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  1. 11 Jun
    Strait of Hormuz standoff tests US-Iran line as Iran football captain recounts Tulum encounter
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  2. 10 Jun
    Venezuela's acting government signs oil-services MoU with Schlumberger as Caracas reopens the energy door
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  3. 10 Jun
    UK, Canada, France and Norway hit Israeli settler networks with coordinated sanctions
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  4. 10 Jun
    Trump Floats Walking Away From USMCA as Renegotiation Clock Ticks
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  5. 10 Jun
    Peru's runoff count begins: a slow, partial first look
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  6. 10 Jun
    OPEC's May output slump: a US naval blockade and a market reckoning
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  7. 10 Jun
    Mexico shutters US live-animal imports as screwworm reappears on the border
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  8. 10 Jun
    Iran's wheelchair basketball team books a world championship berth as Paralympic pathway deepens
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  9. 10 Jun
    Tehran and Havana tighten parliamentary ties as Iran-Caribbean axis deepens
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  10. 10 Jun
    Hegseth's Guantanamo Bay visit puts Cuba back in the U.S. crosshairs
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  11. 10 Jun
    Colombia’s House panel suspends President Petro pending campaign-finance investigation
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  12. 10 Jun
    Cuba Moves to Slim Down the State, Cutting Seven Ministries in Sweeping Administrative Overhaul
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  13. 10 Jun
    Border, bench, bug: three threads in Trump-era America on 10 June 2026
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  14. 10 Jun
    Four marches, one month: Argentina's street politics as economic pressure mounts
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  15. 10 Jun
    Argentina's last dance in Miami: can Scaloni's old guard rewrite the script in 2026?
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  16. 10 Jun
    Air Canada extends Tel Aviv suspension through late October, deepening post-war aviation retreat
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  17. 10 Jun
    Seventeen years in the cockpit: an Air Canada pilot, a fraudulent licence, and the regulator that did not catch it
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  18. 10 Jun
    Seventeen years in a cockpit, no licence to captain: the Air Canada case and the regulator that missed it
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  19. 10 Jun
    ADNOC's Canada play and Cenovus's pipeline warning redraw the map of who can ship Canadian energy where
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  20. 09 Jun
    Türkiye and Canada Open Exploratory Talks Toward a Free Trade Agreement
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  21. 09 Jun
    Spain cruise past Peru in final World Cup 2026 warm-up, Oyarzabal scoring inside two minutes
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  22. 09 Jun
    Sheinbaum leans on the national team as Mexico's 2026 World Cup moment approaches
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  23. 09 Jun
    Peru presidential race tightens to a razor's edge as count drags into a second day
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  24. 09 Jun
    Peru's runoff tightens as vote count resumes after Sunday's ballot
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  25. 09 Jun
    Car bomb on Moscow's eastern edge kills one, days after another blast wounds Ukrainian agents
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  26. 09 Jun
    Mexico City teachers' strike puts a World Cup halo over a national wage fight
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  27. 09 Jun
    Morocco steps onto the World Cup stage with an AFCON tailwind — and a Brazilian first opponent
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  28. 09 Jun
    Iran's World Cup squad told to enter and leave the US on match day — a logistics story that isn't really about logistics
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  29. 09 Jun
    Iran's World Cup squad gets same-day visa, fans shut out as tournament arrives under political strain
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  30. 09 Jun
    Iran's World Cup ticket allocation pulled days before kickoff, federation says
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  31. 09 Jun
    Iran's World Cup squad lands in Tijuana as a US visa standoff finds an unlikely workaround
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  32. 09 Jun
    Tehran moves to refund "Internet Pro" overcharges and bind operators to a 75% 5G target by March 2029
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  33. 09 Jun
    France bars Smotrich as Western capitals harden line on Israeli far-right over Gaza
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
  34. 09 Jun
    Cuba's president accuses Washington of weighing three pressure tracks, from economic takeover to military force
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  35. 09 Jun
    Havana calls US sanctions a 'pretext' as Cuba watches the Caribbean heat up
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  36. 09 Jun
    Magnitude 6.1 quake off Cuba sends tremors through Florida, exposing a fault zone the region has long ignored
