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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
Diplomatic recalibration in Paris takes the lead today as G7 ministers respond to the U.S. midterms. Our briefing also covers new clinical successes in dual-gene silencing therapies and an institution…
Retired army chief Gadi Eisenkot has officially been tasked with forming Israel's next government, securing 67 Knesset recommendations to outstrip Benjamin Netanyahu. We also finalize the tallies on I…
Monumental material experimentation anchors today's briefing, led by Doris Salcedo's 30-foot hair-woven sculpture in New York. We also track the procedural fallout of the Democratic congressional swee…
Today on The Studio View: a landmark survey of Black abstract painting opens at MoMA PS1, Los Angeles elects a new mayor, and artificial intelligence models begin simulating authentic watercolor pigme…
Democrats have secured control of both chambers of Congress following Tuesday's midterm elections, fundamentally altering the balance of power in Washington. We also look at Apple's native integration…
We're tracking a major update to Adobe's creative suite that introduces voice-driven conversational editing, alongside Supreme Court oral arguments over religious exemptions in public funding and an i…
We start today with a potential breakthrough in the Strait of Hormuz standoff, as Washington approves a Qatari-mediated draft agreement with Iran. Also in this edition: Rome's Ara Pacis museum gathers…
Continuing our focus on the Doha negotiations, we track Iran's formalized proposal for the Strait of Hormuz alongside Lebanon's sudden suspension of talks. On the research front, a new Oxford study de…
Judicial pushback against federal election oversight escalated this weekend as multiple judges blocked expanded DOJ interventions in California. We also cover the official fallout from the G20 summit …
Today on The Studio View: the G20 ministerial summit concludes without a joint communique as diplomatic protocols collapse in Atlanta. In the studio, Canva and Adobe push new targeted AI editing tools…