Issue 2026-02-06
Stories
- New START Treaty Lapses Amid Last-Minute, Unratified U.S.–Russia Abu Dhabi Talks
- Xi Executes Diplomatic Doubleheader: Same-Day Virtual Summit with Putin, Phone Call with Trump
- Russia Ends Trump-Brokered ‘Energy Ceasefire,’ Launches Massive Kyiv Barrage as Abu Dhabi Talks Begin
- U.S. Rebrands MSP as FORGE, Taps South Korea as Chair Until June 2026
- Kremlin Rebuts Trump’s Claim of Indian Exit from Russian Oil
- ECB Freezes Policy at 2 % as Euro Surge Tests Post-Cut 'Good Place'
- SpaceX Absorbs xAI Ahead of $50 B IPO, Creating $1.25 Trillion Musk Conglomerate
- Apple Shelves ‘Project Mulberry,’ Folds AI Health Coach Into Existing Health App
- Spain Unveils Under-16 Social Media Ban and CEO Liability Law, Triggering Musk Spat
At a Glance
- At 00:00 GMT on 5 Feb 2026 the New START arms-control pact expired for lack of a signed extension, while negotiators...
- On 4 Feb 2026 Xi Jinping first spent 85 minutes online with Vladimir Putin deepening strategic-energy alignment, then...
- On 3 Feb 2026, only four days into a U.S-announced one-week pause, Moscow resumed large-scale missile and drone strik...
- At the 4 Feb 2026 Critical Minerals Ministerial in Washington, the 56-nation Minerals Security Partnership was relaun...
- On 5 Feb 2026 Moscow publicly stated it has received no notice from New Delhi to curtail Russian crude purchases, dir...
- On 5 Feb 2026 the European Central Bank left its deposit rate unchanged at 2.00 % for a fifth straight meeting despit...