World roundup: May 30-31 2026

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You’re reading the web version of Foreign Exchanges. If you’d like to get it delivered straight to your inbox, sign up today:Subscribe nowPROGRAMMING NOTE: I have a family commitment this evening and so I need to publish today’s newsletter early and without voiceover. This is perhaps an appropriate moment to mention that the next few months are going to be somewhat haphazard as my daughter graduates from high school and heads off to college. I will try to keep the disruptions to a minimum but unavoidably there will be disruptions. Thanks for your patience.GiveDirectly is raising funds to help families affected by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If you’re able to contribute, please do so!TODAY IN HISTORYMay 30, 1431: The 19 year old (give or take) Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy. After helping shepherd Charles VII to the French throne in 1429, Joan was captured while accompanying an army sent to relieve the English-Burgundian siege of Compiègne in May 1430. The Burgundians transferred her to English custody, and despite several French attempts to rescue her she was placed on trial for heresy in January 1431. Despite a lack of evidence and amid heavy English interference in what was supposed to be a Church process, Joan was found guilty.Joan being burned at the stake, an illustration from a manuscript of Les Vigiles de Charles VII by French writer Martial d’Auvergne (Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia Commons)May 30, 1913: The Treaty of London brings the First Balkan War to an end. The victorious Balkan League and the “Gre…