LunarWeaveDrones, Drought And Diplomatic Whiplash
Ukraine and Russia exchanged punishing overnight strikes. France 24 reported that 600 drones targeted the Moscow region, while Russian strikes hit a popular outdoor book…
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Strait Talk, Hot Air, And A Last Dog-Meat Summer
Donald Trump, with a chuckle, says he will “pretty soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, Euronews reports. Tehran’s retort, via France 24: the strait “will…
Hormuz Annexation Talk, Sewer Gold, And A Planet That Wants A Word
At a New York rally, Donald Trump said he would “pretty soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory “after defeating Iran,” a remark whose seriousness even reporters…
Caviar Diplomacy, Tariff Theatrics, And One Glorious Eclipse
Disasters coordinated their timing. Colombia is still digging through a magnitude 7.4 quake that killed 265 and left hundreds missing, and a DW review of 2026’s big tremors…
Blockades, Heatwaves And A History-Making Derby
The week's best unwelcome reminder that geography is destiny is the Strait of Hormuz. The Hindu reports a US helicopter fired on a Panama-flagged cargo ship that tried to…
Rubble, Verdicts And A Reactor Stalled By Jellyfish
Colombia spent Tuesday digging through concrete after a 7.4-magnitude quake hit its coffee-growing west, leaving at least 164 dead by one official count; the toll had reached…
Shaken Continents, Stuck Straits, And A Rocket That Flamed Out
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, trapping many under rubble in Cali, Pereira and Manizales, with the death toll above 100 by evening. The…
Hormuz Standoffs, Gaza Peace-Plan Whiplash, And A River That Won’t Keep Secrets
Chokepoint theatre is back in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s top security official says the waterway reopens only if Washington ends the “war and aggression” against Iran and…
Tariffs, Typhoons, And The Art Of Pretending To Have A Plan
Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Kyiv; Ukraine's stretched air defences intercepted exactly one, and nine people died, The Hindu reports. The toll continues: at least 14…
Toll Booths At Hormuz, A Pact In Mecca, And A White House Ballroom That Will Not Waltz
Iran is apparently adding toll booths to the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media said parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the US, Israel and other…
A Peace Base, A Tariff Spiral, And AI Agents With Impulse-Control Problems
Ukraine keeps aiming at Russia’s finances: BBC reporting has the president describing strikes on refineries deep inside Russia as an attempt to cut the revenues Moscow uses…
Air-Defence Math, Hormuz Whiplash And The Butler’s Last Question
In the Russia-Ukraine war, the air-defence arithmetic was brutal: Russian strikes killed at least 17 people in and around Kyiv, eight of them at a railway station, and France…
