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Evening Analysis – The Gist Europe has fired its heaviest energy salvo yet: a legally binding phase-out of all Russian gas by 2027, steam-rollered through majority voting to sidestep Hungarian and Slovak vetoes. Brussels is gambling that LNG, renewables and demand-side cuts can replace the 155…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s pledge to reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing—under EU monitoring and with dual Israeli-Egyptian vetting—may evacuate some of the enclave’s 16,500 urgent medical cases, yet it still bars re-entry and hinges on Hamas delivering the last two hostage remains.(reu…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, Brussels just fired the starter-pistol on a historic energy divorce: a provisional EU deal will ban all Russian LNG by end-2026 and shutter long-term pipeline contracts no later than 1 November 2027. Russian gas, once 45 % of EU supply, has already sli…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning. Russia’s five-hour Kremlin session with U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff ended without a deal, leaving Putin repeating that “if Europe wants war, Russia will defeat you,” even as Kyiv confirmed only a “refined” draft peace framework afte…

Evening Analysis – The Gist OPEC+’s decision to submit every member to an annual, third-party audit of “maximum sustainable capacity” marks the cartel’s most radical transparency shift since quotas began in 1982. By 2027, production targets will be pegged to verified geology, not political ass…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Apple’s abrupt hand-over of its AI helm from John Giannandrea to ex-Microsoft and Google veteran Amar Subramanya is more than a personnel shuffle; it is Apple’s tacit admission that its once-mythic “it ships when it’s perfect” mantra cannot survive a generative-…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The first tremor of December did not come from a battlefield or a ballot box but from Constitution Avenue: President Trump signaled he has chosen his next Federal Reserve chair, and betting markets now price Kevin Hassett as front-runner. Reuters notes that Hassett …

Morning Intelligence – The Gist The overnight Miami talks between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kyiv’s new negotiator Rustem Umerov edged the U.S.–Ukraine peace track forward, with both sides calling the four-hour session “productive.” Reuters notes that envoy Steve Witkoff now heads to M…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Fresh talks in Hallandale Beach mark Washington’s boldest bid yet to liquidate Europe’s largest war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met a reshuffled Kyiv team led by Rustem Umerov after the bribery-tainted exit of Andriy Yermak…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist A sudden software recall has grounded portions of the world’s busiest aircraft family: Airbus has ordered 6,000 A-320-series jets—roughly half the global single-aisle fleet—to install an emergency patch after an October 30 JetBlue plunge injured passengers. All …