While geopolitical turmoil dominates headlines, a slower-burning revolution is taking shape in global finance. Asia Sentinel reports that China’s international digital currency platform, Project…
Closer to home for Greek readers — but with European-wide implications — the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has delivered a dramatic escalation in the OPEKEPE scandal, a sprawling…
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway through which a vast share of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) flows — is rapidly becoming the defining geopolitical and…
Today’s intelligence briefing from international investigative media.
This is a week defined by extremes: the awe of a moon launch set against the dread of a widening war, a natural disaster in Indonesia alongside political deal-making in Washington. The Trump…
Spain — Lamine Yamal speaks out: The young Barcelona and Spain star publicly condemned fans who sang anti-Muslim chants during a match, calling the behaviour “ignorant and racist.”
Brazil —…
Back in Washington, Republican leaders announced an agreement to end a partial budget paralysis that had snarled government operations. Le Monde reported that the deal comes after disruptions visible…
In a story that shocked New York City, a 7-month-old girl was fatally shot in the Williamsburg neighbourhood of Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. The New York Times reported that a man was taken into…
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the Northern Molucca Sea region in Indonesia early on Thursday local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake’s epicentre was…
The most consequential geopolitical story of the week centres on the ongoing US-Iran conflict and its rapidly expanding implications. President Donald Trump was set to deliver a prime-time address to…
Walter Murrow
