LunarWeaveA Himalayan Flood, An Endless 'Little Excursion', And An AI Gossip Network
A glacier collapse on the Nepal–Tibet border turned Himalayan valleys into a flood channel this week, and the humanitarian accounting is still climbing. The Red Cross fears…
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Rogue AIs, Renamed Lakes And A Himalayan Reckoning
Along the Nepal–Tibet border, the numbers are still provisional and awful. The Independent reports that people from more than 30 countries are missing after flash floods…
Spy Visits, $100bn Launchpads, And The Week AI Needed A Babysitter
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unannounced Moscow stop produced the odd spectacle of a Kremlin confirming he met Russian intelligence contacts, not Vladimir Putin — the first…
Trade Wars Escalate, Hormuz Gives Mixed Signals, And Dolly Takes Her Final Bow
Syria had a reset built out of two headlines. Washington lifted the state sponsor of terrorism designation, revoked HTS’s terrorist listing and applied sanctions relief,…
Peace Plans, Tariff Showdowns, A Mystery AI, And An Ocean That Keeps Setting Records
Ukraine marked its 35th independence day by collecting unusually concrete presents. Britain’s prime minister, Andy Burnham, chose Kyiv for his first foreign visit and…
Tariffs, Robot Sprints And Paperwork Still Losing To Gravity
Persian Gulf diplomacy continues to be conducted by other means. Pakistan’s army chief goes to Tehran on Monday to keep up Islamabad’s “good offices” between Iran and the US…
Bombs, Tariffs, And A Robot That Left Bolt In The Dust
The weekend in Ukraine followed the now familiar spiral. The Guardian reports Russian drones hit a busy shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, killing…
Debt, Drought And Doors That Won't Open
France 24's excerpt reports a double Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih killed 14 and wounded scores, with Zelensky accusing Moscow of hitting rescuers…
Admissions, Absurdities, And A Very Large Debt Number
Israel’s military has admitted its troops opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and has ordered a criminal investigation into her 2024 killing, France 24…
Debt Milestones, Robot Debuts And Diplomatic Whiplash
Washington escalated its feud with the International Criminal Court, imposing sanctions on court president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye — individuals…
Hormuz On The Map, Meta On Trial, Marmots In Crypto
Washington’s latest map says the Strait of Hormuz is “NEW U.S. Territory,” South China Morning Post reports, with no talks with Iran planned. Tehran’s speaker says the strait…
Peace Plans Looking For A Pulse, And A Planet Low On Patience
Jared Kushner worked the Gaza circuit on Monday: he met Hamas’s new leader in Egypt before sitting down with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, but the readout sounded like a…