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  37. 09 Jun
    Anarcho-capitalism returns to the foreground: a Latin American critique takes aim at the market as moral order
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  38. 08 Jun
    Washington Slaps More Than 100 Nicaraguan Officials With Sanctions, Citing Death of Political Prisoner Brooklyn Rivera
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  39. 08 Jun
    Venezuela's SPIEF turn and China's rural digitisation: two signals of a re-ordering Global South
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  40. 08 Jun
    Screwworm Returns to the US Border: Two New Cases Renew Friction Over Livestock Movement
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  41. 08 Jun
    Peru election odds tighten on Keiko Fujimori as polls close, with run-off math still unsettled
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  42. 08 Jun
    Peru's runoff tightens to a knife's edge: Sánchez overtakes Fujimori by fewer than 4,300 votes
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  43. 08 Jun
    Two streets, two contracts: Panama's mining march and Chile's Carabinero crackdown expose Latin America's extractive fault line
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  44. 08 Jun
    Medical schools add nutrition hours, DOJ moves to strip citizenship from 17, and a Caribbean tremor reaches Florida: three signals from a single Sunday
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  45. 08 Jun
    Iran's World Cup squad lands in Mexico as US visa row drags on
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  46. 08 Jun
    Erdogan–Rodríguez meeting in Istanbul signals a Caracas–Ankara axis testing Washington's hemispheric patience
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  47. 08 Jun
    Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off Cuba, jolts Havana
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  48. 07 Jun
    Same-day rule and a Mexican detour: Iran's 2026 World Cup team collides with US visa policy
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  49. 07 Jun
    Polymarket Asks Whether Díaz-Canel Survives June. The Market Itself Is the Story.
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  50. 07 Jun
    Iran's World Cup squad told to enter and leave US soil the same day of every match
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  51. 07 Jun
    Iran's World Cup detour: Tehran squad lands in Mexico after US visa refusals
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  52. 07 Jun
    England arrive as one of the 2026 World Cup's favourites. The tournament is built to test exactly that.
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  53. 06 Jun
    Trump posts AI video of global adoration on Truth Social
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · Americas · 7 min
  54. 06 Jun
    Polymarket puts a price on Cuba's succession
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  55. 06 Jun
    US visa refusals push Iran's World Cup camp from Arizona to Mexico
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  56. 06 Jun
    Iran's World Cup squad cleared, officials still waiting on US visas
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  57. 06 Jun
    Compute, classrooms, and the week SpaceX goes public
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · Americas · 6 min
  58. 06 Jun
    Canada Halts Texas Cattle Imports as Screwworm Resurfaces in U.S. Herds
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America · 6 min
  59. 06 Jun
    The Americas' loudest threat is rarely the foreign one
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  60. 05 Jun
    Treasury extends Iran oil sanctions as maximum-pressure campaign grinds on
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  61. 05 Jun
    Iran's federation holds the squad as US visa dispute clouds World Cup run-up
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  62. 05 Jun
    Iran's World Cup players cleared for U.S. entry as 2026 tournament approaches
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  63. 05 Jun
    Aclara's Brazil bet tries to redraw rare-earth map without China
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  64. 04 Jun
    Three wires, one afternoon: America is drawing down three strategic buffers at once
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  65. 04 Jun
    Rubio Designates Cuban President and Five Havana Entities in New Sanctions Tranche
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  66. 04 Jun
    Sanchez asks Peru's Congress to revisit 'pro-criminal' laws
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  67. 04 Jun
    Brazil's 30% oil push and the nickel deficit point to the same reordering
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  68. 03 Jun
    Rubio concedes US has 'not yet achieved' its goal in Venezuela
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  69. 03 Jun
    Rubio's Venezuela admission: the coercion didn't bend Caracas
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  70. 03 Jun
    Together for Peru unveils a 'New Road Map' — and asks a fragmented left to walk it
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  71. 03 Jun
    When Britain's Digital Border Goes Dark
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  72. 03 Jun
    Caine in Caracas: what the top US general's arrival tells us about the Venezuela file
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · Americas · 7 min
  73. 02 Jun
    Trump Nominates Career Diplomat Henry Wooster for Nairobi Ambassador Post
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · east-africa · 4 min
  74. 02 Jun
