“Mr. Money is a powerful gentleman,” said the 17th century Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo. Spain is certainly no stranger to corruption, which has claimed plenty of political careers in recent decades. The latest in deepening jeopardy is current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who’s led the country for nearly eight years and has become one of the few European leaders to persistently and openly criticize the Trump administration – over Gaza, the Iran war and tariffs.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/21/europe/spanish-pm-wife-corruption-probe-intl
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Making peace with Iran is going to be just as painful as waging war. JD Vance’s first attempts at talks in Switzerland to solidify a memorandum of understanding with Tehran into a permanent end to the war are already in treacherous waters, although the vice president said some important progress was made over the weekend. The MOU signed by Trump in France last week halts fighting, opens the Strait of Hormuz and offers economic carrots to Iran in exchange for a pledge never to develop nuclear weapons. But it leaves vital details like the future of Tehran’s nuclear program and its stocks of enriched uranium to be hashed out over 60 days of high-stakes negotiations.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/iran-trump-peace-hard
When the Iranian delegation landed in Zurich, Switzerland at the weekend, chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was the first down the aircraft steps, followed by the foreign minister and other dignitaries. Shortly afterwards, Ghalibaf posted a photo on X, showing himself walking the tarmac in front of the aircraft, its fuselage adorned with the Iranian flag and the hashtag “#Mindab168” – a reference to a US attack on an elementary school in southern Iran in March. “I consider the innocent children of Mindab and all martyrs of dear Iran to be watching over my every action,” he wrote on X.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/world/iran-trump-talks-us-mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf-intl
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, once hailed as a maestro for directing a booming economy but who later received some of the blame for the housing bust and financial meltdown that occurred after he left office, has died, according to his wife, Andrea Mitchell. He was 100. Greenspan served five terms as Fed chairman under four presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan, who nominated him in 1987. His term under George W. Bush expired in 2006. His eighteen-and-a-half year tenure is the second longest as head of the nation’s central bank. His death was announced in a statement by Mitchell, a correspondent for NBC News and his wife for 29 years.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/22/economy/alan-greenspan-obituary