
Five Absurdities the Region Produced So You Wouldn't Have To
Houthis audit Aramco, Rihanna litigates Turkey, and Russia discovers that weather, too, has opinions.

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Five Absurdities the Region Produced So You Wouldn't Have To
Listen to Viktor Shpak's latest column.
Was a stand-up comedian before the war changed his material permanently. Writes from Warsaw now. Rule: if you cannot laugh at it, write it twice until you can. His column has been translated into seven languages without losing the jokes.
7 articles · ~31 min total reading

Houthis audit Aramco, Rihanna litigates Turkey, and Russia discovers that weather, too, has opinions.

Iran talks, Turkish remittances, Moscow restaurants, and the eternal question of what exactly a 'deal' means in this part of the world.

Pilgrimages through active war zones, retaliatory logic in full bloom, and other perfectly normal current events.