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And the U.S. drove 75% of the biggest aid collapse on record.
Plus: Ghana goes visa-free for all Africans in May.
One American firm just cornered Congo's cobalt, China is detaining ships in Panama, and Colombia's finance minister walked out of his own rate decision.
Plus: Panama energy tenders closing May 5.
Asymmetric $1K drones mathematically freeze 20 million barrels of daily oil shipments, Vietnam triggers a 53% export surge to the US, and India secures 5,000 high-performance GPUs.
China commits a staggering $700 billion to AI-ready infrastructure, Nigeria unlocks a $20 billion deepwater oil project, and Singapore anchors a billion-dollar machine intelligence megafund.
The UK sees a massive 19% plunge in work visas, the US pushes through tougher H-1B wage barriers, and a tech diaspora relies on Starlink to bypass war-torn telecom blackouts in Sudan.
Washington forces Panama to seize its canal back from a Chinese conglomerate, Venezuela quietly privatizes its oil reserves, and Trump bypasses the Supreme Court to unleash a sudden 15% global tariff shock.
Tarique Rahman takes control in Bangladesh, Washington’s stunning U-turn in Syria, and Ethiopia unlocks its FX.
Plus: The end of the H-1B? & Indonesia enters Gaza.
Plus: Inside the "Russian Oil" trade-off. Panama kicks China out of the Canal.
Plus: Ghana's $1B AI hub, Vietnam's 10% growth plan & India seals historic EU trade deal
Plus: Syria’s collapse, Qatar’s $25B bet, and the "Argan Heist."
US unilateral policy upends global order. Plus: Iran's regime faces existential crisis, Cuba on brink of collapse, and China/Russia/Iran launch joint naval exercises in South Africa.
China's $1 trillion surplus is undercutting Global South industries. Plus: 87 dead in Caribbean strikes, US-brokered peace deal collapsed days after signing, and Microsoft's $17.5B India bet.
1,000+ dead in Asian floods, 19 nations cut off from US immigration. Plus: Pakistan's constitutional coup gives one general unprecedented control.
China courts the Global South while the US boycotts. Plus: Maduro's sword, 97% rates, and the cables connecting a continent
From Caribbean tensions to COP30's power shift—the intel that matters for the Global Majority this week
Plus: Pakistan declares 'state of war' + the durian that evacuated Paris →
Sudan's genocide warnings, Mali under siege, Bangladesh sliding toward theocracy
6-nation infrastructure launch, Tanzania's $15K US visa bonds, and why medical devices fail darker skin
After 20 years of socialist rule, what this means for the region + OpenAI's $25B Argentina bet
Madagascar & Peru in crisis—here's what it means for the Global South 🌎
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