LunarWeaveOil, Missiles, And A Foldable iPhone
The US and Iran spent Wednesday turning the Gulf into a live-fire lesson in escalation. The US military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers after IRGC attacks on a US warship,…
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Trade Walls, A Trillion-Dollar Math Claim, And Maps That Started Diplomatic Rows
Twelve countries, including the UK, France and Canada, will restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing “unprecedented” settler violence and the…
Bridges, Tariffs, And Robots With Strong Opinions
Iran is drawing new lines in the Gulf. Tehran says it will declare a restricted zone beyond the Strait of Hormuz and put vessels that enter without coordination on an Iranian…
Tankers, Talks And Robot Rulebooks
The Strait of Hormuz is running on retaliation math. US forces redirected 92 commercial vessels during the Iran blockade, with CENTCOM reporting F-35A patrols, two boardings…
Diplomats On Tour, AI Agents Scribbling, And A Map That Tells The Truth
BBC reports Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff landed in Moscow on Saturday carrying what President Trump called “a proposal to end the war” in Ukraine. Russian media timed the…
New World Maps, Rogue Agents, And A Robotaxi With No Steering Wheel
Diplomacy and escalation are sharing the rails in Ukraine. A Russian drone hit the central Kyiv building of the SBU security service on Friday afternoon, wounding nine and…
Gold On The Move, AI Talking Big, Football In A Huff
The cultural-diplomacy fight has become a front in Europe's hybrid war. After a drone laden with explosives was found near a Ukrainian plane at Leipzig/Halle airport, Moscow…
Escalation Returns, Bonds Throw A Tantrum, And AI Learns A Trick Of Its Own
The quiet spell is over. Al Arabiya says the US and Iran exchanged attacks as a months-long lull unravelled; AFP’s Le Soir write-up describes US strikes on Revolutionary…
Drone Blame Games, Hormuz Fever And A School Bell That Saved 900
Germany formally pinned the failed August 4 drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport on Russia, saying the Russian state supplied the know-how and equipment and recruited…
Oil Shocks, Tunnel Rescues, And Lake America
Six months into the US-Israeli war on Iran, the shooting restarted after a month of relative quiet. The US said it hit Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait…
Strait Of Hormuz Heats Up, Lake Ontario Gets A Rebrand, And One Donor Is Very Prolific
Sunday brought the first known U.S. strikes on Iran in more than a month: U.S. forces hit two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S.…
Glaciers, Oil Barrels And A Tech Breakup
Six months into the US-Israeli war with Iran, the International Maritime Organization says roughly 6,000 sailors on nearly 400 ships are still stranded in the Persian Gulf,…
