Denmark will deploy up to 850 troops to Latvia in H2 2026.

Gold rose in Asian morning trade after the Federal Reserve left rates unchanged overnight. DBS Group strategist Sherilyn Chew said recent gains have been event-driven — notably US‑Iran de‑escalation — and have only partly offset Fed signals of possible hikes later this year, leaving prices in a narrow trading range. Chew expects central bank bullion buying to remain strong and a survey showing planned reserve increases over the next year should provide medium‑term support. DBS sees gold trading range‑bound near term; further declines in bond yields would likely push prices higher.

A research team at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences has cloned a core gene, CHPO, at locus qCR2 that links post-freeze tiller regrowth with efficient nitrogen uptake in rice. Using recombinant inbred lines from japonica KY131 and indica ZF802, the team treated regrowth after freezing as a novel metric of frost-recovery and identified CHPO as a regulatory switch that triggers tiller re-growth and enhanced nitrogen absorption after cold damage. The finding provides a molecular module and breeding strategy to develop cold-tolerant, yield-stable, nitrogen-efficient rice varieties. Results were published in Nature on June 17.