Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 202, Yuan Shao, Chinese warlord passed away. In 1919, The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. In 1934, Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015) was born. In 1940, Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born. In 1942, World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue. In 1943, Jens Birkemose, Danish painter (died 2022) was born. In 1947, Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (born 1875) passed away. In 1948, Cold War: The Tito-Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. In 1956, In Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe. In 1967, Zhong Huandi, Chinese runner was born. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

China isn’t Europe’s real problem

South China Morning Post

June 28, 2026

lean left

Generals losing a war examine the enemy, battlefield and their own forces. Brussels prefers a different sequence, ordering new weapons first and worrying about the diagnosis later. That instinct was on display at the recent European Council meeting. Faced with a trade deficit it cannot close and dependencies it cannot shake, the European Union agreed on a new label: “global macroeconomic imbalances”. To solve them, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was reportedly directed to...

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