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Briefing: UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini's grim assessment: 'Without firm political and financial support, we face a slow death'

Strategic angle: The commissioner-general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees voices deep concern for the survival of the underfunded organization amid Israeli attacks.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: Iran war: Israel launches strikes on Tehran, Beirut

Strategic angle: The Israeli military has launched a new wave of strikes on Beirut and 'regime targets' in Tehran. The US has temporarily eased sanctions on some Iranian oil.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: Thick Smoke Billows from South Korea Car Parts Plant in Deadly Fire

Strategic angle: At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in a massive blaze at a factory in Daejeon.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

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Briefing: U.S. judge rules against Pentagon restrictions on press coverage

Strategic angle: A U.S. judge finds Pentagon's media policy conflicts with First Amendment rights.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

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Briefing: Trump says considering 'winding down' war as US eases Iranian oil sanctions

Strategic angle: The US president's post signals a potential end to hostilities amid rising oil prices and supply concerns.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: Socialists battle to hold Paris in key mayoral elections across France

Strategic angle: Emmanuel Grégoire faces a challenge from Rachida Dati in the upcoming elections.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: Chuck Norris memes were undefeated for a generation of young fans

Strategic angle: Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough guy persona.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: 'With Operation Epic Fury, the US turns pop culture into the language of Pentagon violence'

Strategic angle: An analysis of military communications and pop culture influences during the Trump administration.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, US jury finds

Strategic angle: A US jury has determined that Elon Musk provided misleading information to Twitter shareholders regarding bot accounts.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

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Briefing: Elon Musk misled shareholders during Twitter purchase, US jury finds

Strategic angle: A federal jury has ruled that Elon Musk deceived Twitter shareholders, potentially costing him billions in damages.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

Politics

Briefing: Decision to award AFCON 2025 victory to Morocco further damages the credibility of African football

Strategic angle: CAF faces intense criticism after stripping Senegal of the continental championship title.

Editorial Staff Mar 21

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Briefing: US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as gas prices soar

Strategic angle: The treasury secretary says the move will quickly bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets.

Editorial Staff Mar 20

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Briefing: Google Translate exposes Russian spy unit

Strategic angle: Have we just seen the most embarrassing intelligence failure Russia has suffered in years?

Editorial Staff Mar 20

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Briefing: Swalwell drops lawsuit against Trump housing official over mortgage fraud allegations

Strategic angle: The lawsuit was related to allegations of mortgage fraud involving a Trump administration official.

Editorial Staff Mar 20

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Briefing: As Islamophobia rises, Australia's Muslims celebrate Eid

Strategic angle: Recent events abroad and at home have fuelled an ongoing surge of Islamophobia in Australia.

Editorial Staff Mar 20

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Briefing: Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows

Strategic angle: Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation.

Editorial Staff Mar 20

Politics

Briefing: Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

Strategic angle: A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion.

Editorial Staff Mar 20

Politics

Briefing: Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium site

Strategic angle: Major infrastructure project aims to revitalize former uranium site in Ohio.

Editorial Staff Mar 20

Politics

Briefing: Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of FISA

Strategic angle: Two years ago, Congress passed the 'Reforming Intelligence and Securing America' Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Editorial Staff Mar 20

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Briefing: Confrontation between billionaire CEO and Lutnick hints at trouble with huge data center project

Strategic angle: A clash between top executives raises concerns over the future of a significant data center initiative.

Editorial Staff Mar 20