Monday, June 22, 2026
Marco andrea@passaglia.it
The Bellwether

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cron-marco-2026-05-31-1780203600000 Delivered

60 articles collected in this run, grouped by pipeline outcome. Expand a kept article to see its signals + the trends those signals reinforce, with the verbatim evidence at every edge.

Body fetch: 46/60 (77%) good · 14 title-only

Pipeline execution 55 steps

Captured by durableStep in our Postgres. Survives Inngest dashboard outages.

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collect.sourcesingest-Timothy Ashok63 ms8025/31/2026, 5:00:00 AM
collect.sourcesingest-Caixin Globalok7147 ms9625/31/2026, 5:00:00 AM
collect.sourcesingest-Economistok82 ms8925/31/2026, 5:00:01 AM
collect.sourcesingest-The Diplomatok64 ms7525/31/2026, 5:00:01 AM
collect.sourcesingest-Syncreticaok236 ms8025/31/2026, 5:00:01 AM
collect.sourcesingest-Alex Englerok70 ms7825/31/2026, 5:00:01 AM
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collect.sourcesingest-The Overshootok198 ms7525/31/2026, 5:00:01 AM
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Kept · signals extracted 7

▸ China dials down rhetoric but regional risks persist at Shangri-La Dialogue Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift 1 sig
SCMP · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ How China will play a major role in Benin’s economic growth as a new era is ushered in Digital South Industrial Policy 1 sig
SCMP · 5/31/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ How Iran’s military harnesses ChatGPT Defense-AI Convergence 1 sig
FT Technology · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ In Taiwan, ‘Mainland Spouses’ From China Become a Focus of Infiltration Fears Sovereign Data Localization 2 sig
NYT · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ US agency goes back to the future to take on China’s Belt and Road Initiative Capital Flow Realignment 1 sig
SCMP · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drone technology Defense-AI Convergence 2 sig
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Why the US Navy must look to allies if it wants to catch up to China at sea Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift 1 sig
SCMP · 5/31/2026 ·committed · naive

Kept · no signal extracted 2

▸ Jamming-resistant radio maker seeks $3bn-plus sale Defense-AI Convergence
FT Technology · 5/31/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ SoftBank pledges €75bn to build Europe’s biggest AI facility in France China AI Infrastructure
FT Technology · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only

Triage skipped 10

▸ How US defence chief Hegseth softened his tone towards China after Xi-Trump meeting Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
SCMP · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Iran reasserts control over Hormuz Strait as deal with US remains elusive Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Iran war live: Lebanon slams Israel’s invasion; US-Tehran deal in limbo Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Al Jazeera English · 5/31/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Israeli soldiers reach Nabatieh, one of southern Lebanon’s biggest cities State Formation & Authority Stress
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Is the war in Ukraine entering a new phase? Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ No deal announced after Trump meeting to make 'final determination' on Iran Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Putin says drone that crashed in Romania likely Ukrainian Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Trump Sends Tougher Terms to Iran for Peace Framework, Officials Say Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
NYT · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ US Congress advances American-Israeli military integration plan Defense-AI Convergence
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ US not 'turning back' on Asia allies, but expects them to boost defence, says Hegseth Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive

AI filtered out 41

▸ 11 Dead as All Bodies Recovered After Washington Chemical Explosion
NYT · 5/31/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ 22 killed as truck carrying refugees overturns in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ AI is here. What do you want from it?
FT Technology · 5/31/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Al Jazeera exclusive interview with rebel FARC faction in Colombia
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ An Afternoon in Brooklyn with Mayor Mamdani and a Bar Full of Arsenal Fans
NYT · 5/31/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Bruce Springsteen calls out Trump’s ‘reckless’ administration
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Chinese archaeologist who discovered 5,000-year-old city pleads guilty to corruption
SCMP · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ C.I.A. Officer Arrested With Gold Once Worked With No. 2 Pentagon Official
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Dotcom bubble IPOs
FT Technology · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Emotional scenes as more survivors pulled from flooded Laos cave
Al Jazeera English · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Ferrari wanted to take on Chinese EVs with the Luce - then the backlash started
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Four more men freed from flooded Laos cave after 10 days
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ How Curry Shops Got Caught in Japan’s Immigration Crackdown
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ How stamps and postcards helped India count its people
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupts, spewing ash into the sky
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Inside Trump’s Deal With the I.R.S. to Drop His $10 Billion Lawsuit
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ In the Los Angeles Mayoral Race, Restaurants Are One of the Hottest Issues
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Iran’s Team Trains in Limbo for World Cup Overshadowed by War
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Is JD Vance the 2028 Front Runner? Trump Has Questions.
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ 'It's like a decaying body': Australian farmers battle mouse plague
BBC Asia · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Lebanese army ‘overly stretched’ to fight off latest Israeli invasion
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ Liverpool sack Arne Slot after disastrous Premier League title defence
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ ‘Opposite visions’: What to know about Colombia’s presidential election
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Platner’s Wife Flagged His Sexual Texts With Other Women as Maine Senate Race Began
NYT · 5/31/2026 ·committed · title-only
▸ PSG beat Arsenal to win back-to-back Champions League titles after shootout
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Qatar says temporary charges ‘negotiable’
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Rescuers free four more men from flooded Laos cave, two still missing
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Rescues in eastern Syria after the Euphrates River bursts its banks
Al Jazeera English · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Senator Dan Sullivan Has a New Challenger in Alaska: Dan Sullivan
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Senior Sri Lankan monk suspended over child sex abuse allegation
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Thousands in Peru protest Fujimori presidential run
Al Jazeera English · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Truck carrying Afghan returnees from Pakistan flips on highway, killing 18
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Health Care and Housing
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Trump Urges Canceling Freedom 250 Concerts After Artists Drop Out
NYT · 5/31/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Two killed, including Palestinian doctor, in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · naive
▸ Voters in Malta head to polls for early elections
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
NYT · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
▸ Women bear the brunt of DRC’s Ebola outbreak
Al Jazeera English · 5/30/2026 ·committed · similar-match · body source ↗
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