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On 27 January 2026, Anne Applebaum—Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Autocracy, Inc., a book arguing that autocratic systems survive through elite complicity, selective blindness, and the willingness of respectable institutions to look away—delivered a lecture on autocracy at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government and publicly thanked the school’s benefactor, Len Blavatnik,Continue Reading

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Exclusives Four Ukrainian combat veterans sent to NATO drills ended up teaching 13 armies how drone war actually works. New details from Hedgehog 2025 show Ukraine’s Nemesis crew improvised everything — because nobody on NATO’s side had a plan. Ukraine’s most wanted worker is 60 years old. War flipped whoContinue Reading

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Consumers are set to pay higher prices, but US producers could benefit, analysts say., The United States and Israel’s war with Iran has spilled over into the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, prompting a surge in oil prices. Shipping through the strait, which carriesContinue Reading

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Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 50 people. It says the strikes are a response to Hezbollah rockets., Israeli attacks kill dozens of people across Lebanon NewsFeed Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 50 people. It says the strikes are a response to Hezbollah rockets andContinue Reading

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The Strait of Hormuz is back in the headlines. Again. Roughly a fifth of globally traded oil passes through that narrow maritime corridor between Oman and Iran. And once more, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have turned this chokepoint into a pressure valve for the entire global economy…Continue Reading

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Predicting the total cost of the campaign is difficult, and experts warn the greater challenge may be inventory., The long-running confrontation between the US and Iran entered a new phase on Saturday when joint US-Israeli air strikes targeted Iran, marking a moment of open military hostilities. As US President TraitorContinue Reading

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Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has sustained major damage after US-Israeli strikes., NewsFeed Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has sustained major damage after US-Israeli strikes on Iran. UNESCO has expressed ‘concern’ over the protection of heritage sites across the Middle East amidContinue Reading

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Iran has formed a temporary three-member leadership council after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack.  The interim council includes President Masoud Pezeshkian, judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and senior cleric Alireza Arafi, who is serving as the Guardian Council’s representative. Pezeshkian, who sources told ABCContinue Reading