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Kremlin keeps channel open to Trump as US ties fray
James Davis reports that Russia is intensifying strikes and advancing across multiple fronts while Washington flirts with Tomahawk threats and deeper intel sharing. Despite Western hopes of collapse, Russia’s economy and war footing remain resilient, and the Kremlin still courts a deal with Trump even as Zelensky escalates risky tactics.
Germany’s growth model teeters as capital and confidence crumble
Diego Faßnacht reports that Germany’s Mittelstand is decapitalizing: equity ratios are thinning, profits falling, investment stalling, and industrial output sliding. With policy uncertainty and high costs biting, insolvency risks rise and the country’s productive core erodes – signaling structural, not cyclical, weakness.
Japan’s Iron Lady rises: Takaichi’s ascent reshapes LDP politics
Scott Foster reports that Sanae Takaichi’s LDP win lifts equities and defense names while the yen weakens, telegraphing looser policy and a harder security line. But coalition math, a strained Komeito partnership, and Trump’s tariff-investment demands will test her promise of “Japan First” without inflaming inflation or diplomacy.