    Ten years of shelter: Catalan network marks decade protecting Mexico's journalists
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  75. 02 Jun
    South American Governments Push Back on 'Goodwill' Trade Framing as Regional Sovereignty Test
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  76. 02 Jun
    Sheinbaum Weathers a Storm: Mexico's President Faces U.S. Pressure and Political Turbulence
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  77. 02 Jun
    Rubio's GAESA Gambit: How a Senate Diplomatic Moment Became a Trust-Me Showdown
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 3 min
  78. 02 Jun
    Peruvian University Students Stage Nationwide Strike Over Economic Conditions and Education Funding
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  79. 02 Jun
    NEET MDS 2026 Result Day Sees Aspirants Brace for a Reckoning as NTA Reshapes UG Retest Plans
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia · 5 min
  80. 02 Jun
    Movement Dials Back L2 Ambitions as Stablecoin Payments Pivot Accelerates
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  81. 02 Jun
    Mexico's Sheinbaum Puts Sovereignty at Center of Foreign-Policy Message
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 3 min
  82. 02 Jun
    Iran's Warning and Canada's Reckoning: Two Crises, One Washington calculus
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · Americas / Middle East · 4 min
  83. 02 Jun
    Florida Representative's Call for Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Draws Bipartisan Criticism as Regional Tensions Rise
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
  84. 02 Jun
    Dolphins Spotted Swimming Off Chile's Pacific Coast in Documented Footage
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 3 min
  85. 02 Jun
    Ecuador's World Cup Dreamers and the Counterfeit Economy
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  86. 02 Jun
    China Trade Secret Offensive Cuts Both Ways as Beijing Courts the Global South
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  87. 02 Jun
    China's Diplomatic Offensive: How Beijing Built a 2026 Coalition Against Western Pressure
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  88. 02 Jun
    China's Iron Ore Squeeze: How Beijing Used Fortescue to Signal Its Trade War Boundaries
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  89. 02 Jun
    Canada's Fighter Jet Dilemma: F-35 vs Gripen and the Industrial Logic Behind the Swap
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
  90. 02 Jun
    Carney draws line on antisemitism as Canada weighs US trade leverage
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 5 min
  91. 01 Jun
    Washington Closes Another Chip Export Loophole, Targeting Nvidia's Most Advanced AI Processors
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  92. 01 Jun
    WHO Chief Returns From Congo Ebola Mission as Global Monitoring Network Catches False Alarms in Brazil
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 min
  93. 01 Jun
    The Theater of Anti-Drug Enforcement: When Dogs Bite Back in Santiago
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  94. 01 Jun
    Southcom Commander's Caracas Visit Signals Calculated US Outreach to Venezuela
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  95. 01 Jun
    Sheinbaum's Algorithmic Sovereignty Challenge: Mexico's 'Fourth Transformation' Confronts Platform Power
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  96. 01 Jun
    Sheinbaum Alleges Far-Right Coordination Campaign From US Groups, But Markets Assign Low Odds to Early Exit
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  97. 01 Jun
    Peru's Runoff Debate: Economy and Corruption Dominate as Voters Weigh Second-Choice Vote
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  98. 01 Jun
    Panama-Flagged Tanker Struck in Iraqi Waters, UK Maritime Authority Reports
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min
  99. 01 Jun
    Panama-Flagged Tanker Struck in Iraqi Waters Near Umm Qasr
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min
  100. 01 Jun
    Mexico's World Cup Countdown Exposes Deep-Seated Infrastructure Crisis
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Americas · 4 min
  101. 01 Jun
    Mexico's World Cup Reckoning: Two Weeks Out, Stadiums Unfinished
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 3 min
  102. 01 Jun
    Iran's Volleyball Team Touches Down in Brasília as Nations League Campaign Nears
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 4 min
  103. 01 Jun
    ICC Suspends Cricket Canada Amid Governance Dispute, But National Teams Keep Playing
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 min
  104. 01 Jun
    FIFA to Intervene as Iran Football Federation Cites Visa Obstacles for Mexico Trip
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 3 min
  105. 01 Jun
    Far-right outsider tops Colombia presidential first round, setting up polarized run-off
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 3 min
  106. 01 Jun
    Colombia's Far-Right Surge and the Limits of the 'Pro-Trump' Frame
    americas · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
  107. 01 Jun
    Colombia's Far-Right Surge: What De la Espriella's First-Round Win Tells Us
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · latin america · 4 min
  108. 01 Jun
    Colombia's Right-Wing 'Tiger' Advances to Runoff, Riding a Wave of Law-and-Order Sentiment
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  109. 01 Jun
    Canada Enters Technical Recession as First-Quarter GDP Contracts
    americas · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min