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Long Reads04 May 26
The Strait of Hormuz Gambit: How a Maritime Chokepoint Became the World's Most Dangerous Flashpoint
The Weekly04 May 26
Most Shipping Traffic Stops in Strait of Hormuz as US Pledge Fails to Calm Markets
Long Reads04 May 26
The Hormuz Reckoning: Oil, Leverage, and the Limits of Coercion in the Persian Gulf
Long Reads04 May 26
How the Strait of Hormuz Became the Fault Line of a New Great-Game
Long Reads04 May 26
The Hormuz Gambit: Inside Washington's New Rules of Engagement Against Iran
Long Reads04 May 26
The Hormuz Gambit: How a Single Ship Transit Became the Latest Flashpoint Between Washington and Tehran
Long Reads04 May 26
Inside the Hormuz Gambit: How Project Freedom Became the Flashpoint Neither Side Wanted
Long Reads04 May 26
Hormuz Gambit: Oil Markets Shaken as U.S. Deploys Massive Naval Operation in the Strait
Long Reads04 May 26
The Hormuz Gambit: How Iran's Naval Pressure Is Redrawing the World's Most Critical Oil Chokepoint
Energy04 May 26
Hormuz Deadlock: US Pledges Safe Passage, But Ships Stay Put
Long Reads04 May 26
The Hormuz Chokepoint: How America's Naval Blockade Is Redrawing the Map of Global Oil Markets
Defense04 May 26
Hormuz Ceasefire Holds, But the Waterway Remains Closed
Long Reads04 May 26
The Hormuz Gambit: How America's Naval Blockade Is Redrawing the Map of Global Oil
Long Reads04 May 26
Hormuz in the Balance: How a Maritime Flashpoint Exposes the Fault Lines of US–Iran Tension
Defense04 May 26
Hezbollah's Qassem Denies Ceasefire as Lebanon Crossfire Escalates
Science04 May 26
Hezbollah Drone Strikes Expose Fragility in Israeli Air Defense Architecture
MENA04 May 26
Hezbollah Deputy Chief Rejects Ceasefire Framework, Declares Resistance Path Unchanged
The Weekly04 May 26
Guns, Fuel, and Fire: How the Middle East's Military Build-Up Is Squeezing Civilian Energy Markets
Culture04 May 26
GTA 6 Exclusivity and the Human Cost of Rockstar's Billion-Dollar Bet
Culture04 May 26
When Grief Becomes Content: Salman Khan, Bollywood, and the Business of Celebrity Loss
Culture04 May 26
How a Graphic Novel Finalist Brought the Horror of Asia's Scam Compounds to International Audiences
Opinion04 May 26
America's Mayor, Then and Now: What Giuliani's Fall Tells Us About Political Memory
Long Reads04 May 26
The Last Mayor: Rudy Giuliani, Institutional Memory, and the Cost of Political Loyalty
Long Reads04 May 26
Germany Backs US Pressure on Iran Over Strait of Hormuz as Diplomatic Deadlock Deepens
Europe04 May 26
German Chancellor Defends US Alliance as Troop Decision Tests Berlin's Strategic Alignment
Energy04 May 26
France Refuses US Hormuz Show of Force, Pushes Coordinated Reopening With Tehran
The Weekly04 May 26
Fragile Ceasefire and the Logic of Project Freedom: Inside the Hormuz Standoff
Obituaries04 May 26
Former Russian Chemical Defense Commander Found Dead in Moscow
Long Reads04 May 26
The Fog of Escalation: What the White House Won't Say About Iran
Intelligence04 May 26
Fico Backs Ukraine EU Bid After Zelenskyy Call, Cancels Moscow Parade Attendance
Americas04 May 26
Europe's Widening Circle: Brussels Courts Yerevan as Continental Identity Expands
Long Reads04 May 26
The Quiet Unraveling: Europe Confronts American Disengagement
MENA04 May 26
Escalation in the Gulf: Iranian Warning Shots and the Fractured Ceasefire Around Hormuz
Obituaries04 May 26
Eight Miners Killed in Magadan Coal Mine Collapse, Russian Emergency Ministry Confirms
Africa04 May 26
Drone Warfare and Victory Day: What Russia's May 9 Moment Means for African Stakeholders
Tech04 May 26
Drone Strike Hits Moscow Residential Building Near Kremlin
Arts04 May 26
Close Call at Newark: Why Ground Crew Safety Keeps Falling Through Aviation's Cracks
Asia04 May 26
China Deploys Legal Countermeasures as US Blacklist Expands
Science04 May 26
China's Ocean Science Ambitions Collide With Philippine Sovereignty Claims in Contested Waters
Asia04 May 26
Beijing's Sanctions Repudiation: China Tells Refiners to Bypass US Iran Oil Restrictions
Long Reads04 May 26
Ceasefire Under Strain: Inside the Strike on Kfar Tebnit and the Architecture of Lebanon's Fragile Peace
Americas04 May 26
Carney Declares the Old Canada-US Playbook Dead — Now What?
