Locked Behind Glass: Nicolas Sarkozy’s Short, Grey Stay and a Book That Wants to Explain It Imagine a room the size of a small studio apartment where time
Gunfire on a Quiet Road: What One Evening in South Lebanon Reveals About a Fragile Peace On a dusky Thursday, as the purple light slid down the hills of
A new digital curfew: Australia prepares to turn off the lights for under‑16s On a humid summer morning in suburban Sydney, 15‑year‑old Maya thumbed through
At a Crossroads in Doha: The Pause That Isn’t Peace Doha hummed with the kind of anxious optimism usually reserved for diplomatic summits and ceasefire
Gunfire at the Durand Line: A Night That Reminded Two Neighbors How Thin Peace Can Be At dusk the border lives its own life: truck horns, tea cups clinking,
The Long, Hot Days of Negotiation: Miami, Moscow, and a Country Under Fire There is a peculiar hush that settles over Miami when diplomats and power-brokers
Father, Son, and the Specter of 2026: Brazil’s Political Tempest Reignited There are moments in politics when a single phrase can act like a flare in the
Japa, Japada and the Long Return: Stories of Leaving, Living and Coming Home to Nigeria There is a word that keeps surfacing in conversations from Dublin
Smoke Over the Olive Groves: A Day When a Fragile Truce Frayed Early this morning the sky over southern Lebanon turned the color of old ash. Plumes rose
When the Web Went Quiet: A Morning Without DownDetector There was an odd hush on the internet this morning — not the polite silence of a slow news day,
Dawn Disruption at Edinburgh: A Morning That Stopped and Then Sighed There was a strange hush over Edinburgh Airport this morning — a momentary pause in
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Fire on the Water: When Counter‑Narcotics Turns into a Night at Sea There is a particular smell to the ocean after an explosion: diesel, burning plastic,
Delhi’s Long Embrace: Oil, Occasions, and the Art of Diplomatic Balance New Delhi rolled out a ceremonial carpet this week—flags snapping, brass gleaming,
A Quiet Morning in December: When TikTok Turns Off for a Generation On a bright December morning in suburban Melbourne, the hum of scooters and the smell
When Handshakes Meet Heavy Artillery: Washington’s Peace Ceremony and the War Still Burning in Eastern Congo On a crisp Washington morning, beneath banners