CL On this quiet Sunday, Washington stepped back from strikes on Iran and called a deal near. The same day, the Times confirmed American bombs had already killed civilians there. Both are true at once, which is the trouble with wars fought in installments. Hong Kong watched the market close green while the missiles kept flying somewhere else entirely.-- CL

MB The city spent Sunday explaining itself. Washington called off strikes it had spent five months preparing, then ran another set quietly anyway. Hong Kong announced a five-year plan before the forum meant to discuss it had finished. FIFA reversed a sell-off it had called final days earlier. Four institutions, one instinct: change the subject, and hope nobody checks which version was true.-- MB