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Consumers Cheer for Savings, But Restaurant Owners Sigh A steakhouse in Tokyo is bustling with customers even during weekday lunch hours. SBS Jul 1, 2026 12:41 PM

Oman Shifts Stance: Proposes Joint 'Hormuz Service Fee' with Iran The New York Times reports that Oman is pursuing a plan to collect service fees from vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, in cooperation with Iran. SBS Jul 1, 2026 12:24 PM

Three-Year-Old Child Dramatically Rescued from Rubble: "The Only Survivor of the Day" According to Reuters on that day, a Jordanian rescue team pulled three-year-old Cliber Moran from the rubble of the Los Corales Garden 1 building in La Guaira, the state hit hardest by the earthquake. SBS Jul 1, 2026 12:18 PM

NASA Data Indicates 58,000 Buildings Destroyed in Venezuela, Far Exceeding Official Count According to analysis released by NASA, researchers at Oregon State University examined high-resolution radar imagery captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellite. SBS Jul 1, 2026 11:41 AM

Mirae Asset Denies Error in SpaceX IPO Allocation, Claims Proper Procedures Followed Nasdaq due to a misunderstanding regarding the order submission process, which resulted in 1.1 billion dollars, or approximately 1.7 trillion won, in subscription demand from Korean investors failing to be processed as actual orders. SBS Jul 1, 2026 11:37 AM

Netanyahu: No Withdrawal from Lebanon as Long as Armed Hezbollah Remains Although Iran has proposed ending the conflict in Lebanon—including the withdrawal of Israeli troops—as a condition for a ceasefire with the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his position that he will not pull troops out of southern Lebanon as long as the threat from Hezbollah persists. SBS Jul 1, 2026 11:36 AM

U.S. Lifts Export Restrictions on Anthropic's Top AI Models The U.S. government has decided to lift export restrictions on Anthropic's top-tier artificial intelligence models, Claude Mythos. SBS Jul 1, 2026 10:38 AM

Did Rubio Hand a 'Poisoned Chalice' to Potential Presidential Rival Vance? nuclear negotiations with Iran. According to officials in the Donald Trump administration, Secretary Rubio determined that the likelihood of reaching a satisfactory agreement with Iran was low and chose not to lead the delegation starting from the first round of talks held in Pakistan this past April. SBS Jul 1, 2026 10:21 AM

Iranian Clerical Body Calls for Assassination of Trump and Netanyahu President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The call comes as a demand for vengeance for the death of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. SBS Jul 1, 2026 10:15 AM

CIA Overhauls Organization to Focus on Cyber and Technology: "Advanced AI Models Are Digital Nuclear Weapons" Central Intelligence Agency is undergoing a major organizational overhaul, focusing on cyber and technology sectors to respond to the era of artificial intelligence and a rapidly changing security environment. SBS Jul 1, 2026 10:14 AM