14 May 2026 · Multi-perspective news analysis
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Short, unfiltered diary entries from historical figures reacting to today’s news. Not analysis - authentic voice, first-person, opinionated.

Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks

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Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci Rob de Roo

Trump, Xi to hold talks on trade, Iran and Taiwan

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Abraham Lincoln Walter Lippmann Ada Lovelace

Iranians mourn children killed in US bombing of school

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Ida B. Wells Thomas Jefferson Franz Kafka

Russia announces new nuclear missile ready to launch by end of year

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John Maynard Keynes Karl Kraus Étienne de La Boétie

How the Trump-Xi summit could set superpower relations for many years to come

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Isabella Bird Jack London William James

The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China

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Alexander von Humboldt Hypatia Ibn Battuta

Trump calls Iran response to US proposal to end war 'totally unacceptable'

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Hildegard von Bingen Christopher Hitchens Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Oil prices rise after US and Iran exchange fire in Hormuz strait

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Henry Adams Heraclitus John Herschel

Fears of renewed Gaza war as Hamas disarmament talks stall

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Groucho Marx Alexander Hamilton Hannah More

What we know about the latest exchange of fire between the US and Iran

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Benjamin Franklin Sigmund Freud Antonio Gramsci

Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire by targeting civilian areas and ships on strait of Hormuz

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Diogenes of Sinope Fyodor Dostoevsky Frederick Douglass

Middle East war live: US and Iran accuse each other of ceasefire violations in Strait of Hormuz

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Epictetus Frantz Fanon Richard Feynman

Iran considering US proposal as Trump says war will be 'over quickly'

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Marcus Tullius Cicero C.L.R. James Confucius

Bowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all-out war

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Giordano Bruno Anton Chekhov G.K. Chesterton

Middle East crisis live: US targets Iranian boats amid tense push for control of strait of Hormuz

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Adam Smith Averroës (Ibn Rushd) Simón Bolívar

Iran fires 'warning shots' as US Navy says its ships entered Gulf via Hormuz

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Abigail Adams Winston Churchill Charles Darwin

Iran war: US to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz

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Jorge Luis Borges British Absurdist (composite) George Carlin

Live: US to escort ships through Hormuz as Iran warns of ceasefire breach

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Lord Acton Hannah Arendt Virginia Woolf

Middle East crisis live: tanker hit by ‘projectiles’ in strait of Hormuz after Trump says US will help ‘guide’ stranded ships

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Marcus Aurelius James Baldwin Simone de Beauvoir

How the Iran war is hurting travelers, airline industry

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Oscar Wilde Will Rogers Ludwig Wittgenstein

Trump says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace proposal

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Douglas Adams P.G. Wodehouse Mary Wollstonecraft

Trump tells Congress ceasefire means he does not need their approval for Iran war

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Walter Benjamin Simone Weil William Whewell

Deadline for US Congress on war in Iran

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Alan Turing Mark Twain Voltaire

Iran war: Pezeshkian says US blockade 'doomed to fail,' Centcom admiral argues otherwise

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Nikola Tesla Alexis de Tocqueville Harriet Tubman

Iran war: Brent oil briefly hits $119 as talks stall

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Henry David Thoreau Thucydides Leo Tolstoy

Why is the UAE choosing to leave OPEC?

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Jonathan Swift Nassim Nicholas Taleb Ida Tarbell

UAE pulls out of OPEC oil cartels citing 'national interests'

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Socrates Sojourner Truth Sun Tzu

Iran war: US wary of peace plan postponing nuclear deal

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Saki (H.H. Munro) Seneca the Younger Sei Shōnagon

North Korea's Kim reaffirms support for Russia's 'sacred' Ukraine war

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Michel de Montaigne S.J. Perelman Bertrand Russell

Global military spending hits record $2.9 trillion in 2025 amid growing insecurity

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Dorothy Parker Blaise Pascal Terry Pratchett

Iran war: Peace talks on hold, what's next?

