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2025-09-20 • Russia’s airspace violations over Estonia highlight a pattern of aggression, testing NATO’s defenses and affecting regional
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Moscow’s 12-minute trespass over Estonia’s Vaindloo Island does not sound like much—until you count the precedents. It is the fourth Russian air incursion into NATO airspace this year, forcing Italian F-35s to scramble and Tallinn to invoke Article 4 consultatio…
Read More2025-09-19 • Europe sharpens sanctions: full Russian LNG ban by 2027, blacklists 118 tankers
Evening Analysis – The Gist Europe at last sharpens the knife it had long waved. Brussels’ 19th sanctions package accelerates a full ban on Russian LNG to 1 Jan 2027 and blacklists 118 “shadow-fleet” tankers, crypto channels and new banks (reuters.com). Energy still funds roughly a third of th…
Read More2025-09-19 • US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution, increasing diplomatic isolation and complicating strategies, as middle powers explore
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington has once again stood alone: overnight the United States cast its sixth veto on a Gaza-ceasefire resolution, blocking a 14-1 Security Council vote that demanded an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” halt to fighting, the release of hostages, and …
Read More2025-09-18 • Trump urges UK to use military against Channel migrants, tying it to tech investments. Reflects deeper US
Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, 18:32. Donald Trump capped his second UK state visit by urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to “deploy the army” against Channel migrants, coupling the demand with a £150 bn U.S.–UK tech-investment pledge.(ft.com) The spectacle—royal pageantry inside Wi…
Read More2025-09-18 • The Fed cut rates by 25 bps to 4-4.25%, signaling more cuts
Morning Intelligence – The Gist The Federal Reserve pivoted yesterday, trimming its policy rate by 25 bp to 4-4.25 %—its first cut of 2025—and signaling more could follow. Chair Powell framed the move as “risk-management” amid a cooling labor market, yet dissenting Governor Stephen Miran wante…
Read More2025-09-17 • The UK’s “Tech Prosperity Deal” with the US invests £31B in AI, quantum
Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, Washington and London’s new “Tech Prosperity Deal” funnels £31 billion ($42 billion) of mostly U.S. big-tech cash into U.K. AI, quantum and nuclear projects, led by Microsoft’s £22 billion pledge, Google’s £5 billion data-centre build and Nvidia’s depl…
Read More2025-09-17 • U.S. and China reach TikTok truce: U.S. consortium controls 80%, Byte
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington and Beijing have sketched a truce in the long-running TikTok saga: an 80 % U.S.-led consortium will control the app’s American assets while ByteDance keeps a symbolic 19.9 % stake and, crucially, the Chinese-written recommendation algorithm via a lice…
Read More2025-09-16 • Beijing’s critics warned about major powers’ impunity. A UN inquiry accuses Israeli leaders of
Evening Analysis – The Gist Beijing’s fiercest critics have long warned that the post-1945 legal order erodes when major powers enjoy impunity. Tonight that order faces its gravest stress-test in years: a UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded that senior Israeli officials—including Prime Mini…
Read More2025-09-16 • US and China draft deal to shift TikTok’s control to US, forcing ByteDance’s decision.
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington and Beijing have quietly forged a draft accord that would shift TikTok’s ownership—and control of its algorithm—into US hands. The outline, confirmed by Reuters and AP overnight and teased by Donald Trump himself on Truth Social, hands ByteDance a sta…
Read More2025-09-15 • Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities raise Brent to $67.35, WTI
Evening Analysis – The Gist Ukrainian drones ignited Russia’s Kirishi refinery (355,000 bpd) and hit the Primorsk export terminal, pushing Brent up 0.5 % to $67.35 and WTI to $63.05 as markets priced fresh supply risk.(reuters.com) Together, the facilities move roughly 1.3 mbd—more than Norway…
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