Hormuz Ship Traffic Climbs 27 Percent Despite the Blockade War
CENTCOM insists the strait stays open while Tehran withholds permits, and CNN counts 103 hulls in and 89 out; traffic both sides deny is quietly repricing their absolutes.
Samuel Crane
Bureau: Washington
Ottawa Drafts Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation List Against US Tariffs
Trade-war X screenshots Ottawa's retaliation sectors as election-season proof while Washington sells enforcement, and the gap hides who pays first: shoppers, by September.
North Korea Answers Trump's Summit Float With Ten Missiles
Trump counts a reply from Kim Jong Un that the Kim family says does not exist; Seoul watches alliance goodwill spent as summit currency without a seat promised.