美國財長貝森特：在日本首相高市早苗的領導下，政府對經濟政策的干預減少，他們應該“坐下來享受”安倍經濟學的成功，讓其自然發展。

The Lebanese president said the government refuses to let southern Lebanon become a "forgotten region" or a bargaining chip, and that territory should be defended only by the state's legitimate weapons.

The US government will take a passive 35% stake in a private Venezuelan oil company led by Alejandro Betancourt and acquire preferential commercial rights, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal grants Betancourt’s North American Blue Energy Partners long-term (up to 100-year) development rights on 17 fields said to contain about 65 bln barrels—roughly one-fifth of Venezuela’s reserves—and gives Washington a priority right to buy 20% of production at cost. US officials moved to become a direct investor after US energy firms declined to invest at the speed and scale sought by the administration, according to people involved in negotiations.