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Power is moving east, south, and sideways. The new map of who decides.
Germany's parliament is rarely dramatic. This week it was. Merz accused the AfD of ethnic cleansing. Weidel, after a 43.8% win in Saxony-Anhalt, said his time was up. 'Never again' is being tested.
Days before Ukraine's drones hit Wildberries, Tatyana Kim wrote her sellers out of compensation for war. More than twenty warehouses later, Russia's richest woman says the loss isn't hers to cover.
Half a million wait under siege in Sudan while the world watches a peace deal die with a tanker crew, in a strait carrying a fifth of its oil. Kyiv's run out of interceptors. 15 days, 3 chokepoints.
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The US and Iran signed a memorandum ending their war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, even as Sudan's RSF besieged El Obeid and Ukraine launched a 40-day strike campaign on Russia's oil economy.
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The Gulf ceasefire is now a fiction both sides maintain for cover, with global energy the hostage. Plus Ukraine's deep strikes into Russia, the Chornobyl hit, Sudan, and the week's WPS read.
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Latvia’s PM Evika Siliņa resigns, In Britain, Keir Starmer is still in Downing Street. Just about.
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This Week's Brief: The Thesaurus is the New Tomahawk
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Epic Fury in Iran & The Middle East
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The Women Leaders Who Shaped Europe’s Response at Munich Security Conference 2026
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New trade partnerships, Special relationships, Gold & Silver safe havens, Humans aren't mature enough for advanced AI
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Davos, Greenland, New Trade & Defence Pacts, Meta Wants Human-Centric AI
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Article 5 doesn't work against its own members. Denmark's PM just confirmed it
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AI Slop, Going Male, Budget Bonfire, Jail Time, Tanzanian Sanctions, Pay Gap Gains/Losses, Launching the Weekly Conflict Watch
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Freedom Manifesto, Death Sentences, Sibling fights & micro-dosing cocaine, Japan's New PM stepped in it with China, AMD's $1 trillion chip market & Robolox Games
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Cop30 Kick Off, Earthshot Winners, Sudan Rages On, Assasination Attempt Claims, Miss Universe's Misogynist Drama & Don't Trust AI To Tell You The News
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