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Washington, Moscow and Beijing have blocked each other in the Security Council for four years. The Wall Street Journal says they’ve agreed on Viktor Orban for UN Secretary-General. The story isn’t Orban. It’s the consensus.
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Washington, Moscow and Beijing have blocked each other in the Security Council for four years. The Wall Street Journal says they’ve agreed on Viktor Orban for UN Secretary-General. The story isn’t Orban. It’s the consensus.
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Rubio didn't go to New Delhi. He went to Jamnagar and asked Mukesh Ambani to process more Venezuelan crude. India has been buying discounted Russian oil at scale throughout the Iran war, declined to join any coalition, declined to mediate, and received America's Secretary of State at a refinery.
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Israel votes October 27. The polls give neither bloc a majority. Benny Gantz withdrew. But the more important question is not whether Netanyahu survives — it is what his replacement will do with the war. None of them that oppose Netanyahu is opposing the war.
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Every channel has returned from Tehran with the same three conditions: end the war on all fronts, lift the American naval blockade, release the frozen assets. Pakistan's Munir went this week. Russia's Lavrov went days before. Qatar has been carrying messages for months.
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On October 9, 2026, the United States moved to cut the ICC off from the global financial system promising to dismantle it piece by piece. The mechanism for accountability is being dismantled by the state that required it to be built.
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