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  1. 01

    SAUDI ARABIA

    Red Sea escalation.

    Yemen’s Houthis have made good on their blockade threats against the neighbouring Saudis, claiming hits on two Saudi oil tankers. Meanwhile, President Trump is warning he’ll hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for each Hormuz ship struck by Iran. (Al Jazeera)

  2. 02

    UKRAINE

    Frying Russia’s Amazon.

    Kyiv’s latest long-range counter-strikes have hit logistics hubs belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer (Wildberries), leaving several dead, skies black, and chaos for businesses and consumers alike. President Zelensky argues the firm was helping supply Putin’s invasion, and warns the new strategy is about “bringing the war back home ”. (BBC)

  3. 03

    INDIA

    Cockroach drama escalates.

    India’s opposition parties have shut down parliament in solidarity with the country’s ascendant new youth-led ‘cockroach’ movement, after authorities briefly detained opposition figure Rahul Gandhi when he joined a sit-in outside Prime Minister Modi’s residence. (Guardian)

  4. 04

    VENEZUELA

    Oil windfall mystery.

    Responding to FT reporting on a gap between the ~$13B DC has collected by selling Venezuelan oil, and the single $300M transfer reportedly reaching Caracas so far, the State Department is insisting there’s careful monitoring underway to ensure the cash benefits the Venezuelan people. (FT $)

  5. 05

    LEBANON

    Release the jets.

    President Trump has lifted a ban on direct US commercial flights to Lebanon for the first time in more than 40 years — authorities first imposed the ban after the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847. (DW)

  6. 06

    SPAIN

    Automotive odd couple.

    America’s Ford and China’s Geely are finalising a landmark deal for Geely to buy assembly lines at Ford’s underutilised Valencia factory, enabling Geely to ramp up its EV production on European soil. (Bloomberg $)

  7. 07

    CHILE

    $100B copper pivot.

    Santiago has announced it’s courting investors to build out an estimated $100B copper project pipeline over the next decade. The aim is to expand its own smelting and refining capacity so it can sell more finished product and diversify its current 50% reliance on raw sales to China. (mining.com)

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