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When the Japanese yen recently hit its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in about 40 years, it triggered an alarm 10,000 kilometres away in Washington. It wasn’t just a problem for Japan’s policymakers, but also a problem for the Trump administration. That prompted the U.S. last week to take a rare step – the […]
... written on Aug 05 2026Just when you thought Donald Trump was too busy with the Iran War, getting ready to bomb the Pickaxe Mountain believed to have been stashed with thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges, the U.S. president suddenly dropped started a new round of war. He announced an additional 50% tariff on certain goods from Canada, including wine, hockey sticks, […]
... written on Jul 21 2026Argentina and England are not friends. They fought a short conflict over the Falkland Islands in 1982, in which 649 Argentine soldiers and 255 British combatants died. Britain ultimately won, but the question of sovereignty over the islands in the South Atlantic known to the British as the Falklands and the Argentines as the Malvinas […]
... written on Jul 16 2026On paper, Argentina was unlikely to lose to Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Even after the narrow escape from Cape Verde, a country very few knew existed but gave Messi a run for his money, the favourite was Argentina against the Pharoah. The Egyptians possess one transcendent player – Mohamed Salah – who […]
... written on Jul 09 2026You don’t actually have to win your match to reach the knockout stage at the FIFA World Cup. At a time when Asian soccer giant South Korea failed to make it, a tiny island with the same population as Maldives but few people knew existed stunningly made it through – without winning a single match. […]
... written on Jun 28 2026On May 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – under Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 – designated three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses and their associated front companies as part of Economic Fury and Treasury’s ongoing efforts to disrupt the Iranian regime’s financial lifelines that sustain its war […]
... written on Jun 25 2026President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the U.S. and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday (June 14), despite Iran casting doubt on the timing. On Saturday, Pakistan, a key mediator, also said the deal was “likely expected” to be finalized within 24 hours and they were “preparing for […]
... written on Jun 14 2026Oil prices shot up and U.S. stock market fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (June 10) that Iran has taken too long to negotiate a peace deal and will now have to “pay the price.”However, very few took Trump’s threat seriously. After all, the Commander-in-Chief had said both parties have been close to a peace deal […]
... written on Jun 11 2026Progress toward a deal to end the Iran War slowed to a trickle on Monday (May 25) as the United States and Iran dug in over several issues. Both sides cannot afford to be seen as the loser in any potential deal. The slowdown began with President Trump giving hope that a deal was close, […]
... written on May 26 2026Hours after Hamas terrorists crossed from Gaza into Israel on October 7, 2023, a video surfaced of an Israeli woman screaming – “Don’t kill me” – as she was hauled away on a motorcycle, sandwiched between two kidnappers. The young woman, who was among those assaulted at a desert music festival, reached helplessly for her […]
... written on May 21 2026
