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Only what truly moves the world — and what it means for the U.S.
Channel RSS · Reporter: Sam Okafor
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1. Ukraine strikes Moscow during Russian vote

Russia says it will intensify strikes on Kyiv after Ukraine launched drone attacks on Moscow and the surrounding region on the final day of voting.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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2. Merz Pushes Tighter Online Speech Rules

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says new laws should make anonymous posting on social media impossible and says the state must protect citizens from misinformation.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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3. Iran May Test U.S. Before Midterms

Victor Davis Hanson says Tehran could try to shape the election calendar with missile strikes, unrest, or a late negotiation.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Documentary Warns of Immigration Fallout

A new Heritage Foundation documentary argues decades of mass immigration have transformed the U.K. for the worse.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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UN Panel Says U.S. Strikes in Iran May Be War Crimes

A U.N. fact-finding mission found 'reasonable grounds' to believe U.S. airstrikes in Minab and Lamerd killed civilians and may have violated international law.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Sweden Shows Immigration Can Rewrite Politics

Sweden’s conservatives won the immigration fight, but the election still went left.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Trump Backs Irish Unity as UK Fractures

The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland signed a pact calling for constitutional change and a future with the European Union.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping lane

Abdul Malik al-Houthi has turned a tribal insurgency into a battle-hardened force that now threatens a vital waterway.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Ukraine Signals Openness to Energy Truce

Kyiv contradicted Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine and Russia had already agreed to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, but said it would be open to one while questioning Moscow’s willingness.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech Changed History

Reagan's June 12, 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall became a defining moment in the Cold War.
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Germany Shows Limits on Immigration Matter

Germany's AfD won a widely predicted victory in Sachsen-Anhalt, while traditional parties keep isolating it over immigration.
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Trump blames Kyiv for diesel costs

President Donald Trump said Ukraine should stop striking Russian refineries, arguing the attacks are raising diesel prices and 'hurting the world.'
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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DSA Defends Maduro as Trial Looms

The Democratic Socialists of America wants Nicolás Maduro returned to Venezuela, even as he sits in a Brooklyn jail cell awaiting federal trial on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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America Struck Back After 9/11

Within 15 days of the attacks, the U.S. launched Operation Enduring Freedom and CIA teams were in Afghanistan with satellite radios and $3 million in nonsequential $100 bills.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Abortion activists storm Catholic Mass, may face charges

Members of the Feminist Strike Coalition disrupted a packed Mass at Westminster Cathedral ahead of London's March for Life — and an attorney says they may have broken Victorian-era law.
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Hanson: Canada Blinked — and Lost

Victor Davis Hanson argues the U.S.-Canada trade war has entered a third stage — one where Canada's leverage has collapsed under the weight of its own economic reality.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Trump, Putin Talk — Peace Still Distant

A one-hour call followed US envoy visits to Moscow and Kyiv.
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Xi Pushes Belt and Road at SCO Summit

Xi Jinping pitched more Belt and Road financing in Bishkek.
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Bessent launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

The Treasury Secretary calls it 'economic asphyxiation' — and warns any nation still doing business with Tehran to expect the same treatment.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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US, Israel, Syria, Turkey seal secret nuclear removal deal

Negotiations spanning months secured an IAEA-led plan to extract uranium material from a covert Syrian site — before it fell into the wrong hands.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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UEFA Demands Accountability After FIFA Quietly Drops Privatization Plan

European soccer's governing body welcomed FIFA's reversal — then immediately called for heads to roll over a secretive deal that nearly sold off the World Cup.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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CONCACAF Calls for Full Review of Infantino's Presidency

FIFA's private-equity grab for the World Cup collapsed in days.
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FIFA Kills Private-Investment Plan for 2030 World Cup

The governing body pulled the plug on FIFA Forward Enterprise after the proposal split confederations.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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FIFA Backs Down: World Cup Privatization Plan Scrapped

CONCACAF's 41 member federations — including Mexico — united against FIFA's Forward Enterprise scheme, and won.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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FIFA's Infantino Faces 'Blackmail' Charge Over World Cup Deal

Norway's football chief calls Infantino's September deadline for approving a blockbuster rights sale outright 'blackmail' — and says his reelection bid is now damaged goods.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Court Keeps Ex-Governor's Accounts Frozen

A federal tribunal in Mexico reversed a lower-court ruling that had unblocked the bank accounts of former Tamaulipas governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Milei's Central Bank reform gains allies in Congress

Argentina's ruling coalition is confident it has the votes to pass a landmark overhaul of the BCRA — banning it from financing the Treasury and anchoring monetary independence in law.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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UEFA Declares War on Infantino After Private-Capital Retreat

Europe's football body pulled back Infantino's plan to sell World Cup rights — then said the crisis is far from over.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Gaza Roadmap Stalls on Hamas Disarmament

Trump's Board of Peace unveiled a 15-point plan.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Slovenia's New PM Pivots Hard Right — Trump-Style

Janez Janša is back for a fourth term.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Milei moves to lock in fiscal discipline by law

Argentina's president sent Congress a sweeping package — a 'fiscal shackle,' a revamped central bank, and deregulated capital and insurance markets — designed to make deficit spending structurally impossible.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Trump floats Venezuela as 51st state — but not yet

The president shared a Truth Social map of Venezuela draped in the Stars and Stripes.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read