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Briefing: Mexican protesters turn highway into football pitch to slam World Cup 'dispossession'

Strategic angle: Protesters in Mexico transform a highway into a football pitch to voice their opposition to the perceived dispossession caused by the World Cup.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: Fan dies in fall at Mexico City stadium reopening

Strategic angle: Tragic incident occurs during the reopening of a major stadium in Mexico City.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: Pentagon Preparing for Weeks of Ground Operations in Iran

Strategic angle: Washington Post reports on the Pentagon's plans for extended military action.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: War returns to southern Lebanon: 'Southern people have endured so many sacrifices'

Strategic angle: Hassan Ayoub and Mohamed Fakih reflect on the history of their marginalized region scarred by conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working

Strategic angle: One month into the conflict in Iran, Trump's gut-instinct approach is not proving effective.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: Prison phone call recordings raise questions over ex-Abercrombie boss' fitness for trial

Strategic angle: Mike Jeffries' lawyers argue that he is suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: One ant for $220: the new frontier of wildlife trafficking

Strategic angle: The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Briefing: How deepfake porn scandal surrounding TV star rocked Germany

Strategic angle: Collien Fernandes has accused her ex-husband of spreading images of her online, but he has categorically denied it.

Editorial Staff Mar 29

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Photos: 'No Kings' Protests Across the Country

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: The American dream crumbles for French students

Strategic angle: Since Donald Trump's return to the White House, several institutions have reported a decline in applications to US campuses.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Watch: Iconic global landmarks turn off lights for Earth Hour

Strategic angle: France's Eiffel Tower and Barcelona's Sagrada Família Basilica were among the famous global landmarks that went dark for an hour on Saturday night.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: ‘No Kings’ rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration

Strategic angle: Massive demonstrations featuring Bruce Springsteen take place in multiple cities, advocating for political change.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Twelve US troops wounded in Iran strike on base in Saudi Arabia, US official says

Several troops were injured, two of them seriously, in the Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Two humanitarian aid boats heading to Cuba have gone missing, Mexico says

Navy searching for two boats that left Isla Mujeres last week bound for Havana with nine crew members of different nationalities on board.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Zelenskyy visits Doha as Ukraine, Qatar sign defense pact

Strategic angle: Ukraine and Qatar have agreed to cooperate on high-tech projects and share battlefield expertise on countering missile and drone threats.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Protesters rally in London to counter rise of British far right

Strategic angle: Organized by hundreds of groups, the Together Alliance event was billed as the biggest march in UK history to counter the far right.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Shops and restaurants in Egypt told to close early as energy crisis deepens

Strategic angle: Retail and dining premises will have to shut by 21:00 each night for the next month to conserve power.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Iraq must not be drawn into 'escalation' of Middle East war, Macron says

Strategic angle: The French president emphasizes the need to prevent Iraq from being involved in the ongoing conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Substack, a digital refuge for writers, accelerates its growth in France

Strategic angle: Since 2017, the US platform has enabled users to publish content as monetizable newsletters, winning over many journalists and writers.

Editorial Staff Mar 28

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Briefing: Iran-backed Houthis join war with attack against Israel

Strategic angle: There are fears the Iranian proxy may attack shipping in the Red Sea, adding to global economic woes.

Editorial Staff Mar 28