# news round-up (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover news round-up. Page: Feed: --- ## ['ECONOMIC D-DAY': Can US Sanctions Achieve What War Could Not?](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/economic-d-day-can-us-sanctions-achieve) _2026-08-20 · The Cradle · The Cradle_ The Cradle News Round-Up | Ep. 257 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212041850/f219c536090a106da9a2193d4b732ce7.mp3) ## [Lebanon’s amnesty bargain leaves justice behind](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/lebanons-amnesty-bargain-leaves-justice) _2026-08-20 · The Cradle_ Beirut opens its prison doors while leaving the machinery of injustice untouched. ## [Iran’s steel Silk Road breaks the maritime siege](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/irans-steel-silk-road-breaks-the) _2026-08-20 · The Cradle_ Maritime pressure is forcing Iran’s economic geography inland, where railways are becoming instruments of sovereignty. ## [The corridors remaking West Asia](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/the-corridors-remaking-west-asia) _2026-08-18 · The Cradle_ Ports, railways, and data cables are reshaping regional power as competing trade routes cut across the old alliance map. ## [West Asia Slips Out of Washington's Grip. WAR Cannot Reverse That](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/west-asia-slips-out-of-washingtons) _2026-08-18 · The Cradle · The Cradle_ The Cradle News Round-Up | Ep. 256 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211754468/13635dcc82a595589216f9792edd2414.mp3) ## [Israel’s election trap runs deeper than Netanyahu](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/israels-election-trap-runs-deeper) _2026-08-17 · The Cradle_ The October vote may end Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule, but those seeking to replace him remain bound to the same wars and the political order that produced them. ## [Earth - Not Just for Humans](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/earth-not-just-for-humans) _2026-08-17 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ The importance of Hope Spots & Nature Needs Half ## [The Mecca pact and the limits of a ‘Muslim NATO’](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/the-mecca-pact-and-the-limits-of) _2026-08-13 · The Cradle_ Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan have signed a collective-defense pact, but divergent threats, US ties, and economic interests leave its real purpose open to dispute. ## [Sanaa seizes the initiative as Riyadh reopens Yemen’s front](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/sanaa-seizes-the-initiative-as-riyadh) _2026-08-12 · The Cradle_ Saudi Arabia’s return to proxy warfare in Yemen risks reviving the same battlefield it spent years trying to contain. ## [In Lebanon: ISIS prisoners released & Israel collaborators forgiven?](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/in-lebanon-isis-prisoners-released) _2026-08-12 · The Cradle · The Cradle_ The Cradle News Round-Up | Ep. 255 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210922608/9ef6860a13ec8d34a01369241f321a86.mp3) ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JZ6IiUEhyVXw) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Trouble at the Pillars of Hercules: Morocco’s Mediterranean power play](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/choking-the-mediterranean-or-trouble) _2026-08-11 · The Cradle_ Was an attempted storming of a Spanish exclave in Morocco linked to the reactivation of western Eurasia’s maritime chokepoints? ## [After the invasion: Who really took Iraq’s oil?](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/after-the-invasion-who-really-took) _2026-08-10 · The Cradle_ The US-led war pried open Iraq’s energy sector, but the oil order that followed did not unfold as its architects expected. Chinese firms now occupy much of the ground western majors abandoned. ## [Trump Wants OUT of his War and Iran Smells Blood](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/trump-wants-out-of-his-war-and-iran) _2026-08-10 · The Cradle · The Cradle_ The Cradle News Round-Up | Ep. 254 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210640713/80235b8170c68019e8b3044a01f1ae66.mp3) ## [How do we save the "inconvenient" whales?](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/how-do-we-save-the-inconvenient-whales) _2026-08-09 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ On the anniversary of the end of Tahlequah's (first) "Tour of Grief" welcome to our monthly Save the Southern Resident newsletter ## [Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan Join Forces... But Against Whom?](https://thecradlemedia.substack.com/p/saudi-arabia-turkiye-and-pakistan) _2026-08-08 · The Cradle · The Cradle_ The Cradle News Round-Up | Ep. 253 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210336387/b8988b9329d0a5e6a60d2f512e573174.mp3) ## [News from Canadian Waters - the Top 🇨🇦 Ocean Stories of July, 2026 🫍](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/news-from-canadian-waters-the-top) _2026-08-01 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ 🐳 Belugas rescued in Manitoba, belugas not really "rescued" from Marineland, pipelines vs. orcas and more - Skaana's monthly ocean news round-up from Canada ## [Grieving with the world’s whale](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/grieving-with-the-worlds-whale) _2026-07-24 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ Remembering Tahlequah's first tour of grief and thinking about her second ## [Killer Whales Invade Los Angeles... Museum](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/killer-whales-invade-los-angeles) _2026-07-21 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ On the latest Skaana Mammalogist Amanda Killian on Orcas Our Shared Future and why "Orcas are better than us." ## [The Legend of Moby Doll - on the anniversary of the Vancouver Aquarium harpooning an orca](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/the-legend-of-moby-doll-on-the-anniversary) _2026-07-16 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ The missing chapter from my book The Killer Whale Who Changed the World ## [On Shark Awareness Day - Remember Canada's Brutal War on Basking Sharks](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/on-shark-awareness-day-remember-canadas) _2026-07-14 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ Some Shocking Shark History for Shark Awareness Day (July 14th) ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nqZ19rEgg019) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Orcas in Los Angeles, Walking Sharks and the Top Ocean Stories of June, 2026 🫍](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/orcas-in-la-and-whales-in-the-weirdest) _2026-07-06 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ Wandering whales, young activists challenging Canadian climate policy & Trump Vs. the Planet - the Skaana ocean news round-up 🫍 ## [Is an Orca Really a Whale?](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/is-an-orca-really-a-whale) _2026-06-24 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ (from the book, Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales by Mark Leiren-Young) ## [BC Green Leader, Emily Lowan - A New Generation of Politician - on the Latest Skaana Podcast](https://skaanapod.substack.com/p/bc-green-leader-emily-lowan-a-new) _2026-06-20 · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · 🫍Skaana 🐙 One Ocean 🇨🇦_ Busting billionaires, the "delightful chaos of campaigns" and the power of passion