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  • 2025-07-26 • Thai-Cambodia: A war neither can afford

    Artillery thunder returned to Southeast Asia’s most sensitive frontier overnight: three days of Thai-Cambodian clashes have killed at least 33 people, driven more than 168,000 civilians from their homes and forced the UN Security Council into emergency session. Both capitals trade accusations of banned cluster munitions while Cambodia’s envoy pleads for an “immediate, unconditional cease-fire.”…

  • 2025-07-25 • Trump’s Brazil tariffs: A looming trade war

    The Trump⁠–⁠Lula standoff has lurched from rhetoric to rupture. A 50 % blanket tariff on every Brazilian import—set for August 1—targets a partner that supplies 80 % of the world’s orange-juice and 15 % of U.S. aircraft components. Producers in São Paulo’s citrus belt already see farm-gate prices down 50 % year-on-year, while U.S. grocers…