Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
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Black communities across the globe have large and complex vocabularies to describe race, shaped by their specific cultures and histories - Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here One thing you might…
AI
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Siemens has again sponsored a Wilson-led survey on the state of (functional) verification in the industry, and this time Harry Foster (Chief Scientist, Verification at Siemens) has condensed his major takeaways from the…
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Britain launched a “world wide lobbying exercise” to overturn a landmark United Nations (UN) resolution which recognised Zionism as racism, declassified files reveal. The information is in a private exchange between John…
Middle East
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The Middle East has seen many explosions of violence in recent years. But while the US-Iran war has grabbed the headlines this year, the rapidly escalating conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally…
NABLUS/TULKARM, West Bank / PNN — For Ali al-Bazari’s family, the olive harvest ended in grief. They bid farewell to the 44-year-old Palestinian father through tears, while his son was left asking a question no child…
Armed Conflicts
The effects of torture and ill-treatment seen on Oleksandr Savov, a Ukrainian marine who took part in the defence of Mariupol after his release from Russian captivity. Credit: Anastasiia Savova By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Oct…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / The idea for Um Eyad’s small business grew out of the difficult economic circumstances facing her family and her and her husband’s desire to create an additional source of income to help meet…
JENIN, West Bank / PNN — In an effort to prevent traditional Palestinian games from being forgotten, Samahear Al-Roumi, director of the “Bayt Al-Dammah” centre for reviving Palestinian folk games in the town of Zababdeh…
Politics
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Behind the cacophony of the diplomatic rift between South Korea and Ukraine hides a fundamental question: what is the price Seoul has had to pay for access to North Korean prisoners of war and how will this affect…
Bethlehem / PNN — A new episode of *Aalamakshouf* examined the impact of the war on animals, livestock and the environment in the Gaza Strip, amid widespread destruction of farms and beekeeping facilities, shortages of…
Africa
Credit: Tosin Olowoleni By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko YOLA, Nigeria, Oct 7 2026 (IPS) Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities attributed the attack…
Cogs of War
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The U.S. Navy’s May 2026 shipbuilding plan, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, uses the word “innovative” eight times. The plan applies that word, among other things, to the Columbia-class submarine, an…
Military
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The inaugural flight-test release of a US air-launched hypersonic weapon over an Australian weapons range demonstrates both nations’ push for standoff hypersonic strike, yet the weapon’s true combat value hinges on…
Asia Narratives prepares periodic briefings. One of my clients suggested I share it. China Systems Weekly covers political, economic, and social developments through the lens of individual and societal needs, alongside…
Palestine
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Islam Times - Architectural consultant Edva Lutan, who specializes in adapting institutions to the digital age and is also a lecturer, discussed in an article published by the “Israeli” newspaper “Zman Yisrael” “Israeli”…
Iran
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Islam Times - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] has marked the third anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood by declaring that the October 7, 2023 operation permanently destroyed the long-standing image of the…
Iran
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Islam Times - The nomination of Mehrdad Akhlaghi for the post of defense minister has drawn extensive coverage from Persian-language media outlets based outside Iran and from regional media, even though he belongs to the…
Photography
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The Ethiopian photographer Sosina Mengistu’s self-portraits draw on personal experience to reflect young people’s anxiety and frustration This self-portrait is part of my project So I See Me, which I began in 2020 during…
Opinion
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In a stemwinder of a speech in Nebraska, our mentally ill president joked around that if Iran took out Los Angeles and San Diego, it would be a small price to pay for keeping the rest of the country safe. Or at least…
Middle East & Africa
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On 4 October, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, went on television from Saudi Arabia to announce a campaign to retake the territory still held by the Houthis and restore state authority…
Global development
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I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison ‘Why don’t you just drive your tuk-tuk and do your work?” the judge…
Finance
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TOKYO – For decades, the US enjoyed a remarkable luxury: its two biggest creditors, Japan and China, kept showing up at Treasury auctions with checkbooks open. Now, Donald Trump’s trade wars, tariff threats and widening…
Benjamin-netanyahu
Three years after the Oct. 7 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presenting Israel’s response as a story of resilience and overwhelming military success. Speaking at the United Nations last month…
National-conservatism
Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference — or NatCon — in Israel on Tuesday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told his audience that Israel “can and must bear a growing responsibility for its own…