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Friedrich Nietzsche George Orwell Thomas Paine

Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

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Niccolò Machiavelli Harriet Martineau Mary Shelley

Netanyahu orders army to 'vigorously attack' Hezbollah in Lebanon

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H.L. Mencken Nāgārjuna Nellie Bly

Iran war: Second attempt at peace talks takes shape

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Lucretius Rosa Luxemburg Lu Xun

Strait of Hormuz: Iran, US seize ships

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Abraham Lincoln Walter Lippmann Ada Lovelace

EU leaders discuss Iran, Ukraine at Cyprus summit

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

EU set to sign off €90bn loan for Ukraine and fresh Russia sanctions - Europe live

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

Iran war: Standoff at Hormuz casts shadow over Iran ceasefire talks

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

Trump extends ceasefire with Iran, says Tehran regime 'seriously fractured'

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

UK inflation climbs to 3.3%, driven by largest increase in fuel prices in over three years - business live

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Lucretius Rosa Luxemburg Lu Xun

Push to bring US and Iran together for peace talks as ceasefire deadline looms

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Abraham Lincoln Walter Lippmann Ada Lovelace

Tuesday briefing: What it might take for lasting peace between the US and Iran

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

Oil price jumps with US-Iran ceasefire ‘on tenterhooks’ - business live

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Sadi Carnot Emily Dickinson

The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation | Editorial

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

Intemperate Trump brings chaos and confusion to Iran talks

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Jane Austen Charles Babbage Ambrose Bierce

Middle East crisis live: Iran says ‘fundamental’ issues’ still to be resolved with US amid strait of Hormuz impasse

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Jane Austen Charles Babbage Ambrose Bierce

Europe's far right leaders gather in Milan rally against immigration

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

Israel, Lebanon agree 10-day ceasefire, Trump says

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Franz Kafka John Maynard Keynes Karl Kraus

'Lebanon is being held hostage to Hezbollah acting at Iran's behest'

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Jack London William James Thomas Jefferson Franz Kafka John Maynard Keynes Karl Kraus

Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’

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Jack London William James Thomas Jefferson

Pakistani army chief visits Tehran in bid to broker renewed talks between US and Iran

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Abraham Lincoln Walter Lippmann Ada Lovelace

Can Trump get a better Iran deal than Obama?

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

Ukraine's military to get biggest-ever shipment of UK drones

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Franz Kafka John Maynard Keynes Karl Kraus

Lebanon, Israel to meet for tough talks in Washington

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Étienne de La Boétie Lao Tzu Leonardo da Vinci

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says

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Jack London William James Thomas Jefferson

Oil price tops $100 a barrel again after Trump announces strait of Hormuz blockade - business live

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Jack London William James Thomas Jefferson

US expected to start naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes

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Franz Kafka John Maynard Keynes Karl Kraus

Bombing of Iran's medical infrastructure endangers patients

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Alexander von Humboldt Hypatia

Tracking recent US-Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure

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Ibn Battuta Ida B. Wells Isabella Bird

Tracking recent US-Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure

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Hannah More Henry Adams Heraclitus

Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' as deadline looms

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John Herschel Hildegard von Bingen Christopher Hitchens

Iran calls for young people to form human chains to protect power plants

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Antonio Gramsci Groucho Marx Alexander Hamilton

Middle East crisis live: Trump says he is ‘not at all’ worried about possible war crimes as his deadline nears

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Richard Feynman Benjamin Franklin Sigmund Freud

Middle East war live: Iran vows harsh response after Trump threatens civilian targets

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Confucius Diogenes of Sinope Fyodor Dostoevsky

Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes

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Frederick Douglass Epictetus Frantz Fanon

Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot

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G.K. Chesterton Marcus Tullius Cicero C.L.R. James

Iran war: Trump says no more Israeli attacks on South Pars

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Simón Bolívar Giordano Bruno Anton Chekhov

Iran: US fighter jet downed, War “It’s not a show”, The Space Race, Will Syrians leave Germany?

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Abigail Adams Adam Smith Averroës (Ibn Rushd)

What the Houthis’ entry into the Iran war means for the conflict and the wider region

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Abigail Adams Adam Smith Averroës (Ibn Rushd)

Iran: Rolling Ultimatums, Moscow "at the EU table"?

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Lord Acton Douglas Adams Hannah Arendt Marcus Aurelius James Baldwin Simone de Beauvoir Jorge Luis Borges British Absurdist (composite) George Carlin Winston Churchill Charles Darwin