Issue 2026-02-10
Stories
- EU Floats Fast-Track ‘Membership-Lite’ Path for Ukraine in Prospective Peace Accord
- Israel Abolishes Land-Sale Ban, Extends Civil Powers into Areas A & B of West Bank
- Takaichi’s LDP-Ishin Bloc Clinches 352 Seats in 2026 Snap Election
- Indian Refiners Freeze New Russian Crude Orders After U.S. Drops 25% Tariff
- Yen Whipsaws After Takaichi’s Landslide Supermajority Signals Bigger Spending
- Washington Post Axes One-Third of Newsroom, Publisher Resigns Days Later
- EU Issues Antitrust Statement of Objections Over Meta’s WhatsApp AI Lock-Out
- First U.S. jury trials on ‘engineered’ child social-media addiction open in LA and Santa Fe
- UK AI Push Meets Public Safety Jitters: £100 m Fractile Expansion Coincides with Youth Deep-Fake Fears
At a Glance
- Leaked 9-10 Feb 2026 drafts show Brussels weighing a pledge of partial EU rights now and full accession by 2027 as pa...
- On 8–9 Feb 2026, Israel’s five-member security cabinet adopted a package that removes restrictions on Jewish Israelis...
- The 9 Feb 2026 lower-house vote flipped Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s three-month-old minority government into a tw...
- On 9 Feb 2026 India’s biggest state and private refiners stopped booking March-April Russian crude cargoes days after...
- Sanae Takaichi’s 9 Feb 2026 lower-house sweep briefly drove USD/JPY to ¥157.72—a two-week low for the yen—before gove...
- Between Feb 5-8 2026, the Post cut about 300 jobs (≈30 % of staff) and, amid the backlash, publisher Will Lewis quit,...