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2025-08-21 • Hurricane Erin’s rapid intensification highlights climate volatility.
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Hurricane Erin’s 24-hour leap from 75 mph to 160 mph—a 113% wind-speed surge—vaults it into the record books as one of the fastest-intensifying Atlantic storms on record, forcing evacuations along North Carolina’s tourist-dependent Outer Banks and closing New Yo…
Read More2025-08-20 • Russia’s drone attack strategy: volume over precision.
Evening Analysis – The Gist Russia’s overnight swarm of 93 Shahed-type drones and two missiles again exposed the war’s new arithmetic: volume over precision. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 62 of the drones and one missile, yet 31 penetrated, wounding 14 civilians in Sumy’s Okhtyrka and ign…
Read More2025-08-20 • White House “peace summit”: vague promises, no breakthroughs.
Morning Intelligence – The Gist The hurried White House “peace summit” reveals less a breakthrough than a scramble. Trump pledged “security guarantees” for Kyiv yet left NATO accession off-limits and offered only the vaguest hint of air support—hedging that kept the dollar firm as investors se…
Read More2025-08-19 • Hamas agrees to cease-fire plan; Israel reviewing.
Evening Analysis – The Gist Qatar’s disclosure that Hamas has given a “positive response” to a 60-day Gaza cease-fire plan—now under Israeli review—signals the first aligned movement by all principals since March’s truce collapse. The draft, seen by Reuters, trades 10 living and 18 deceased Is…
Read More2025-08-19 • Diplomacy speeds up; U.S. pushes Zelenskyy-Putin talks.
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Diplomacy’s clock is suddenly ticking faster. In the past 24 hours, Washington corralled Kyiv, EU leaders and—critically—Donald Trump into backing a Zelenskyy-Putin face-to-face within two weeks, with U.S.–led “security guarantees” to be drafted in just ten days…
Read More2025-08-18 • Washington summit exposes strategic vacuum, EU dependency.
Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s hurried summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump is less about ending one war than exposing a wider strategic vacuum. Europe has already out-spent Washington on Ukraine ($49 bn versus $30 bn) yet still flew to the White House seeking U.S. res…
Read More2025-08-18 • Ukraine proposes talks based on current front lines.
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Ukraine’s president has bluntly proposed that “the current front lines should be the basis for talks,” freezing Russia’s 1-million-strong invasion where it now occupies roughly 18 % of Ukrainian territory(reuters.com). European leaders in Washington back Kyiv, w…
Read More2025-08-17 • Markets react to U.S.–Russia Arctic talks; Ukraine tense.
Evening Analysis – The Gist Global markets recoiled after the Alaska summit where Donald Trump urged Kyiv to accept a cease-fire that mimics Russian terms while hinting at lifting sanctions to unlock joint U.S.–Russia Arctic drilling. European leaders scrambled to back Ukraine, yet the absence…
Read More2025-08-17 • Putin’s plan: Russia keeps land; Kyiv furious; markets react.
Morning Intelligence – The Gist A day after the Anchorage summit, a sketch of Vladimir Putin’s “peace” plan has surfaced: Russia keeps Donetsk and Luhansk, freezes the Kherson-Zaporizhzhia line and demands NATO renunciation and Crimea recognition, dangling only limited withdrawals in the north…
Read More2025-08-16 • Alaska summit prioritizes spectacle over substance.
Evening Analysis – The Gist The Alaska summit put spectacle before substance. Donald Trump emerged praising Vladimir Putin’s “constructive spirit,” yet offered no cease-fire, instead echoing Moscow’s call for a “comprehensive peace” that would freeze Russian gains on the ground. European leade…
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