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Evening Analysis – The Gist America’s trade deficit tumbled 16 % in June to $60.2 billion, its lowest level in almost two years, as consumer-goods imports collapsed under tariffs now averaging 18.3 %—the highest since 1934. The politically charged gap with China shrank to just $9.5 billion, a …

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israeli forces again fired on crowds of hungry civilians in Gaza yesterday, killing at least 40 people and wounding scores near two aid-distribution points; five more died of starvation the same day. UN tallies now show over 1,000 Gazans have been shot while que…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, Beijing has hoisted its highest “red” rain-storm alert for six mountain-rimmed districts, ordering residents indoors as up to 200 mm of rain is forecast in just six hours tonight – one-third of the capital’s annual total. The city has already evacuated…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington has slammed the brakes on an already-fragile global trading system. In the last 24 hours the White House confirmed tariffs of 35 % on Canadian goods, 50 % on Brazilian exports, 25 % on India and 39 % on Switzerland—lifting the average U.S. tariff rate…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The shock 39 % U.S. tariff aimed at Switzerland is more than a bilateral spat—it is the clearest sign yet that President Trump’s trade strategy has pivoted from headline-grabbing skirmishes to systemic realignment. Switzerland sells $48 bn in goods to the U.S. and c…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s pre-dawn order to redeploy two Ohio-class subs after Dmitry Medvedev’s nuclear bluster is less about metal on the move than signals in the strategic ether. The U.S. keeps 8-10 of its 14 ballistic-missile boats continuously at sea, so “re-positioning…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening. Hamas’ blunt refusal to disarm unless a “fully-sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital” is secured shatters the diplomatic fiction that Gaza’s guns could be bargained away first and borders drawn later. Reuters’ rapid‐fire bulletin re…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Russia’s latest wave of 300 drones and missiles turned Kyiv’s Sviatoshyn district into a graveyard of concrete, killing 31—including five children—and wounding 159, the capital’s worst single-strike toll this year. (reuters.com) Beyond the horror, the attack lay…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The White House’s overnight decree slapping a baseline 10 % tariff—and surcharges up to 41 %—on goods from 68 nations jolts the post-war trading order. Global equities fell 1–4 %, and economists now peg the U.S. effective tariff rate at 18 %, triple the 2017 level. …

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s newest tariff salvo—up to 41 % on imports from 68 nations and the EU—signals that President Trump’s trade doctrine has shifted from tactical leverage to systemic rewiring. The duties cover almost $3 trillion in annual trade and lift average U.S. tar…