Investigation
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INVESTIGATION: Russia Wages War at Sea — Ghost Fleet, Shots at Civilians, and Escalation on All Fronts
Within 48 hours, two naval incidents shook Western capitals and confirmed what some were still pretending to ignore: Russia is waging a hybrid maritime…
INVESTIGATION: The License That Arms Ukraine — Why the G7 Is Letting Kyiv Build Its Own Missiles
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in June 2026, a quiet decision was made that could shift the war's balance more profoundly than any…
INVESTIGATION: Moscow Recruits in Africa Through "Russian Houses" — The Pipelines of Shame
They call them "Russian Houses" — cultural institutes projecting Soviet films, distributing books, teaching language. In reality, an Euronews investigation corroborated by Ukrainian military…
INVESTIGATION: When the Supreme Court Humiliates Trump on the Second Amendment — For a Marijuana Smoker
On June 18, 2026, a 9-0 unanimous Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Hemani struck down the federal gun ban on marijuana users…
INVESTIGATION: The Pack Around Moscow — How Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang, and Minsk Feed the War
This war is told as a duel: Russia versus Ukraine. That is wrong, or at least terribly incomplete. Behind Vladimir Putin stands a pack…
INVESTIGATION: Trump's Reflecting Pool — $1.7 Million for a Donor Friend
Washington's Reflecting Pool is supposed to embody the grandeur of the Republic. Under Trump, it has become the symbol of institutionalized favoritism: a no-bid…
INVESTIGATION: The U.S.-Venezuela Strike on Tren de Aragua and the Gold of the Orinoco
A plume of smoke rises over a green-roofed structure in Venezuela's Bolívar State. Trump posted the video himself on Truth Social: Héctor 'Niño Guerrero,'…
INVESTIGATION: China Sanctions Philippine Defense Secretary Teodoro — A Global First Worth Decoding
On June 11, 2026, Beijing imposed personal sanctions on Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., his wife, and his child — the first time in…
INVESTIGATION: Trump Relaunches the Global Trade War — and His Allies Are in the Crosshairs
On June 2, 2026, the Trump administration dusted off a legal weapon few thought it would use: Section 301 of the Trade Act of…