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When Gerasimov told Putin that Kupiansk had fallen, every Russian decision afterward treated the fiction as fact — and Ukraine now quietly exploits an army that punishes honest reporting.
Phil Cowin · June 29, 2026 · 13 min read
The F-35 now flies on fuel made from cooking oil and crop waste — and for a continent importing 97% of its crude through vulnerable chokepoints, that is an insurance policy, not a climate gesture.
Tiago Machado · June 27, 2026 · 14 min read
Seven prime ministers in a decade is not proof the country cannot be governed — it is proof the route to power now filters out anyone capable of the state-building Britain actually needs.
Oli Carpenter · June 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Sign-up bonuses topping $41,500 can no longer fill Russia's ranks, and Ukraine's drone campaign is bleeding men, fuel, and trucks — leaving Putin one option he has dodged since 2022.
Jompy · June 22, 2026 · 17 min read
Ten years after the FARC accord, armed groups hold 37% of Colombia — and a runoff between a Bukele-style hardliner and the deal's own "plumber" will decide whether the state fights or negotiates.
Rafael Vargas Castellar · June 19, 2026 · 14 min read
Netanyahu sold Trump a quick regime-change campaign; instead Israel got a hardened Tehran, a US-Iran deal that guts its nuclear case, and Washington pressing it to quit Lebanon.
Kyle Moran · June 17, 2026 · 17 min read
Locked in a struggle over the Nile and Red Sea, Cairo is ringing Ethiopia with allies while Addis arms proxies in Sudan — a contest that threatens to fuse the Horn's separate wars into one.
Liam Karr · June 15, 2026 · 12 min read
Discover how Ukraine's long-range strikes have turned the tide of the war, crippling Russia's military and industrial targets.
Jakub Janovsky · June 12, 2026 · 13 min read
Somalia's new crisis is just the latest iteration of a looming catastrophe. The country's president has been working to consolidate power, leading to clashes...
Paweł Wójcik · June 10, 2026 · 9 min read
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