Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
European leaders are now fretting about Vladimir Putin in much the same way that everyone worries these days about artificial intelligence. Until recently, AI agents remained within the virtual spaces where they’d been developed. Rather than free range, they were confined...
Ship-to-ship transfers and pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, where available, have become the primary export route for most Middle Eastern oil. Oil producers in the region have demonstrated what some see as remarkable adaptability to the new circumstances. In...
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has once again failed to return to her own country, despite making three attempts within 24 hours and at least seven attempts over the past several months. Washington is not allowing Machado to return to...
There is often an uncomfortable unevenness in contemporary Muslim moral courage. Western Muslim leaders and organizations have shown admirable clarity in confronting the crimes of Empire and Zionism. The more difficult test comes when the same principles implicate governments, institutions...
The Strait of Hormuz crisis has turned roughly 20% of global LNG supply into something buyers now have to treat as interruptible. