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Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s 48 % inflation and a rial at 1 .39 million per dollar have ignited the biggest street protests since 2022. Shopkeepers of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar—historic king-makers of 1979—closed shutters and chanted “We can’t breathe,” hours after Central Bank chief Mohammad Reza Farzin resigned. (reuters.com) Tehran promises “open dialogue,” yet…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Tehran’s streets have again become an economic barometer: the rial sank to an unprecedented 1.39 million per U.S. dollar yesterday, unleashing shop-owner strikes from the Grand Bazaar to Jomhouri Avenue. Inflation near 50 percent and a 62 percent tax-hike proposal sharpen the pain, forcing President Pezeshkian to promise “dialogue” rather…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s currency imploded to ₺1.38 million per US dollar yesterday, igniting two straight days of merchant-led protests that closed swathes of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and forced Central-Bank Governor Farzin to resign. Police tear-gassed crowds; inflation already runs at 42 percent and food prices are up 72 percent year-on-year. (apnews.com) When…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Ukraine’s president emerged from Mar-a-Lago demanding a 50-year, NATO-style U.S. security guarantee; Washington countered with 15 years, and peace talks remain log-jammed over Donbas and Zaporizhzhia. The span matters: Russia still occupies 19 % of Ukrainian land and fired 500 drones and 40 missiles at Kyiv this week, underscoring the…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Beijing’s “Justice Mission 2025” ring-fenced Taiwan today with jets, drones and long-range rockets—the sixth such encirclement since 2022 and the largest yet. The operation follows Washington’s record $11.1 billion arms package and Japan’s warning that any attack on Taiwan could trigger a “survival-threatening situation,” effectively inviting Japanese intervention. (reuters.com) What…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Palm Beach is about to host the most consequential photo-op since Yalta: Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives with a 20-point plan that Washington says is “90 % complete,” while Donald Trump eyes headlines and hard concessions. (reuters.com) Moscow just reminded both men who really sets the timetable—unleashing roughly 500 drones and 40…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Taiwan’s 7.0-magnitude quake off Yilan at 23:05 local time rattled the global tech supply chain as much as it shook the island. Buildings swayed in Taipei, but the headline risk lay in TSMC’s chip fabs: the world’s pivotal foundry briefly halted lines for inspections after evacuating staff, a reminder that…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Russian forces fired roughly 500 drones and 40 missiles at Kyiv overnight, killing two and fracturing heat and power grids just hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due in Florida to seek a U.S-brokered cease-fire with Donald Trump. Zelenskyy calls the bombardment “Moscow’s answer to diplomacy,” yet insists the 20-point…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Thailand and Cambodia’s eleventh-hour cease-fire, in force from noon Bangkok time, ends 20 days of the bloodiest border combat in a decade: 101 dead and more than 500,000 civilians uprooted from eight provinces on both sides. (reuters.com) I read the joint statement’s pledge of “no further troop movements” as a…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Gold sprinted past $4,530 an ounce overnight, silver vaulted 4 % and platinum set a fresh record at $2,414 before dawn. The surge caps year-to-date gains of 71 % for bullion and 158 % for silver, eclipsing any calendar-year jump since the stagflation shock of 1979 (reuters.com) Contrary to the…