Americas04 May 26
Carney Declares Global 'Rupture' Underway, Questions Value of US Trade Deals
Long Reads04 May 26
Carney administration fast-tracks permanent residency for 33,000 foreign workers as Canada's immigration debate…
Culture04 May 26
Cannes Unveils a Jury Built for Contradiction
Americas04 May 26
Canada Pours Another $200 Million Into Ukraine Missile Defense, Carney Era Reshapes Alliance Aid Calculus
Americas04 May 26
Canada Commits Additional $200 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine
Culture04 May 26
Cambodia Deports 166 Chinese Suspected of Online Fraud in Joint Law Enforcement Action
Opinion04 May 26
Burry Dumps GME. The Market Cheered. That Should Tell You Everything.
Americas04 May 26
Brazil and Iran Resume Diplomatic Contact as Araghchi Briefs Vieira on Regional Developments
Long Reads04 May 26
BJP's West Bengal Breakthrough Reshapes India's Political Map
Markets04 May 26
Bitcoin Hits Three-Month High, Eyes $95K Target as ETF Inflows Signal Institutional Conviction
Markets04 May 26
Bitcoin's $80K Crossroads: Iran Risk Meets Institutional Demand — and the Market Is Split
Markets04 May 26
Bessent's Hormuz Gambit: Washington Asks Beijing to Do What Maximum Pressure Couldn't
Asia04 May 26
Bessent Calls on China to Join US Reopening Mission for Strait of Hormuz
Europe04 May 26
Berlin's Visa Crackdown Traps Indian Students in Degree Limbo as German Labour Policy Clashes With Academic Ambition
Long Reads04 May 26
Berlin's Balancing Act: Merz, the Atlantic Alliance, and the Quiet Preparation for a Less Reliable America
Science04 May 26
Beijing's Dual Signal: Marine Spats and Sanctions Defiance Expose Fault Lines in US-China Relations
Opinion04 May 26
When Banks Hire AI to Watch the Money They Are Holding in Bitcoin
Oceania04 May 26
Australia-Japan minerals deal sharpens the Indo-Pacific supply-chain fault line
Oceania04 May 26
Australia's Endeavour Sounds Supply Cost Alarm as Iran Conflict Rattles Energy Markets
Oceania04 May 26
Lobbying in Camera: Australian Senators Face Backlash Over Closed-Door TobaccoHearings
Africa04 May 26
Arab States Rally Behind UAE After Iranian Attacks
Long Reads04 May 26
Anthropic's Wall Street Alliance Redraws the Map for AI Commercialization
Africa04 May 26
Algeria and Iran Foreign Ministers Hold Diplomatic Talks in Wider Regional Context
Oceania04 May 26
Albanese Holds the Line on Gas Export Tax — For Now
Africa04 May 26
Moscow's African Mercenary Pipeline: Job Offers That End in Trenches
Oceania04 May 26
AFC Draw Confirms Iran Among Top Seeds for 2027 Asian Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia
Long Reads04 May 26
The Gap Between Trump's Iran Naval Claims and What the Evidence Shows
The Weekly04 May 26
South Korean Ship Attacked in Strait of Hormuz: What We Know
Africa04 May 26
Ramaphosa Demands Colonial Reparations at UN, Citing Body's Own Resolution
Long Reads04 May 26
Project Freedom and the Strait of Hormuz: What Trump's Gulf Gambit Reveals About US Power
Science04 May 26
Project Freedom: Trump's Hormuz Initiative Without US Warship Escorts, Officials Say
Long Reads04 May 26
Project Freedom and the Hormuz Gambit: What Trump's Military Operation Reveals About Dollar-Axis Friction in the Strait…
Long Reads04 May 26
World Liberty's Defamation Suit Against Justin Sun Exposes Fracture Lines in Trump's Crypto Empire
Africa04 May 26
US Sanctions Former DR Congo President Kabila Over Alleged Support for Armed Groups
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Long Game: The Rhetoric, the Legal Storm, and the Hormuz Wildcard
Europe04 May 26
Merz Declares Jewish Life Integral to German Democracy as Antisemitic Offenses Rise
Business04 May 26
Hong Kong's Listing Boom Tests the Limits of Geopolitical Risk Pricing
Long Reads04 May 26
