Briefing: Ohtani jersey from WBC goes for record $1.5M
Strategic angle: The jersey worn by Shohei Ohtani during Japan's victory in the World Baseball Classic sold for a record amount.
Briefing: Pro-Kremlin blogger turns on Putin, sent to psychiatric care
Strategic angle: After seemingly switching sides, a pro-government blogger in Russia who criticized President Vladimir Putin has been admitted to psychiatric care in St. Petersburg.
Briefing: CNBC Daily Open: clock ticks on Trump's Hormuz ultimatum
Strategic angle: Tensions between Trump and Tehran rise as the clock ticks on the U.S. President's Hormuz ultimatum.
Briefing: Ligue 1: Lille defeat Marseille thanks to Olivier Giroud and close in on 3rd place
Strategic angle: LOSC beat Marseille (2-1) at the Stade Vélodrome on matchday 27 of Ligue 1 and are closing in on a top-three finish.
Briefing: Meet the co-founder of Airbnb: How a weekend scheme to pay the rent turned into an industry giant
Strategic angle: Airbnb was first dreamed up in 2008, with people initially asking 'how could you trust a stranger ever in your own home?' In 2025, $92 billion was transacted on the platform. So how did they do it?
Briefing: What's next for Germany's troubled car giants?
Strategic angle: German automakers are in a crisis due to stagnant sales, falling profits and constant strategy shifts. Can the industry recover?
Briefing: Qatar Airways parks long-haul jets in storage in Spain
Strategic angle: Transfer of planes to Teruel airport signals airline is preparing for ongoing Gulf conflict
Briefing: Trump’s Iran playbook was written in the 1980s
Strategic angle: From oil threats to ultimatums, the US president has a decades-old view of how to confront Tehran
Briefing: America keeps bailing out Trump
Strategic angle: The country’s underlying strengths are absorbing his erratic choices, including the war on Iran
Briefing: ‘It’s always Putin’ behind every EU migration crisis, official says
Strategic angle: Russian president is ‘biggest driver’ of immigration due to his role in wars over past decade, says EU commissioner
Briefing: Military briefing: the high cost of using fighters to down Iranian drones
Strategic angle: Gulf states’ reliance on jets to battle waves of cheap Shaheds is testing their finances, pilots and planes
Briefing: Iran and U.S.-Israel continue to raise the stakes as Strait of Hormuz tensions build
Strategic angle: Iran widened its warnings to target buyers of U.S. Treasury bonds, the latest salvo in an intensifying exchange of threats as the war entered its fourth week.
Briefing: Lai Administration Reverses Course on Nuclear Energy
Strategic angle: The Lai Administration shifts its stance on nuclear energy, signaling a significant policy change.
Briefing: The President’s Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts
Strategic angle: This fact sheet provides a snapshot of global malaria efforts and examines the U.S. government’s role in addressing malaria worldwide.
Briefing: When Did Automakers Start Offering A Smokers Package Instead Of The Lighter And Ashtray?
Strategic angle: The cigarette lighter and ashtray once were in every new car. Then the culture shifted, and these became options automakers could use to make an extra buck.
Briefing: A Corvette That Forgot It Was A Corvette Just Sold For Near-New C8 Money
Strategic angle: A carbon-fiber Targa with LS2 power and Italian-influenced styling just sold for $66,500, odometer mystery and all.
Briefing: Lexus Driver's 'Clunky' Noise Mystery Solved by Mechanic
Strategic angle: A Lexus owner's complaint leads to a surprising discovery during a routine check.
Briefing: 'Why was the threat of Iranian drones overlooked for so long?'
Strategic angle: Historian Jean-Pierre Filiu discusses the oversight of Iranian drone threats and Ukraine's response.
Briefing: BMW’s Baby SUV Pulls Off The Neue Klasse Look Without The Neue Klasse Commitment
Strategic angle: Refreshed combustion X1 fuses Neue Klasse design cues and infotainment tech with existing ICE platforms
Briefing: Women's junior flyweight boxer in coma after KO
Strategic angle: Isis Sio, 19, is in a medically induced coma following a knockout during a recent bout.