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May 13 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Cut Machado Out

The Nobel laureate opposition leader was never in the U.S. post-Maduro plan. Delcy Rodriguez was.

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May 11 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Should Starmer Go?

After Labour's worst local elections in decades, 77 Labour MPs say yes. Starmer says no. Reform UK is watching.

May 11 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Won't Bow, Trump Says No

Iran offered to ship out its uranium. Trump said no. Netanyahu wants more war. Tucker wants out entirely.

May 7 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

India Wants Crocodiles To Guard The Bangladesh Border

A March 26 BSF memo. Crocodiles and venomous snakes in the rivers. Per Home Minister Amit Shah. Conservationists say it's illegal.

May 7 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Is There Any Hope For Ukraine?

Russia called a 3-day ceasefire for its parade. Ukraine called its own. Russia broke it 1,820 times in 10 hours.

May 7 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Hantavirus Reaches The U.S., Sort Of

Two Georgians off the cruise are being monitored. The strain is confirmed to spread person-to-person.

May 7 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Is An Iran Deal Actually Close?

Pakistan says yes. Witkoff and Kushner are writing a one-page MOU. But Mojtaba Khamenei isn't giving up nuclear tech.

May 6 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Project Freedom Just Got Paused

Project Freedom launched Monday. Iran hit an Emirati tanker hours later. Trump paused it Tuesday. Blockade stays.

May 6 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Pulls Troops From Germany

5,000 U.S. troops are coming out of Germany. Trump says many more are coming. Republicans are openly worried.

May 6 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Hangs Four In A Day

Four protesters were hanged in Urmia and Mashhad on Sunday. Human rights groups call it the 1988 playbook.

May 5 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Rubio Goes To The Pope

Rubio meets Pope Leo XIV Thursday in Rome after Trump called the first American pope "weak" and "terrible."

May 5 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

A Drone Lands Near The Kremlin

A Ukrainian drone hit a luxury Moscow high-rise 7km from the Kremlin, days before Putin's Victory Day parade.

May 5 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

The Ship No One Will Let In

There are three dead from a suspected hantavirus outbreak. 149 still on board the MV Hondius. Cape Verde won't let them off.

May 4 · 6 min read ·Geopolitics

Project Freedom Hits The Strait

Trump's Navy is going back into Hormuz. Iran calls it a truce violation.

Apr 29 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

UAE Quits OPEC

First major exit from OPEC in decades. Six days after a Treasury swap line with Scott Bessent. 60 days into a war where the UAE has taken 537 ballistic missiles, mostly alone.

Apr 29 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Xi Goes Soft On Taiwan

He hosted KMT chair Cheng Li-wun in Beijing, talked patience and family, and skipped 'One Country, Two Systems.' All this three weeks before Trump shows up.

Apr 29 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Yes Means Yes, EU Edition

The European Parliament voted 447-160 to push for an EU-wide affirmative-consent rape law. Italy and Hungary don't have one, and the EU might not have the power to make them.

Apr 29 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Colombia's Cocaine Hippo Problem

~170 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar's private menagerie are running around Colombia. An Indian billionaire is offering to take them.

Apr 29 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Blockade Forever

Trump won't lift the Hormuz blockade until Iran capitulates. Hegseth says it goes 'as long as it takes.'

Apr 29 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Charles Has A Word

First British monarch state visit since 2007. Trump called Starmer 'a loser.' So Britain sent the King.