...
July 6, 2026USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — North America wakes stretched between pride and unease, as the United States marks 250...
July 6, 2026
One Tournament, Four Continents: How A World Cup Became The Planet’s Shared Heartbeat
From Cape Verde's near-miracle to Germany's collapse and America's unlikely joy, one World Cup has become the emotional weather of...
July 4, 2026