At least 164 people are confirmed dead and nearly 1,000 injured after back-to-back earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck northern Venezuela yesterday. The disaster has prompted a state of emergency in Caracas and La Guaira, where rescue teams are searching for survivors beneath collapsed residential buildings. Beyond the humanitarian crisis, President Donald Trump has ordered a Department of Justice investigation into major oil firms including ExxonMobil and Shell, accusing them of price-gouging as wholesale fuel costs return to pre-war levels. In Europe, the G7 summit concluded with Trump praising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's performance in the ongoing conflict, while European allies prepared for a decisive NATO summit in Ankara next month. Meanwhile, the Vatican faces a looming schism as a traditionalist Catholic sect plans unauthorized ordinations on July 1st despite warnings from Pope Leo XIV.