“Russia targeted Ukraine in a massive drone and missile attack on Sunday, killing at least four people in Kyiv and wounding dozens more days after President Trump said Ukraine could win the war against Moscow. The overnight attack lasted more than 12 hours and primarily targeted Kyiv and the nearby region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on the social platform X. Zelensky said other regions struck included Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Odesa.” (09/27/25)
“The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its executive order [pretending to end] birthright citizenship in the US. US President Donald Trump signed the order, which [pretends the president can veto the citizenship of] children of migrants who are either in the US illegally [sic] or on temporary visas, on his first day back in office in January. The order has been blocked from taking effect by lower court judges after a series of lawsuits which [noted] it was unconstitutional.” (09/28/25)
“Bitcoin just ended what is historically the largest cryptocurrency’s third-worst week of the year with a greater-than-average drop of 5%. Week 38 effectively closes out the third quarter, which is up about 1%, as well as September, which has managed to hold flat. … On Friday, more than $17 billion in options expired, with the max pain price — the strike price at which option holders lose the most money and options writers profit the most — sitting at $110,000, which acted as a gravitational center for the spot price. … The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries bounced off the 4% support, and is now trading near 4.2%. The dollar index (DXY) continues to hover around long-term support at 98. Meanwhile, metals are leading the action, with silver at around $45 approaching an all-time high at levels last seen in 1980 and 2011. U.S. equities, in the meantime, are just shy of their records.” (09/27/25)
“Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Berlin, the German capital, on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict in the war-devastated enclave. Demonstrators shouted slogans like ‘free, free Palestine,’ and demanded an end to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Some 50,000 people took part in the march through Berlin’s downtown area, according to police. About 1,800 law enforcement officers were deployed to monitor the demonstrators. The protesters also called for a halt to German arms exports to Israel and demanded European Union sanctions against Israel, German news agency dpa reported.” (09/27/25)
“A tropical depression forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda on Sunday will bring deteriorating conditions along Florida’s coast as the system moves over the Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center. A tropical storm watch remains in effect along Florida’s east coast from the Palm Beach/Martin county line north to the Flagler/Volusia county line. … Outer bands from the system are expected to strafe the Florida coast and the Atlantic waters offshore are under a tropical storm warning, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne. … Coastal flooding could also be a concern into mid-week with wave runups to the dunes and sea walls over multiple high tide cycles that could lead to beach erosion.” (09/28/25)
“President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are ‘hostile to motor vehicles.’ The department recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico — informing them it was withdrawing money awarded under the $1.1 trillion infrastructure law former President Joe Biden signed in 2021. The reversals are among the clearest signals yet of the drastic shift from the Biden administration’s emphasis on alternative transportation, such as transit and biking, to the Trump administration’s focus on preserving and expanding lanes for cars and trucks.” (09/26/25)
“The United Nations will reimpose broad sanctions on Iran after days of frantic diplomacy in New York failed to ease a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program. The vote wasn’t a surprise given opposition from the US and western allies to any extension of sanctions relief. Last month, France, Germany and the UK had set in motion what’s known as sanctions ‘snapback,’ citing Tehran’s limited cooperation with the IAEA and broader nonproliferation negotiations. … Iran has for years denied its nuclear program is for military purposes and both IAEA inspectors and US intelligence communities have confirmed the absence of a weapons program in the country since the early 2000s.” (09/27/25)
“Sinclair and Nexstar, the two large local TV owners that dropped ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after the late-night comedian’s remarks about the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, are resuming the program after negotiations with ABC, ending a highly unusual boycott that became a flashpoint for free speech in the United States. The companies, which own scores of TV stations across the United States, had been pre-empting the show since its return on Tuesday, blacking out the program for millions of Americans. Both announced their decision in statements on Friday.” (09/26/25)
“The United States Supreme Court has again sided with President Donald Trump in allowing him to freeze $4bn in foreign aid from being disbursed. The ruling on Friday, which reverses a lower court’s order, is the latest victory for the Trump administration in its effort to overhaul the money the US provides to humanitarian and other efforts abroad. It is also the latest example of the conservative-dominated top US court granting a broad interpretation of presidential power. The aid in question had already been approved by Congress, but its authorisation was set to expire by September 30. Trump moved to freeze the aid in a process known as a ‘pocket rescission,’ essentially running out the clock on it being spent.” (09/26/25)
“Thousands of people have taken part in an anti-femicide protest in Buenos Aires, demanding justice for a girl and two young women who were tortured and murdered in a crime that has shocked Argentina. The brutal killings of 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez, and Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, who were both 20, were livestreamed on social media. Police believe a drug-trafficking gang was responsible, and that the crime was broadcast as a warning to others. They had arrested five suspects … but a 20-year-old Peruvian man they say is the group’s leader remains at large. The victims were lured into a van believing they were headed for a party on 19 September, according to investigators. But authorities said this was part of a plan to ‘punish’ the girl and young women for violating gang code, serving as a warning to others.” (09/28/25)
