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Trump hails ‘some headway’ after Putin meeting but acknowledges no deal

The meeting represented the first in-person talks between the two countries’ leaders in years.

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Trump’s Nobel ambitions likely driving Ukraine talks

Trump cold-called the Norwegian finance minister last month to discuss the prize, the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv reported. 

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President Donald Trump has stooped to cold calling Norwegian diplomats in his long-suffering bid to be awarded the country's coveted Nobel Peace Prize

All eyes on Alaska ahead of Trump-Putin summit

Putin’s proposal that Ukraine hand over the Donbas seems to have won favor with Trump, but Kyiv deems it unacceptable.

Banks’ war with crypto heats up

Crypto executives are calling on the president to stop banks from charging to access customer data.

Trump tries to temper expectations ahead of Putin meeting

Friday’s meeting in Alaska will be the third time the two have met face-to-face.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for Fed rate cut

Economists are increasingly worried that US inflation is gathering pace, driven by high tariffs, and that high rates are needed to cool it down.

Canadians’ views of US leaders tank, poll finds

Only 15% of Canadians approve of leadership in Washington.

Van Hollen accuses Trump of pay-to-play on chips

The White House has defended its unusual deal with Nvidia and AMD.

How Trump’s DC takeover divided the city’s Democrats

In Muriel Bowser, the president has found an unlikely partner for his crackdown on crime in the capital.

Taliban ‘colluding’ with senior UN officials to divert aid, new report finds

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s newest report, shared first with Semafor, contains in-depth allegations of misused assistance.

DNC faces votes on Israel and Gaza

The party committee will consider two Gaza-related resolutions at its meeting this month.

Business

Greece asks to repay debts a decade early

The country is a rare European economic success story, following a debt crisis in the late 2000s.

 

People walk past the Bank of Greece in central Athens.

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US wholesale prices see biggest surge in three years

The producer price index jumped 0.9% on the month, signaling that higher prices may hit US consumers in the months ahead.

UK economy sees unexpected growth in Q2

The UK economy grew 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025, slowing from the first three months of the year but still beating expectations.

US inflation holds steady but Trump’s tariffs drove up some prices

US inflation held steady in July at 2.7%, though core inflation data rose faster than expected.

Zuckerberg’s new manifesto reveals Meta’s shape-shifting strategy

Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding that his “real asset isn’t any app, it’s attention” might make it harder for Meta to deliver new products, an analyst said.

 

 

Semafor is a news website founded in 2022 by Ben Smith, a former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and media columnist at The New York Times, and Justin B. Smith, the former CEO of Bloomberg Media Group.