Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: Oman's mediation stalls, Hormuz remains a knife at the throat
The Strait of Hormuz has never been a simple maritime passage. Since the outbreak of the 2026 war between Iran, the United States and…
FACT-CHECK: Hormuz Shipping Traffic Collapses From 110 to 15 Vessels a Day
According to CNN, which analyzed data from maritime tracking firm MarineTraffic on July 10, 2026, only 15 commercial vessels crossed the waters surrounding the…
REPORT: Washington Strikes Iran in Retaliation After Attack on Three Ships
On the night of July 7 to 8, 2026, American forces struck Iran for the second time in two days, in direct retaliation for…
PROFILE: The Iran That Refuses to Bend Despite Trump's Fury on Hormuz
On July 8, 2026, as Donald Trump piled on public insults from a NATO summit in Ankara, calling Iranian officials "sick" and "scum," Iran…
REPORT: Trump Threatens to "Decimate" Iran Over Any Attempt on His Life
On July 11, 2026, American President Donald Trump crossed a new rhetorical threshold in the conflict that has torn through the Gulf since February.
DECODING: Trump Demands Hormuz Declared Open, Iran Refuses to Bend
On July 11, 2026, the White House made a request that sounds almost disarmingly simple: that Iran publicly declare the Strait of Hormuz open…
The shortest boxing match in history was over in a matter of seconds
The shortest professional boxing match in history, certified by Guinness World Records, ended in a knockout just seconds after the opening bell,
Basketball was invented in one hour using two peach baskets
In December 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Canadian physical education teacher James Naismith faced a very concrete problem: keeping a class of restless
A Jamaican bobsled team reached the Winter Olympics without ever seeing snow
In 1988, Jamaica sent its very first bobsled team to the Calgary Winter Olympics, an event that would leave a lasting mark