Larry C. Johnson
The global economic damage caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is generally not understood by most policymakers. Public and policy discussion of the Strait of Hormuz closure has fixated on crude oil: tanker…
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The postal service—a product of the American Revolution—has been systematically bled over decades by both Democratic and Republican parties. We have been forced to operate like a profit-making company despite the clear…
Europe
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A Note About a Plan Nobody Has On 30 September Russia sent NATO members a written note claiming it had information that the alliance was preparing an air and naval blockade of Kaliningrad. It warned that Moscow would use…
Opinion
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Donald Trump has angrily denied reports that the United States is considering sanctions relief and access to frozen Iranian funds in exchange for nuclear concessions, even as Washington's broader moves suggest it may be…
Opinion
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Restoring geopolitical unity in the post-Soviet space is a historical obligation for Russia, according to Alexey Podberezkin, director of the Almaz-Antey concern's Center for Military and Political Studies. In a comment…
Behind The Headlines
Yemen’s Armed Forces have imposed a no-fly zone over Riyadh following a massive assault by Saudi Arabia using 100 aircraft, combined with a shock offensive aimed at capturing Bab el-Mandeb. In this Monday’s edition of…
In Brief
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As violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has escalated, often with the acquiescence or support of Israel’s military, and the Israeli government has increasingly constricted Palestinian daily…
Northeast Asia
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The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports. Despite the official slogan “Imagine One Asia,” fragmented regional…
National Politics
French school students explain why they are organising blockades of their schools and the brutality they have faced from the French police. Cross-posted from Counterfire Picture by Wyslijp16 Below are speeches made at an…
Geopolitics
The notion that a two-state solution is the ‘viable’ option completely ignores the present and history of Israeli politics. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and…
Solutions
Review of Sven Beckert’s ‘Capitalism: A Global History’, which takes an unconventional view of how capitalism came about and what it actually is. Cynthia Kaufman is a writer and educator. She is the author of six books…
EU politics
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‘The European Green Party rushed to condemn the Greens of England and Wales when they voted to support a single democratic state in Palestine. It has never condemned the German Greens for supporting Israel’s genocidal…
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Psiphon, a software company spun out of the Citizen Lab that helps internet users living under oppressive regimes evade online censorship, plans to leave Canada if the federal government’s lawful-access bill passes in…
Armed Conflicts
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Seven months into the Iran War, threats of further military escalation and stalled efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz have heightened fears of worsening humanitarian suffering and wider regional instability. Pedro…
3D IC
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One of the standout presentations at the 2026 TSMC OIP Forum highlighted a collaboration between Siemens EDA, Marvell, and TSMC. I always appreciate EDA presentations that bring together customer and foundry…
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The President of the United States has long been known as the leader of the free world. It’s a nice sentiment, to say the least, but it has the added benefit of being true. During the Cold War, America’s allies looked to…
Slavery
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In this month’s newsletter: for Caribbean scholars, the evidence of how deeply slavery shaped Britain’s wealth has never been in doubt. Plus, heritage walks in Manchester • Don’t get Cotton Capital delivered to your…
Semiconductor
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How VSORA rebalances memory and compute for AI inference in the data center and at the edge For more than a decade, the AI hardware industry focused mainly on model training, while inference represented a smaller share…
Pop and rock
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The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop In 2024, South African pop star Tyla won the…
EDA
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LUBIS EDA is introducing FormalOS, a platform designed to make formal verification more systematic, scalable and predictable. Built on the company’s five-stage methodology, it combines structured workflows, verification…
Economic Statecraft
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This policy note offers a roadmap for more effectively identifying, disrupting, and seizing the illicit financial flows that sustain complex criminal networks, threaten populations, and corrupt institutions across Latin…
Democracy & Governance
The world leaders that gathered at the United Nations last month speaking about trust, reform, and the future of cooperation. Down the hall, the organization’s finance office was working on a plainer question: whether…
Europe
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French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally has unveiled a broad economic programme built around cutting public spending, reducing taxes, tightening immigration and reshaping France’s…
Gender
As the number of people living with dementia continues to rise, healthcare systems face increasing demand for medical and support services. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) Dementia…