Global news highlights from AP

July 2, 2026

US President Donald Trump took his first flight on a new Air Force One, a 400-million-dollar retrofitted Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar.

The jet features a navy belly and red and gold stripes, replacing the traditional light blue hull.

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President Trump earned nearly 1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, according to a federal filing, while investors faced losses.

These new ventures have outperformed much of his long-standing property portfolio in revenue.

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A foreign container ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while taking an unapproved route, says Iranian state television.

The report aimed to emphasise Tehran's claims over the strait, viewed by the world as an international waterway.

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A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications, saying the break was necessary to defend the Catholic faith.