The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump’s sword of Damocles, has become the main objective of the United States in its war in Iran, which has already lasted five and a half months. When he ordered the start of the joint offensive with Israel on February 28, the president set optimistic and unrealistic goals: he promised the people that he would achieve a regime change in two weeks, during which he would end Tehran’s nuclear program and eliminate the threat of its allied militias in the region. However, even before the launch of the first missile, U.S. intelligence had already determined that these objectives were unattainable solely through military action.

Ukrainian drones attacked both civilian and industrial facilities in the Russian republic of Tatarstan on the night of this Monday, according to local authorities. As a result of this latest offensive, at least 13 people died, while nearly 40 were injured.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook Colombia this Monday, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). The earthquake has caused material damage and injuries in the city of Quibdó, the closest capital to the epicenter, a government official told Reuters.

With or without Santa Claus, more and more Christmas gifts will arrive at European homes through Arctic landscapes. But they will not come by reindeer, but on container ships chartered from China. Like the one that will set sail next Wednesday from Ningbo to reach the English port of Felixstowe twenty days later. Thus inaugurating the first weekly line of the Polar Silk Road.