Hong Kong's IPO Machine Runs Hot While the World Burns
Science04 May 26
Explosions Reported in Damascus as Syrian Military Claims Exercise Activity
Culture04 May 26
Dutch Consumer Foundation Sues Netflix for Up to €673 Million Over Subscription Price Hikes
Oceania04 May 26
Australia Opens Hearings Into Bondi Attack as Jewish Community Documents Surge in Antisemitic Incidents
Asia04 May 26
US Transfers 22 Crew Members of Seized Iranian Vessel to Pakistan
Europe04 May 26
Starmer's Britain: A Perfect Storm of Economic Pain and Diplomatic Drift
Long Reads04 May 26
Project Freedom: Trump Deploys Military Muscle Into Hormuz as Oil Markets Stay Unmoved
Long Reads04 May 26
The MV Touska Affair: How a Single Ship Became a Flashpoint in the New Persian Gulf Scramble
Long Reads04 May 26
Missiles in the Gulf: What the Fujairah Tanker Attack Tells Us About Regional Escalation
Long Reads04 May 26
Japan's New Indo-Pacific Doctrine: How the Strait of Hormuz Became the Fault Line of 2026
Culture04 May 26
IRGC declaration of inevitable victory signals a calculated posture amid rising Gulf tensions
Markets04 May 26
Iranian Strike on Fujairah Oil Hub Sends Shockwaves Through Energy Markets
Oceania04 May 26
Iran Fires Warning Missiles at US Guided-Missile Destroyer in Persian Gulf
Long Reads04 May 26
Escalation in the Gulf: Iranian Missile Strikes on UAE and the Unraveling of Regional Containment
Asia04 May 26
South Korea's Margin Loan Boom Tests Market Vigilance as Retail Fever Spreads
Americas04 May 26
Russian Nuclear Submarine Docks in Havana Harbour, 90 Miles From Florida
Europe04 May 26
Polish Public Broadcaster Liquidation Raises Constitutional Questions as Sejm Marshal Marks Birthday at TVP HQ
Sport04 May 26
Pistons Complete Historic Game 7 Comeback to Eliminate Magic
Culture04 May 26
The Met Gala's Eternal Exchange: Fashion, Fame, and the Charity That Disappears
Culture04 May 26
The Breaking Bad Legacy: Why One Show Keeps Defining What Prestige Television Can Be
Science04 May 26
Americans paid $125 million more at the pump last week as gas hits $4.39 — and commuters are voting with their wallets
Obituaries04 May 26
Alex Zanardi, Racing Champion and Paralympic Hero, Dies Aged 53 — With His Mother Still Seeing His Smile
Long Reads04 May 26
The Tariff That Broke the Transatlantic Illusion: Merz, Brussels, and the End of the Free Ride
Culture04 May 26
Inside the Rockstar QA Machine: Anonymous Review Exposes Triple-A Development's Human Cost
Long Reads04 May 26
Palm Oil as Political Weapon: How Southeast Asia Is Weaponising Agriculture Against Western Climate Policy
Letters04 May 26
Iranian Missiles Intercepted Over UAE as Ceasefire Collapse Looms
MENA04 May 26
Ceasefire unraveling: Iran warns Gulf states as Israeli intelligence forecasts collapse within hours
Arts04 May 26
Fingerprint Portrait and the Politics of the Missing Body in Iranian Commemoration
Culture04 May 26
Diego Luna Reads the News: Performance Art Meets Journalism at El País Festival
Culture04 May 26
The Devil Wears Prada 2's $233 Million Opening Reshapes Hollywood's Summer Calculus
Letters04 May 26
Decree Season: The Three Moves That Redefined American Leverage
Sport04 May 26
Brown's Ref Rant Divides the Room After Celtics' Game 7 Exit
Defense04 May 26
UAE Activates Air Defenses Against Missile Threat, Emergency Authority Confirms
Long Reads04 May 26
Eight or Nine Years: Executive Will, Market Doubt, and the Architecture of Presidential Power
Science04 May 26
Israel's $119 Billion Defense Bet: What the Record Spending on Weapons Systems Actually Signals
Africa04 May 26
Standard Chartered's Kenya Retreat and OPay's Gambit: Two Tales of African Finance in Transition
Culture04 May 26
Netflix's Narnia Gamble: Theatrical Delay Is a Bet on Legitimacy, Not Just Revenue
Opinion04 May 26
