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The Room Emptied. The War Didn’t End. The Bill Came Due.
The room On September 24, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked to the podium of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. A QR code sat on his lapel. The Israeli delegation sat behind him. The room was full for a moment. Then the Iranian delegation stood. Qatari delegates stood. Saudi, Palestinian, and dozens of others followed. Chair legs scraped the floor. Seventy-seven delegations walked out.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
The Worker of Pathways and the Bubble of Greed
The Worker of Pathways and the Bubble of Greed Copilot The Worker of Pathways walked into a world where the sky looked normal, but the air felt wrong, stretched thin, like something enormous was sucking the breath out of the streets.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli about a month ago in The Swamp
Signed While Tariffs Stayed: The 20-Year China-U.S. LNG Deal, Explained Without the Hype
On September 14, 2026, Venture Global issued an announcement. The announcement confirmed that China Gas Holdings had signed a new liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement with Venture Global. Under the agreement, China Gas Holdings will purchase 500,000 tonnes of U.S. LNG per year beginning in 2030, for a term of 20 years. The same announcement stated that the new agreement brings the total long-term purchase arrangement between Venture Global and China Gas Holdings to 2.5 million tonnes per year, supplied from Venture Global’s project portfolio.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
The U.S.-China Trade Truce Is Extended to Jan. 10. The Hard Questions Remain
On Sept. 23 in Washington, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. After the meeting, Bessent told Fox News that the two sides had agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, moving the previous Nov. 10 expiry date to Jan. 10, 2027. Reuters reported the extension the same day. Beijing did not issue a parallel announcement.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
The Last Blast Furnace: How Ukraine’s Steel Industry Went Dark in One Month
In the early hours of September 12, 2026, in Kryvyi Rih, the blast-furnace operator on duty at the ArcelorMittal plant saw the hot-blast stove pressure drop to zero in the control room. There was no explosion. The power system went down first. The pipe network lost pressure afterward. The molten iron in the hearth stopped flowing. Its temperature fell, degree by degree. Workers called over the radio. No answer. A few hours later, the plant announced a shutdown. This time, the blast furnaces could not be lit again.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Russia Is Erasing Ukraine’s Warehouses. The Shelves Are Already Empty.
Russia is erasing Ukraine’s warehouses, and the shelves are going empty In September 2026, the Financial Times reported a number that should be read as a military fact, not an economic footnote. Ukraine has lost 2.1 million square meters of modern warehouse space. That is 42 percent of the country’s total. In recent months alone, 900,000 square meters were destroyed.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Mid-Terms are Coming
We told you so! When Trump returned to the political campaign trails (though he never left), every anti-Trump voters shouted the dangers of his return to the oval office. We tried to educate as many people about the mastermind think tank from the Heritage Foundation and their 900-page manifesto titled Project 2025. Though Trump’s campaign website displayed a one-page of roughly 14 to 15 bullet points with a tiny link to a page sharing the fine print of his alleged policies (the site is no longer active), one-third of the country continued to vote for him. Honestly, how does one vote for a man convicted of sexual assault, touting about people eating cats and dogs? Meanwhile, Kamala Harris’s highlighted many details to improve Americans’ lives, from tax breaks for new homeowners to lowering the cost of everyday needs (groceries, healthcare, and more). Despite the efforts, one-third of our country opted to not vote, thrusting Americans into economic chaos, entangled in a pointless war, and a constant everyday fight for basic human rights. Now what?
By Iris Harrisabout a month ago in The Swamp
Friends, Rivals, or Something In Between? How Xi Jinping Manages China’s Most Important Relationships
Friends or Enemies? Bishkek, August 31, 2026. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit was still under way when Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin sat down together in Bishkek. The two men shook hands, spoke briefly and posed for the cameras. It was a familiar scene. Since Xi came to power, the two leaders have met dozens of times. Putin had visited Beijing only a few months earlier, in May, when the two governments agreed to extend their 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation and signed a series of other agreements. Four months into the year, the relationship had already produced another summit in Central Asia.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Ten Thousand Bombs Fell. The Number Didn’t Move.
From "swift victory" to quagmire: six months of the 2026 Iran war At 2:00 AM on February 28, 2026, in Tehran. A bunker-buster tore through Khamenei's residence. Hours later, Iranian state television interrupted its regular programming. The announcer wore a black robe and read a statement with no accompanying footage. Three sentences: The Leader is martyred. The enemy will pay. The Strait of Hormuz is closed.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Russia’s Election Was Predictable. What Comes Next Is the Part That Matters.
After Russia’s Parliamentary Election: A Vote With No Suspense, and Who It Will Press Down on Next Moscow time, Sunday evening, at United Russia party headquarters. Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Lavrov stood in front of a screen as the numbers jumped. Staff brought tea. No one drank it. This scene had been written before the vote. The only difference was where the percentage on the screen would finally stop.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Iran’s Leaders Are in New York. Back Home, the Planes Are Disappearing.
The Podium in New York and the Runway in Tehran On the evening of September 21, New York time, on the electronic board at Terminal 4 of Kennedy Airport, next to the IR code there was no delay notice, only a small line of text: ARRIVED. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi came out of the arrival gate; accompanying staff carried two black briefcases. IRNA’s report had only one sentence: He has arrived. No welcome ceremony, no press questions.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Europe’s Spy Chiefs Say Russia Is Preparing to Test NATO. The Baltics Are Saying: Don’t Panic.
The eve of the storm: The Russian threat and NATO’s credibility dilemma in the eyes of European intelligence A report based on September 2026 intelligence assessments
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp