EgyptThe Ever Given is free, and Suez traffic has resumed. Ironically, the first ship to pass through the Suez after it was reopened was the YM Wish, which itself ran aground in the Elbe River in Germ …

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Afghanistan I’ve seen several recent articles about rising Taliban cockiness in Afghanistan. A particularly good one from the NYT is pasted below and succinctly titled: “The Taliban Think They Have A …

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U.S. A gunman killed 10—including a cop—at a supermarket in Boulder, CO. That’s the second mass shooting in the U.S. in a week, after the spa killings in Atlanta, and will probably reignite gun debat …

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Coming Up This Week Today is Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential election, but the leading opposition candidate—Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas—is “fighting with death” (COVID) in the hospital. He urged suppo …

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Middle EastThere are vague reports that Israeli PM Netanyahu flew by private jet to Neom, Saudi Arabia for a secret meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) yesterday. It would’ve been the …

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Coming Up This WeekBurkina Faso is holding a presidential election today, but several polling stations in the Center North, Sahel, and East regions either did not open or closed early due to threats f …

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