Founders Fund's $6 Billion Bet and the Three-Month Signal Bitcoin Just Sent
Europe04 May 26
Britain's Quiet Emergencies: Debt, Car Parks and the Fuel Lines Nobody Planned For
Long Reads04 May 26
When Geopolitical Shocks Meet Crypto Markets: The Iran Strike and the Battle for $80K
Long Reads04 May 26
The Tosca's Long Voyage Home: Seizure, Hostage Diplomacy, and the Fracturing of Gulf Shipping Norms
MENA04 May 26
Blazes Strike Fujairah Oil Facilities as UAE Issues Air Alert, Three Reported Injured
Culture04 May 26
The Witcher 3 Director Has Played Two Games That Reconnected Him With RPGs — And Industry Is Listening
Culture04 May 26
Three Delays and Counting: The Slow-burn Politics of Toxic
Long Reads04 May 26
GameStop's $56 Billion eBay Gambit: Cohen's Boldest Bet Yet
Culture04 May 26
The Game Is Secondary: How Gamers Learned to Watch Rather Than Play
Sport04 May 26
Embiid Returns from Appendectomy to Lead 76ers Past Celtics in Stunning Game 7 Comeback
Long Reads04 May 26
Bitcoin's Institutional Pivot: How Miners Became Banks and What It Means for $80K
Letters04 May 26
Drone Strike Targets Moscow Ahead of Red Square Parade Preparations
Opinion04 May 26
Bitcoin's Prophet Goes Quiet as the War Comes Home
Business04 May 26
Project Freedom: Pentagon Unveils Information-Led Strategy for Strait of Hormuz Amid Fresh Tanker Attack
Tech04 May 26
Ukraine Drone Strike Hits Moscow District in Widening Campaign Against Russian Rear Areas
Tech04 May 26
US Official Denies Iranian Missile Strike on American Warship as Tensions Escalate
Tech04 May 26
North Korea Denies US Cyber Claims as Rare Sports Diplomacy Opens Door to Seoul
The Weekly04 May 26
Spirit Airlines' Collapse Marks the End of America's Budget Carrier Experiment
Oceania04 May 26
Cyberattack on Fujairah Port Exposes Vulnerability of Critical Gulf Maritime Infrastructure
Africa04 May 26
EgyptAir Suspends All Flights to UAE in Move That Exposes Gulf Diplomatic Fraying
Long Reads04 May 26
First Dubai Air Alert Since Truce Raises Stakes for Gulf Diplomatic Window
Asia04 May 26
Vietnam's AI Talent Crunch: When Money Isn't Enough
Asia04 May 26
Vietnam's AI Talent War: Beyond the Paycheck
Opinion04 May 26
Bitcoin Miners Are Abandoning Their Own Story — and What That Tells Us About Dollar Hegemony
Culture04 May 26
The Doctrine of Certainty: How Tehran Frames Faith as a Counter to Western Power
Obituaries04 May 26
When Cities Fail Their Most Vulnerable: Two Deaths, Two Continents, One Pattern
Americas04 May 26
Mexico's Disappeared: A Mother's Seven-Year Search Ends in Bone Fragments
Climate04 May 26
Chinese Firms Are Quietly Stepping Back From the American Market
Europe04 May 26
The Great Pivot: How Bitcoin Miners Are Betting Everything on AI
Europe04 May 26
Fires Reported on Two Vessels Off UAE Coast as Maritime Incident Intensifies
Culture04 May 26
Shakira and the Grammar of Two Million
Asia04 May 26
Macron's Wake-Up Call: Europe Reckons With Its China Dependencies
Sport04 May 26
Kimi Antonelli Completes Historic Triple to Open F1 Tenure
Opinion04 May 26
GameStop's eBay Bid Is Meme Finance Doing the Job It Was Always Built to Do
Culture04 May 26
Fire Breaks Out at Mashhad Commercial Complex; Emergency Services Respond
Culture04 May 26
The Martyr's Fingerprint: How Iranian Artists Are Reshaping Sacred Commemoration
Culture04 May 26
The IRGC's Ashura Frame: How Tehran Weapons a Shia Memorial for Military Legitimacy
Culture04 May 26
Two Million in Copacabana: Shakira's Free Concert and the Soft-Power Play Behind Brazil's Boldest Gig
Europe04 May 26
EU Demands and Transatlantic Friction: Brussels' Dual Trade Hard Line
Oceania04 May 26
Australia's In-Home Childcare Safety Net Fraying as Costs Skyrocket, Advocates Warn
Tech04 May 26
GameStop's $55.5 Billion eBay Gambit: Audacity or Desperation?
