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  • May 26

    Quad ministers launch energy, minerals, and maritime pacts in New Delhi as Strait of Hormuz crisis and China tensions loom

    Foreign ministers from the US, India, Japan, and Australia met in New Delhi on Tuesday, agreeing to new frameworks on critical minerals, energy security, and maritime surveillance, while the Iran conflict's disruption of global shipping overshadowed the talks.

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AfD tops a German state

Ukraine strikes Moscow as German voters punish Merz and Arctic powers bargain

The day’s heaviest news ran from Moscow’s air defences to Berlin’s ballot boxes. Governments also tried to turn pressure into policy, in the Arctic, at Spain’s border, and at Europe’s petrol pumps.

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    Escalates tensions as the CIA director meets with President Sisi in Cairo, with Washington warning of a rapid regional conflict following the Houthi strikes.

  • Iran closes French language centre

    Facilitates the departure of elite individuals, according to Iranian authorities, who claim the French language centre was used to help citizens leave the country.

  • Violence escalates in the West Bank

    Killed both a Palestinian and an Israeli settler in separate incidents as violence continues to escalate across the West Bank.

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China and the West: decoupling

New finding restates the 20 September Bessent-He Lifeng talks already in the chronicle; no discrete new occurrence this cycle.

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