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Following the conclusion of the long-anticipated "crypto week," the U.S. House of Representatives celebrated a major legislative victory on July 17 with the passage of the GENIUS Act, which U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law by July 18, CBS News reported the same day.

The British government sanctioned 18 people across three units of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency who are accused of conducting cyber and hybrid warfare operations targeting the United Kingdom and Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on July 18.

France completed the handover of its two remaining military facilities in Senegal to Senegalese authorities, Le Monde reported on July 17.

EU member states approved the bloc's 18th sanctions package against Russia, introducing a revised dynamic oil price cap, expanded banking restrictions, sanctions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and curbs on imports of oil products refined from Russian crude, Reuters reported on July 17.

U.S. bank Wells Fargo temporarily suspended all corporate travel to China after a company executive was hit with an exit ban, Reuters reported on July 18.

The European Union is offering the United States a tit-for-tat tariff reduction on vehicles that would see the United States reduce its 25% tariff on European cars to 17.5% in exchange for the European Union reducing its tariffs on U.S. cars to 0%, the Financial Times reported on July 17.

Brazil's Supreme Court required former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor and prohibited him from using social media, speaking to other individuals under investigation for an alleged 2022 coup plot, contacting diplomats, and going near embassies, g1 reported on July 18.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze dismissed a request by the European Union to implement institutional reforms and said that "If it comes down to peace and stability or visa-free travel [with the EU], we will certainly prioritize peace and stability," JAMnews reported on July 17.

The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban undersea telecommunication cables containing Chinese technology or equipment from connecting to the United States, according to a statement issued on July 16.