On Monday Japan government bonds fell as concern about inflation and fiscal risks pushed the benchmark 10-year JGB yield up for a sixth session to 2.79%, near Friday's intraday peak of 2.81% and the highest since Oct 1996. Yields have risen over the past month, led by the long end, amid energy-driven inflation risk, a sharp yen depreciation and worries over bigger government spending. Sony Financial senior economist Ken Miyajima said entrenched fears of fiscal expansion and cautious monetary man

The New York Times, citing three people familiar with the matter, reports President Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino on July 1 asking a review of the red-card suspension of U.S. leading scorer Balogun after he was sent off for stamping in the U.S. 2-0 win over Bosnia in the round of 32. On July 5 FIFA said its disciplinary committee found Balogun in breach of Articles 14 and 66 and imposed a one-match ban but invoked Article 27 to suspend that ban for one year, making him eligible for Monday’s match against Belgium — the first time since 1962 FIFA has allowed a player originally due to be suspended to play. Trump welcomed the decision on social media but did not disclose the call or claim credit.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said on social media that the U.S. Navy suspended active search at 1500 local time on July 5 for a sailor assigned to Sea Combat Helicopter Squadron 5 who was embarked on the USS George H. W. Bush. The sailor went missing after an MH-60S Seahawk made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on July 1. U.S. Navy and Air Force units conducted a large-scale joint search-and-rescue within CENTCOM’s area of responsibility for more than 102 hours, covering over 14,000 square miles, before ending active search efforts.