2026-10-22 03:00WORLD INTELGeopolitical World Intel, Research DigestThe geopolitical story of October 2026 is the visible collapse of US mediation credibility across multiple theaters simultaneously. In Ukraine, Trump's "energy ceasefire"…2026-10-21 03:00WORLD REPORTWorld Report, Research DigestThis digest's catch-all section is dominated by two stories that are both, in different ways, about the breaking point of governance under pressure. In France, what began…2026-10-20 23:15UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War, Research DigestThe Ukraine-Russia war in late October 2026 has reached a point where the battlefield and the diplomatic picture are violently out of sync. On the battlefield, Ukraine is…2026-10-20 12:45WORLD INTELTrump waives his own Russia sanctions before they take effect, leaving Europe to hold the line aloneOn Friday, Oct. 16, President Trump signed an executive order waiving every operative Russia section of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (a law he si…2026-10-20 12:45UKRAINE WARUkraine energy grid attacks: 2,147 strikes since July 16 as Zelensky says paid-for Patriot missiles sit unsigned on Hegseth's deskRussian forces hit 28 substations and other energy facilities across 11 oblasts overnight on Oct. 18-19, killing at least four people and wounding at least 55, and cuttin…
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