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Israel’s pledge to drop seven pallets of flour, sugar and canned food over Gaza—the first such airdrop in months—lands like symbolism, not strategy. Aid officials count 127 malnutrition deaths, mostly children, and over 1 000 civilians shot while queuing for food since May (reuters.com, wutc.org). A…

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 ban…

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 do…