Scene at UN Headquarters ahead of 81st General Assembly Debate | UN Photo/Laura Jarriel Daily Brief The Daily: UNGA81, Day 1 of 5 This edition of The Daily is public. By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read
Daily Brief The Daily | September 18, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
German police are searching the area for additional parts of the drone nearby Wunstorf Air Base Daily Brief The Daily | September 15, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
Photo: screenshot of a video shared by Mark Carney on X Daily Brief The Daily | September 14, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read
Daily Brief The Daily | September 11, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read
E/A-18G aircraft launches from the flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during night flight operations while the ship supports enforcement of the U.S. blockade against Iran in the Arabian Sea. Image: CENTCOM Daily Brief The Daily | September 10, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read
Leaders gathered to honor King Harald V of Norway. Picture: Office of the Prime Minister of Norway Daily Brief The Daily | September 9, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
Map source: https://learnertrip.com/geography/kharg-island-location-map/ Daily Brief The Daily | September 8, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read
Daily Brief ONEST Brief | August 31, 2026 MIDDLE EAST The United States and Iran have exchanged direct fire for the first time in about a month, raising the risk that a conflict which had recently shifted toward economic pressure could again escalate militarily. U.S. Central Command said American forces took “limited, precise action” against IRGC forces By Olga Nesterova • 10 min read
Lake Ontario Daily Brief ONEST Brief | August 27, 2026 NEPAL & TIBET: MORE THAN 1,400 MISSING AFTER CATASTROPHIC FLOODS More than 360 people are dead and over 1,400 remain missing after catastrophic flooding tore through communities along the Nepal-Tibet border. Hundreds of foreigners are among those unaccounted for. Damaged roads and bridges are complicating rescue operations, By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read
Portuguese F-16 near a Russian Su-35 fighter and An-12 transport aircraft over the Baltic Sea, May 6, 2026. Source: NATO Allied Air Command. Daily Brief ONEST Brief | August 21, 2026 Russia is testing NATO’s edges, Ukraine is dealing with both a devastating Russian attack and growing political turbulence at home, Washington is preparing a new economic front against Iran, and China is quietly expanding its room to maneuver from Seoul to artificial intelligence. Here’s what matters today. SLOVENIA’ By Olga Nesterova • 11 min read
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre Daily Brief ONEST Brief: U.S. cuts Korea drills and escalates its fight with the ICC PEOPLE BEHIND THE MOMENT Before the news: something new from ONEST. I’m launching People Behind the Moment — a new series built around a simple idea: behind every institution, business, crisis, headline and ordinary day are people doing work we rarely stop to notice. We spend so much time talking By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read
