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ANALYSIS: Moscow counts 613 drones and answers that the war must continue, while Trump holds Kyiv back
Six hundred thirteen. That is the number of drones launched at Moscow in a single night, if its mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, is to be believed. The war the Kremlin started was prowling over its own capital. The attack lasts hours.
EXPLAINER: Israel, 53 seats for Netanyahu, 61 needed, and 19 Arab seats almost everyone refuses
Fifty-three seats. In the partial count, Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc comes first. Governing takes 61. The Knesset has 120 seats. A majority starts at 61.…
EXPLAINER: Why the UN finally calls Russia’s cold a crime against humanity
A man in Kyiv. Fifty-three years old. Last winter. One precise fear. Not the missiles. Not the sirens. “The scariest thing was to fall…
ANALYSIS: Abu Dhabi after November 4, a peace negotiated without Europe
A date. November 4. A Russian holiday. Then, maybe, a table. In the Gulf. The Kremlin set its calendar, and it pinned it to…
FACT CHECK: Trump’s million against voter fraud, what the numbers really say
One million. In dollars. Promised to anyone who reports voter fraud leading to an arrest, then a conviction. Donald Trump makes the offer. It…
ANALYSIS: Carney signs in Ankara while Trump says he holds all the cards
Donald Trump was walking to Marine One. A reporter brings up Canada. The answer drops. “We have all the cards.”
FACT CHECK: Trump says more oil flows through Hormuz than before the war, the data say 82%
Donald Trump wrote on Thursday. Iran is “making up fake attacks, mines, and everything else.”
EXPLAINER: Putin denies any mobilization, then signs his fourth army expansion in seven months
Vladimir Putin signed a decree on September 28 that sets the authorized strength of Russia’s armed forces at 2,441,630 positions, including 1,550,500 service members.
ANALYSIS: With decree 686, Putin hides who buys Russian oil and how his refineries are holding up
Decree 686, signed by Vladimir Putin on September 28, does not ban refining oil: it bans publishing the volumes.