Issue 2026-04-30
Stories
- Trump Greenlights Indefinite Blockade of Iranian Ports
- Putin–Trump 90-Minute Call Yields Iran Warning and Proposed May-9 Ukraine Truce
- Trump Orders Review of German Garrison Downsizing Amid Iran-War NATO Rift
- Brent Crude Tops $125 as Trump Weighs Fresh Iran Strikes, Deepening Hormuz Blockade
- Powell Becomes First Ex-Chair Since 1951 to Stay on Fed Board
- UAE Leaves OPEC After 59 Years, Removing Cartel’s Largest Spare-Capacity Buffer
- Santa Marta Summit Forms 57-Nation Coalition to Plot Fossil-Fuel Exit as France Issues 2050 Phase-Out Roadmap
- EU 2025 Climate Report: Europe’s 0.56 °C-per-Decade Warming and 1 M-Hectare Wildfire Record
- Beijing Orders Meta to Reverse $2 B Manus AI Acquisition
At a Glance
- On 29 April 2026 the White House ordered the Pentagon and Treasury to prepare for an open-ended naval embargo of Iran...
- During an April 29, 2026 phone call, Vladimir Putin warned Donald Trump of "extremely damaging consequences" if the U...
- On 29-30 Apr 2026, President Trump directed the Pentagon to study pulling an unspecified portion of the 36,000-plus U...
- On 30 Apr 2026 Brent oil spiked more than 6 %, breaching $125 a barrel, after an Axios leak said President Trump woul...
- On 29 April 2026 Jerome Powell announced he will remain a Fed governor after his chair term ends on 15 May, citing un...
- On 29 April 2026 Abu Dhabi confirmed it will withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+ effective 1 May, ending nearly six decades...