Category: World
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Netanyahu has rejected a US-led peace plan that Hamas accepted, refusing to withdraw until Hamas fully disarms. The sequencing problem at the heart of every negotiated end to a war.
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There is an Ebola vaccine — so why is DR Congo’s outbreak still growing? Because “Ebola” is several viruses, and the vaccines were built against a different one.
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At least 31 Christians have been killed in attacks across Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Why the violence is described both as religious persecution and as a land conflict — and why both are true.
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Sudan’s army says it repelled an RSF drone attack on Dilling in South Kordofan. Who is fighting whom, why these towns matter for aid, and how to read claims from a closed war.
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Cuba’s national grid partially collapsed after transmission lines failed between Matanzas and Pinar del Río. Why one broken link can darken a region in seconds.
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Amazon deforestation fell 37% to 2,874 km², the lowest since satellite monitoring began in 2016. How the figure is measured, what it leaves out, and why it’s still an area the size of Luxembourg.
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A bill passed the Senate 86–11 — and it still isn’t law. The stages a bill travels, why leadership can kill one without a vote, and how to read a lopsided margin.
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The Senate bill would allow 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil — meaning India and China. How tariffs on a buyer actually work, and who ends up paying.
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The US Senate has passed a sweeping sanctions bill 86–11, targeting Russian officials, banks and the shadow fleet, and authorising tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil.
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Who chooses Iran’s Supreme Leader, and why the doctrine behind the office is disputed within Shia Islam itself. The religious question behind a political succession.