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EDITORIAL: Indium, gallium, germanium — Beijing cuts the West off from its war metals
In June 2026, China once again tightened export controls on three strategic metals — indium, gallium, and germanium. This decision, technical in
COMMENTARY: The United States gives the Philippines underwater eyes to face China
On June 22, 2026, at the Subic Bay naval base in Zambales province, the United States transferred to the Philippines 4 Ocean
EDITORIAL: Scarborough Shoal — China tests the West while it looks the other way
On June 23, 2026, a rare naval confrontation erupted between China and the Philippines near Scarborough Shoal, known in Filipino as Bajo
COMMENTARY: Vance to Israel — "Wake Up, Trump Is Your Only Ally — Don't Torpedo Him"
On June 18, 2026, U.S. Vice President JD Vance crossed a line that few American leaders had ever dared cross so explicitly:
EDITORIAL: Hormuz Reopens, Brent Falls to $73 — But Oil Normalization Will Take Months
Twenty percent of global oil transits through a passage just 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest: the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran
DECODING: Trump calls green credits a "scam" — the Republican fracture on energy explodes
In public statements relayed by Ground News on June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump called the green tax credits inherited from Biden's
INVESTIGATION: The Senate refuses to rein in Trump on Iran — war powers at the heart of a late-night vote
On the night of June 25, 2026, the American Senate rejected the war powers resolution concerning Iran. That late-night vote, at the
OPEN LETTER: One Big Beautiful Bill in the Senate — The Marathon Vote Under a July 4 Ultimatum
Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States Senate, I am writing to you from Paris, a city of light that watches with
COMMENTARY: Russia at the UN, Ukraine at the EU — The Fractured World Will Not Reconcile Halfway
June 15, 2026 will stand as a turning point in contemporary European history. On that day, the European Union formally opened accession