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Oct 15 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

French High School Protests Swell Again After a Lull

Tuesday's turnout more than doubled, days after the government said most schools had reopened.

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Oct 14 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Ukraine Says SpaceX Capped Its Military Starlink Overnight

Kyiv says its drone units canceled missions and calls the timing political. SpaceX hasn't explained the change.

Oct 11 · 6 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Declares an Energy Ceasefire Moscow Hasn't Confirmed

Ukraine's president called it news to him but says Kyiv will agree if Russia does.

Oct 10 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Strikes a Deal With Putin for Russian Diesel

Treasury temporarily eased sanctions on Russian diesel to bring down near-record prices. Ukraine's president calls it a gift to Putin.

Oct 9 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Navi Pillay, Who Led a UN Inquiry on Gaza, Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel committee honored her "efforts to promote peace and international law." Israel's Foreign Ministry said the committee "rewarded the biggest lie of the 21st century."

Oct 6 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Marine Arrested in Okinawa Killing as Base Debate Reopens

Okinawa's governor wants the Marines' rules reviewed, base opponents want the bases gone, and Tokyo wants stricter discipline.

Oct 6 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Russia Says Pneumonia After a Plague Lab Worker's Death

A Siberian plague-lab worker is dead and nearly 200 people are in quarantine. Moscow says it was pneumonia.

Oct 5 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

UK Greens Vote to Call Zionism Racism

Members passed the motion 1,022 to 813. Israel then barred Green leader Zack Polanski, who did not vote, from entering.

Sep 25 · 7 min read ·Geopolitics

Xi Gets a State Dinner. Senators in Both Parties Object.

Trump says he and Xi have "never gotten along better." Republican hawks call the welcome a mistake, and Senate Democrats say the summit delivered nothing.

Sep 23 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Tells the UN He'll "Annihilate" Iran or Cut a Deal

Hours after the threat, US and Iranian envoys sat down for their first direct talks in three months.

Sep 19 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

US, Denmark Strike a Deal. They Don't Agree What It Means

Trump says the deal gives the US permanent control of Greenland. Denmark and Greenland say sovereignty stays theirs.

Sep 14 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Sweden's Real Vote Count Undercuts the Far-Right Cabinet Bid

Actual ballots, not exit polls, show Kristersson refusing to concede a razor-thin count.

Sep 13 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Sweden Votes on Letting the Far Right Into Cabinet

Exit polls show Sweden's far right losing ground on the night it hoped to enter government for the first time.

Sep 13 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Zelensky Offers to Meet Putin at Miami G20. Moscow Says No.

Zelensky says he's ready to meet Putin at December's G20 in Miami. The Kremlin says that's impossible and wants Moscow instead.

Sep 8 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

UK, France and Canada Ban Israeli Settlement Goods

Britain accused Israeli settlers of "ethnic cleansing." Israel is already retaliating.

Sep 6 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Declares "Era of Proportionate Responses" Over

Iran hit a US Navy drone and three more tankers Sunday, hours after the US struck three Iranian tankers Saturday.

Sep 5 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Fires at US Warships, US Strikes Three Tankers

Congress passed a resolution in June ordering an end to this war. The fighting never stopped, and it's escalating again.

Sep 1 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

The US Struck a Deal for Venezuela's Oil

Trump calls it the biggest oil deal in history. His critics in Washington and Caracas don't.

Aug 31 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Iceland Votes No On Reopening EU Talks

Icelanders just voted, by a narrow margin, to shut down EU membership talks until at least 2028.

Aug 30 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

A Glacier Killed Hundreds. Nepal and China Disagree on Why.

Scientists call it a natural disaster. A Nepali journalist collective calls it man-made.