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DECODING: Kyiv under the rubble, 22 dead after the deadliest night of bombing
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2026, Russia launched one of the deadliest attacks of this phase of the war on Kyiv.…
FACT-CHECK: Trump grants Kyiv a Patriot production license, but nothing arrives for months
On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, Donald Trump announced he would grant Ukraine a license to…
DECODING: Facing shortages, Moscow shuts off the world's diesel tap
On Wednesday, Russia announced it was temporarily banning its diesel exports, a measure effective until July 31, officially justified by the need to "protect…
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…
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,
This cricket match lasted 12 days without either team winning
In March 1939, in Durban, South Africa, England and South Africa played an international cricket match that would go down in history
Live pigeon shooting, the most controversial Olympic event in history
At the Paris Olympic Games held in 1900, the official program included an event that would seem utterly inconceivable in today's sporting