Opinion04 May 26
The Supply Chain Reckoning: What Japan's Tourism Pivot and the Australia-Japan Bond Reveal
Europe04 May 26
Meloni Backs NATO Credentials, Rebuts US Troop Withdrawal Talk
Africa04 May 26
Two U.S. Service Members Missing During Annual Morocco Exercises, AFRICOM Says
Business04 May 26
UAE's OAPEC Exit Signals Gulf Energy Realignment
Culture04 May 26
Two Million in Rio: What Shakira's Copacabana Concert Tells Us About Event-Scale Politics
Africa04 May 26
Kenya Floods Expose a Climate Adaptation Deficit Years in the Making
Culture04 May 26
UAE Oil Tanker Fire Near Sharjah Triggers Air Defense Response, Disrupts Dubai Flights
Americas04 May 26
WHO Confirms Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Atlantic Cruise Ship
Africa04 May 26
Three Dead as Hantavirus Outbreak Strikes Atlantic Cruise Ship, WHO Confirms
Arts04 May 26
The $100 Million Rothko Question: What New York's Spring Auctions Reveal About Art as Asset Class
Africa04 May 26
Electoral Cycles, Economic Fear: Kenya's Persistent Business Disruption Problem
Culture04 May 26
Irancell's Free-Call Gift Offers a Window Into Iran's Domestic Tech Landscape
Culture04 May 26
War's Fingerprint on Paper: Iran's Red Crescent Archives and the Fragile Business of Preserving Humanitarian Memory
Culture04 May 26
The Infrastructure of Loyalty: How States Recruit Their Diasporas
Long Reads04 May 26
EgyptAir Grounds Its UAE Fleet: A Quiet Signal From Cairo
Americas04 May 26
Argentina's Financial Innovation Bet
Culture04 May 26
The Last Deer: Taxidermy and the Tragic Comedy of Iranian Ecology
Culture04 May 26
Peruvian Literature's Peripheral Turn: Writers from Huanta and Piura Find a National Stage
Investigations04 May 26
Noose on the Cake: Inside the Ben-Gvir Controversy and Israel's Execution Law
Culture04 May 26
Georg Baselitz and the Art of Refusal
Long Reads04 May 26
Lebanon's Invisible Dead: How Casualty Reporting Becomes a Battleground
Long Reads04 May 26
The Northern Shadow: What Belarus's Expanding Military Footprint Means for Ukraine's Flank
Culture04 May 26
Truck Rams Crowd at Colombian Exhibition, Killing at Least Two
Opinion04 May 26
Oil at $125, Bitcoin Green for Third Month — Is Crypto Finally Becoming the Macro Hedge It Always Claimed to Be?
Culture04 May 26
Kid Cudi Cuts MIA From Tour After Dallas Outburst Uproar
Americas04 May 26
Monster Truck Tragedy in Colombia Leaves Two Dead, Including Child
Culture04 May 26
The Conservative Family and the Anxious Teen: What the Mental Health Research Actually Shows
Culture04 May 26
Monster Truck Crash in Colombia Leaves Two Dead, Dozens Injured
Opinion04 May 26
Michael Burry's GameStop Exit Is a Verdict, Not a Prediction
Tech04 May 26
Fujairah Port Fire Sparks Escalation Fears as Iranian-State Channels Claim Strikes
Americas04 May 26
Cuba's Popular Militia Revives as Geopolitical Tensions Resurface
Geopolitics04 May 26
Iron Dome Over the Gulf: Israel Deploys Air Defense as Iran Targets UAE
Culture04 May 26
Truck Rams Crowd at Colombia Exhibition, Killing at Least Two
Obituaries04 May 26
Monster Truck Accident in Popayán, Colombia Kills Three, Injures Dozens
Investigations04 May 26
Ukraine's Unmanned Ground Vehicles Move From Battlefields to Rescue Missions
Opinion04 May 26
The Met Gala's Viral Logic Has Finally Consumed the Event It Was Built To Celebrate
Culture04 May 26
Def Leppard's Paris Return and the Economics of Eternal Rock Nostalgia
Geopolitics04 May 26
Iran Threatens U.S. Ships in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Launches 'Operation Freedom'
Culture04 May 26
Israel's Land Authority gets a new CEO — and the settlement movement gets a win
Asia04 May 26
Reggie Fils-Aimé Explains Nintendo's Discount Reluctance
Culture04 May 26
The Anatomy of an Unverifiable Viral Clip — and What It Tells Us About State-Adjacent Media Amplification
Culture04 May 26
The Exit Narrative: How 'War Fatigue' Became a Framing Tool in Europe's Ukraine Debate
Opinion04 May 26