Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race following a weeks-long vote count that ended with a razor-thin margin of victory in the deeply polarized South American country. The country’s electoral office confirmed Friday that Fujimori, the eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, had won the June 7 runoff vote in what was her fourth bid for the presidency after unsuccessful campaigns in 2011, 2016 and 2021. In a post on X after the official proclamation, Fujimori thanked voters for their support and said Peru was entering “a new chapter.” She pledged to lead the transition with “responsibility, humility and a profound sense of duty.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/03/americas/fujimori-wins-peruvian-election-latam-intl
Many of the people who love Taylor Swift, and there are really so many of them, will love her even more after her wedding on Friday night. It was sweet to see the Swifties out in the New York City heat, hoping for a glimpse, their hearts on their sleeves. Those who don’t think of her at all will continue to not do so; her haters will continue to be mostly jerks if sometimes pretty funny. (Folks who like football will continue to have opinions on her husband Travis Kelce and the dodgy knee and big contract of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.) But for all of those on the cusp, for whom Taylor Swift is either a fascinating celebrity or just one more canny billionaire with a private jet addiction, this weekend put her on a tricky knife’s edge of opinion. It was a “Kim, there’s people that are dying” moment, as Madison Square Garden hosted a shindig for a thousand of her family, closest friends and business contacts even as hundreds of thousands of people across New York City had their power reduced or turned off.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/05/entertainment/taylor-swift-wedding-opinions
Outside the aircraft hangar-sized venue, the crowd of Gen Z office workers and teenagers is thickening. Event staff scan QR codes and fasten wristbands. Friends take selfies together as they wait in a queue. As night falls, the doors open and the nearly 5,000 attendees walk in. Inside the venue in India’s commercial hub Mumbai they remove their shoes and sit cross-legged on the floor. The lights dim. In the front row, a young mother rocks her baby on her shoulders, waiting for the music to begin. When it comes, it’s not thumping electro or pop lyrics that boom through the speakers, but centuries-old Hindu devotional songs more commonly heard in a temple or religious procession.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/04/india/india-gen-z-trend-spiritual-bhajan-clubbing-intl-hnk
I think this is the most exciting day of fixtures since the 2026 World Cup began. We have tournament heavyweights, dark horses, superstar players and one of the most incredible stadiums in the world to talk about in today’s offering. Brazil, England, Norway and Mexico will all hope to follow France and Morocco into the quarterfinals and avoid the heartbreak felt by Canada and Paraguay yesterday. But first, let’s focus on a rivalry that’s been bubbling away for a couple of seasons now. One that sees arguably the best defender in the world come up against the best attacker.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/05/sport/the-beautiful-game-july-5
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump on a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russia’s foreign ministry. The call came ahead of a critical NATO summit in Turkey starting Tuesday that the US president plans to attend and as Russian forces stepped up efforts to take more of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region - a key objective for the Kremlin. Ukraine meanwhile has continued to target Russian energy infrastructure.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/05/europe/putin-trump-call-independence-day-intl