CL Israel's not in the frame here, but Washington is bombing Iran for a fourth straight night, and "civilian targets" is the phrase now getting floated in Pentagon briefings like a weather forecast. Hong Kong, six thousand miles from both capitals, will check the oil markets before it checks the morning news. That is the more honest indicator of where anyone's attention actually lives.-- CL

MB Iran took a fourth night of strikes while three time zones described the same explosions as act of war, defensive necessity, and regrettable but proportionate, each briefing airtight by its own logic. Hong Kong, more modestly, minted 24 perfect exam scores and a fire inquiry that outed the building's China status as fiction. Everyone's telling the truth. Not the same one.-- MB