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George on Thursday: SpaceX Limits Disrupt Ukraine’s Drones, Two Ships Sink Near Hormuz, Omar Probe Reaches Relatives, U.S. Inflation Hits 3.7%, Jurassic Fossil Reveals Early Flightless Bird
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Good afternoon! Today is Thursday, the fifteenth of October, 2026 and this is the Thursday Edition of GEORGE.
Dependence becomes a liability when the systems that carry a country’s energy, information, or defenses can be interrupted by someone else’s decision.
That vulnerability is evident in the news GEORGE brings into focus this Thursday, with reporting, commentary, and dispatches for curious readers. Here are the stories, developments, and ideas worth carrying into …
George on Wednesday: Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer, Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece, AI Could Copy Itself Into Home Devices, French Protest Turnout Doubles, IMF Raises Growth Forecast
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Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the fourteenth of October, 2026 and this is the Wednesday Edition of GEORGE.
For all its promises of progress, a connected world remains remarkably vulnerable to failures of judgment and control.
GEORGE reaches midweek with a clear look at the stories that matter, from major global developments to original reporting and analysis. Here is the context needed to understand the day ahead.
Pope Leo is diagnosed with …
George on Tuesday: India Removes 130 Million From Voter Rolls; Hackers Defrost French Supermarkets; Riyadh Airport Closed; Trump’s ‘Energy Ceasefire’ Collapses; IMF Warns of AI ‘Tsunami’
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Good morning! Today is Tuesday, the 13th of October, 2026 and this is the Tuesday Edition of GEORGE.
Institutions created to impose order find themselves tested by systems left undefended, agreements announced before they exist, and democratic safeguards placed under extraordinary strain.
GEORGE reports on the removal of 130 million names from India’s voter rolls, hackers turning connected French supermarket refrigerators into heaters, and Saudi Arabia keeping Riyadh’s airport closed through …
George on Monday: Riyadh Airport Hit Again, Trump’s Ukraine Ceasefire Claim Falters, U.S. Disables Ship Leaving Iran, Simon Pounds Mexico, Panama Reports 200 Aftershocks, Nikon Wildlife Photo Contest
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Good morning! Today is Monday, the twelfth of October, 2026 and this is the Monday Edition of GEORGE.
The new week opens with a claim of peace already overtaken by attacks upon airports, energy infrastructure, ships, cities, and the institutions expected to restrain them.
GEORGE begins the week with another deadly attack upon the airport in Riyadh and damage at the airport in Dammam, while U.S. President Donald Trump announces …
George on the Weekend: At Least 4 Dead as Isaias Makes Landfall; Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12, Injures 300; Pennsylvania Mass Shooting Leaves 9 Dead; In Kansas Senate Campaign, l’affaire Cookiegate
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Good morning! Today is Sunday, the eleventh of October, 2026 and this is the Weekend Edition of GEORGE.
The week closes with institutions of law, government, and technology struggling to keep pace with the forces they helped unleash.
GEORGE celebrates the weekend by bringing consequential stories into focus, including developments readers may have missed in the course of a busy week.
At press time, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the …
George on Thursday: Dogs Segment Speech With Human-Like Consonant Bias; California Legalizes Plug-In Solar; Russian Strikes Kill 25 in Ukraine; Houthis Attack Saudi Airports; Nobel Prize Honors Mirror Molecules
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Good morning! Today is Thursday, the eighth of October, 2026 and this is the Thursday Edition of GEORGE.
Scientific progress and political violence arrive side by side today, showing mankind capable of decoding the chemistry of life while remaining unable to stop destroying it.
Thursday brings a clear view of the week’s accumulating consequences, from widening wars and mass displacement to discoveries that illuminate the molecular machinery of medicine and longevity.
Dogs …
George on Wednesday: France’s School Revolt Deepens; Trump Says Let Iran ‘Take Out’ Two U.S. Cities; German Spy Chief Arrested; Skydance Creates Hollywood Giant; Ukraine Braces for Russian Attack
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Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the seventh of October, 2026 and this is the Wednesday Edition of GEORGE.
The day’s events show institutions under pressure from below, borders challenged from without, and science pressing against limits that once appeared immovable.
GEORGE reaches midweek with a clear look at the stories that matter, from major global developments to original reporting and analysis. Here is the context needed to understand the day ahead.
France’s …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
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What to Do If Your Flight is Delayed or Cancelled by the Blizzard
Travelers flying into or out of the Northeast United States are not a happy lot in recent days. The National Weather Service’s prediction of “impossible travel conditions” made flying impossible for hundreds of thousands of travelers who wanted to fly into or out of airports in the region. Instead, they found a reenactment of the title of the 1957 Ogden Nash collection of light verse, You Can’t Get There From …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
In Flight »
What to Do If Your Flight is Delayed or Cancelled by the Blizzard
Travelers flying into or out of the Northeast United States are not a happy lot in recent days. The National Weather Service’s prediction of “impossible travel conditions” made flying impossible for hundreds of thousands of travelers who wanted to fly into or out of airports in the region. Instead, they found a reenactment of the title of the 1957 Ogden Nash collection of light verse, You Can’t Get There From …
