Diplomacy led the global agenda as U.S. and Iranian officials emerged from high-level talks in Switzerland with a 60-day roadmap toward a broader deal, alongside reported steps to reduce regional tensions from Lebanon to the Strait of Hormuz. In the United States, the Supreme Court restored Pedro Hernandez’s conviction in the Etan Patz case, closing off the prospect of a new trial in one of New York’s most haunting child murder cases. Markets, meanwhile, delivered a symbolic shift in Asia, where SK Hynix overtook Samsung Electronics as South Korea’s most valuable listed company, underscoring how the AI chip boom is redrawing corporate hierarchies. In Britain, EasyJet rejected a £4.7 billion takeover approach from Castlelake as opportunistic, setting up a sharper battle over the airline’s value. And in culture, Johnny Marr announced he will auction nearly 100 guitars, saying he wants the instruments played, not preserved as relics.