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  1. 11 Jun
    The Qinghai–Tibet line, a Polish seaside room, and the slow grind of European rail: a weekly digest
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 8 min
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  2. 10 Jun
    A tournament of contradictions: how the 2026 World Cup exposed a year of strain
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 10 min
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  3. 10 Jun
    U.S. strikes on Iran: what the wire says, what it doesn't, and what comes next
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
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  4. 10 Jun
    The 21:35 UTC Hour: How the Iran Strike Was Reported Before It Was Understood
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  5. 10 Jun
    The Blocked Ledger: How UK Banks Are Quietly Reshaping Crypto Access
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
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  6. 10 Jun
    Taliban Says Pakistani Airstrikes Killed 13, Including Children, in Border Provinces
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 6 min
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  7. 10 Jun
    Price transparency meets deport-to-vote: a Tuesday of administrative hardball in Washington
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
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  8. 10 Jun
    Netanyahu's late-cycle return to the hustings, and the American question he cannot outrun
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
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  9. 10 Jun
    Netanyahu's English-language pitch to Lebanon: a calibrated appeal, not a call to surrender
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
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  10. 10 Jun
    Inside 'Mindychgate': the SBU detention of Vasyl Vesely and the audiotape probe reshaping Ukraine's wartime elite
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 8 min
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  11. 10 Jun
    Nine strikes on Majdal Zoun: how southern Lebanon became the template for Israel’s post-ceasefire pressure campaign
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
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  12. 10 Jun
    Tehran signals escalation: Iranian lawmaker claims territorial gains from a '40-day war' and warns of further expansion
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
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  13. 10 Jun
    Israel says it killed Hamas finance chief in northern Gaza as aid corridor talks drag
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
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  14. 10 Jun
    Gates on the Hill: what a closed-door Epstein deposition tells us about the limits of disclosure
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 8 min
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  15. 09 Jun
    Xi Returns to Pyongyang: A Sino-North Korean Pact Rebuilt on Industrial and Strategic Asymmetry
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 7 min
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  16. 09 Jun
    Boos in Midtown: A Madison Square Garden Night as a Barometer of American Public Mood
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 9 min
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  17. 09 Jun
    "Very close" is doing a lot of work: how 37 Trump claims of an Iran deal are colliding with a Netanyahu ultimatum
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
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  18. 09 Jun
    Strikes on Hormozgan: a fast-moving night on the Strait of Hormuz
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
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  19. 09 Jun
    The week the world's pressure points all blinked at once
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 7 min
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  20. 09 Jun
    When the public square turns hostile: Peterson, the post-liberal Left, and the closing of the conversation
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 13 min
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  21. 09 Jun
    OpenAI files for IPO — and quietly opens a debate about whether the frontier should ever be slowed
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
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  22. 09 Jun
    The Week the Machines Stopped Cooperating: Drone Rescues, AI Rehiring, and the Limits of Headline Automation
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 8 min
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  23. 09 Jun
    Kyiv's 600-missile promise: escalation, leverage, and the language of reciprocity
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 9 min
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  24. 09 Jun
    Kenya's Ebola facility standoff: a public health plan meets a sovereignty test
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 6 min
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  25. 09 Jun
    Israel's Spies, China's Solar Glut, and the Architecture of Two Different Crises
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · Global · 9 min
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  26. 09 Jun
    Israel's southern Lebanon offensive enters a costlier phase as casualty toll climbs
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
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  27. 09 Jun
    Northern Border Breach Tests Israel’s Post-Ceasefire Defences
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
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  28. 09 Jun
    An Apache in the Strait: what a downed US helicopter tells us about the Hormuz standoff
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
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  29. 09 Jun
    Siri, rebuilt: Apple's two-year bet on a voice that learned to wait
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 8 min
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  30. 09 Jun
    After the Sell-Off, the Blockade, and the Empty Promises: Reading the Week Washington Actually Delivered
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 9 min
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  31. 08 Jun
    Trump to Netanyahu: Face Iran alone if you choose war — the off-ramp is closing
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
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  32. 08 Jun
    The Week's Three Quiet Alarms: Senate Testimony, a Middle East Brief, and a Credit Market That Isn't Listening
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · Global · 10 min
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  33. 08 Jun
    Sam Bankman-Fried, the 25-year sentence and a pardon that may never come
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
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  34. 08 Jun
    The SpaceX IPO moment, and the financial press's Musk problem
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · business · 9 min
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  35. 08 Jun
    Air defence over Kermanshah: a single Telegram alert and the information gap behind it
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
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  36. 08 Jun
    Kharayeb strike lands at the centre of a wider southern Lebanon bombardment
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
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  37. 08 Jun
    Israel's Lebanon ceasefire, three months in: violations, projectiles, and a 6% probability of withdrawal
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
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  38. 08 Jun
