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2026-01-01 • Bulgaria joins the eurozone, becoming its 21st member. Despite only 40%
Evening Analysis – The Gist Bulgaria’s midnight leap into the eurozone swells the single-currency bloc to 21 members and 350 million users—its first expansion since Croatia in 2023. Sofia gains a vote on ECB policy, yet only 40 % of Bulgarians back the switch and the caretaker government fell …
Read More2026-01-01 • Israel’s law cutting utilities to UNRWA and suspending NGOs weaponizes bureaucracy against Gazans,
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s new law cutting electricity and water to UNRWA facilities—and its simultaneous suspension of 37 international NGOs—marks a deliberate weaponisation of bureaucracy against 2.2 million Gazans. The measures take effect within 60 days, target groups that de…
Read More2025-12-31 • Iran’s currency crash sparks unrest, inflation near 50%. President Pezeshkian seeks dialogue
Evening Analysis – The Gist The rial’s crash to 1.4 million per US dollar—down from 430,000 three years ago—has pushed headline inflation near 50 percent and triggered the largest street mobilisations since Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022. Shopkeepers from Tehran’s Grand Bazaar to Shiraz closed th…
Read More2025-12-31 • Iran faces 48% inflation, a plummeting rial, and major protests. Tehran’s Grand
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 Moh…
Read More2025-12-30 • Tehran’s rial sinks to 1.39M per USD, sparking strikes. Inflation near
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 s…
Read More2025-12-30 • Iran’s currency collapse triggers merchant protests, forcing Central-Bank Governor’s resignation. Inflation soars,
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 ru…
Read More2025-12-29 • Ukraine seeks a 50-year U.S. security guarantee; U.S. offers 15. Russian
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 an…
Read More2025-12-29 • Beijing’s “Justice Mission 2025” encircles Taiwan with military might, testing allied
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 attac…
Read More2025-12-28 • Zelenskyy visits Palm Beach with a 20-point plan; Trump seeks concessions. Meanwhile,
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…
Read More2025-12-28 • Taiwan’s 7.0 quake off Yilan rattled tech supply chains, halting T
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 inspec…
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