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International News – 05/01/2026
Politics Israel-Lebanon ceasefire under strain – Lebanon’s National News Agency reports Israeli strikes have killed more than 30 people in a single day, including two children in southern Lebanon, in further violations of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire signed last month. The escalation raises fresh doubts about the durability of the truce. Israel expands controlled zone in […]
Sixty Days In: The Iran War and the Hormuz Stranglehold
Dispatch · Middle East Filed from open sources Reading time · 9 min ⊳ Special Report · The Iran War, Day 62 Sixty days in, a war on pause and a sea on edge. A fragile ceasefire holds. A vital chokepoint does not. As Washington and Tehran approach a constitutional flashpoint, the world economy waits […]
AI Week in Review: $700B Capex, GPT-5.5, and a Stalled EU AI Act (April 24 – May 1, 2026)
Weekly AI digest — April 24 to May 1, 2026. If a single week could capture the strange duality of the AI cycle in 2026, this was it. On the same days that Big Tech reported eye-watering capital expenditure plans north of $700 billion for the year, Brussels could not agree on whether to delay […]
International News – 04/30/2026
Politics South Korea sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years – An appeals court sentenced ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a Cabinet meeting ahead of his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. The ruling marks one of the most consequential post-impeachment criminal […]
International News – 04/29/2026
Politics U.S. weighs Iranian Strait of Hormuz proposal as Trump demands nuclear concessions – President Trump and his national security team voiced skepticism toward Iran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for tabling nuclear talks. Tehran has so far refused Trump’s central demand to halt all enrichment and formally renounce nuclear weapons, […]
International News – 04/28/2026
Politics Iran sends revised peace proposal as Trump weighs response – Mediators in Pakistan are expected to receive a revised proposal from Tehran in the coming days, after President Trump signaled he would not accept the earlier version. Iran has offered to give up control of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. […]
International News – 04/27/2026
Politics Iran’s foreign minister visits Putin as Trump weighs Tehran’s peace plan – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew to Moscow on Monday after a weekend of shuttle diplomacy through Pakistan and Oman, seeking foreign backing while talks with the United States remain on hold. President Donald Trump scrapped a planned trip by envoys Steve […]
International News – 04/26/2026
Politics Trump cancels Pakistan trip as Iran talks stall – President Trump announced that special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will not travel to Pakistan, citing long travel times and saying negotiations will continue by phone. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected what he called “forced negotiations” under US pressure, accusing Washington of undermining trust […]
Weekly Financial News — April 24, 2026
Week of April 17–24, 2026 — weekly review of global markets, commodities, crypto assets and key investment themes. 🌍 Dominant theme of the week Two competing forces shaped the week. On one side, geopolitical de-escalation: Iran announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz late in the previous week, fuelling hopes of a gradual exit […]
International News – 04/24/2026
Politics EU approves $106B loan package for Ukraine – The European Union ended months of political deadlock by approving a landmark $106-billion loan package designed to cover Ukraine’s economic and military needs over the next two years. The agreement is widely viewed as a decisive signal of European resolve amid ongoing pressure on Kyiv’s finances […]