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WORLD
Lebanon Ceasefire: New Deal Ploughs the Same Furrow
Trump brokers a truce in Lebanon, leaving a ten-day window to test the old structural deadlock that has defined the Blue Line for generations.
WORLD
Abu Dhabi Recalibrates Relations with Syria’s New Leadership
UAE backs Syria’s new leadership with reconstruction aid as al-Sharaa visits Abu Dhabi, signaling shifting Gulf dynamics post-Assad.
EUROPE
All Roads Lead to Mecca: Syria’s New Patron
Syria’s new interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, visited Mecca after arriving in Riyadh yesterday in a trip that indicates the future order of regional power in Syria.
WORLD
Al-Sharaa Seeks Support in Meeting with Christian Clerics
Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met with Christian clerics in Damascus to reassure the country's dwindling Christian community, amid growing concerns over religious tolerance and the influence of radical militias following his rise to power.
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Prediction Manipulation: Polymarket’s Rigging Feast
The prediction market boom has turned global events into a playground for gaming and insider bets.
Trump’s Health Shock Reaches Far Beyond America
As Belgian ministers warn that Trump threatens Europe's healthcare model, the damage is already spreading through aid budgets, medicine routes, and public health systems far beyond Washington.
Alberta’s Separatist Feed Was Made in the Netherlands
After CBC traced several Alberta separatist YouTube channels to operators in the Netherlands, Canada's political fringe began to look less local than it likes to claim.
Sudan’s Drone War: Low-Cost Conflict In Energy Crunch
In Khartoum's bombed-out streets, 1.8 million people reclaimed their homes, before drone strikes resumed.
Switzerland Names a Buried Crime
After Swiss lawmakers voted this week to declare the treatment of Yenish and Sinti families a crime against humanity, a long-buried national shame entered public language at last.