    Israel's Strike on Iran and the Long Tail of a Twelve-Day War
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
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  39. 08 Jun
    Iran's army chief issues fresh warning as Tehran accuses Israel of ceasefire violation
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
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  40. 08 Jun
    The blockade, the bet, and the bond market: reading Trump's leverage play on Iran
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
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  41. 07 Jun
    The shadow war ends: Iran fires from its own soil, and the architecture of deniability breaks
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
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  42. 06 Jun
    Strait of Hormuz at Midnight: Four Drones, Two Radar Sites, and a Chokepoint the World Cannot Afford to Lose
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
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  43. 06 Jun
    Friday Evening in Gaza: An Open-Source Audit
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
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  44. 05 Jun
    Putin's 5 June 2026 message: $500B in reserves, no Zelenskyy meeting, and a request for more air defense
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 8 min
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  45. 05 Jun
    The Ababil footage: Hezbollah's curated tank strike and the asymmetry of disclosure on the northern front
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 9 min
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  46. 04 Jun
    Pump talk: the arithmetic behind Trump's Iran message
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
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  47. 04 Jun
    Hezbollah's red line: Qassem rejects the US-drafted Lebanon ceasefire
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
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  48. 04 Jun
    The 'Crazy' Call: How the US-Israel Decision on Iran Got Inverted
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / United States · 8 min
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  49. 04 Jun
    Bitcoin under $64,000 — and a miner's 9.5% preferred says more than the price does
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 8 min
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  50. 04 Jun
    The 'ceasefire' that admits continued shooting
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
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  51. 03 Jun
    The Weekly: A Single Day, Three Items, and the Cost of Velocity
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
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  52. 03 Jun
    Trump's Iran two-step: a deal 'in weeks,' credit for a strike
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
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  53. 03 Jun
    Tariffs, courts, Iran: the second-term portfolio takes shape
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 8 min
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  54. 03 Jun
    St. Petersburg and Moscow in the same night: the geometry of Ukraine's long-range campaign
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 8 min
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  55. 03 Jun
    Inside the Iran endgame: blockade, uranium, and the 90-day clock
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 8 min
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  56. 02 Jun
    Viral Lebanon Strike Footage and the Week's Stranger Moments
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  57. 02 Jun
    US Fires on Tanker Violating Iran Port Blockade as Rubio Declares 'War Is Over'
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  58. 02 Jun
    SpaceX's IPO Is Structuring the Deal for Insiders First
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
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  59. 02 Jun
    Russia Launches One of Kyiv's Largest Missile Barrages Since Full-Scale Invasion
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 min
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  60. 02 Jun
    Poland's Right Questions Its Ukraine Welcome — A Diplomatic Chill in Warsaw
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 5 min
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  61. 02 Jun
    Chasing the Algorithm: How Poland's Viral Meme Economy Exposes Platform Incentives
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 8 min
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  62. 02 Jun
    Bitcoin Slides Below $67,000 as $700M Liquidated in Two Hours
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 6 min
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  63. 02 Jun
    Alphabet's $80bn AI Bet Signals a New Phase in Big Tech's Infrastructure Arms Race
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 6 min
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  64. 01 Jun
    Powell's Warning and the Assault on Federal Reserve Independence
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
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  65. 01 Jun
    The Partial Ceasefire: What Israel's Agreement with Hezbollah Actually Means
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
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  66. 01 Jun
    Nvidia's AI PC Gambit: Huang's Bold Claims Meet an Uncertain Reality
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 min
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  67. 01 Jun
    Kyiv Under Fire Again: What Russia's Latest Strike Pattern Tells Us About the War's Third Year
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 min
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  68. 01 Jun
    Israeli Airstrike Damages Largest Hospital in Tyre, Lebanon
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min
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  69. 01 Jun
    Iranian Hackers Compromise Space Force Commander's Instagram in Visible Information Operation
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
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  70. 01 Jun
    Iranian Missiles Intercepted Over Kuwait: Questions About the Ceasefire
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
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  71. 01 Jun
    Iran's Strait Gambit: Tehran Threatens Key Waterways as Nuclear Talks Fracture
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
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  72. 01 Jun
    Iran Halts US Nuclear Talks, Demands Israel Ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
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  73. 01 Jun
    Iran Halts US Talks, Warns of Strike on Israel as Ceasefire Talks Collapse
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 min
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  74. 01 Jun
    IDF Captures Beaufort Castle: What the Escalation in Southern Lebanon Tells Us About the War's Expanding Geometry
    the-weekly · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
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  75. 01 Jun
    China's Capital Conundrum: Tightening the Outbound Gate While Throwing Open the Bond Window
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 7 min
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  76. 01 Jun
    Australia's Electoral Earthquake Meets the Graphite Question
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · oceania · 6 min
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  77. 01 Jun
    Abel opens his playbook: Berkshire's $6.8bn bet on American housing
    the-weekly · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
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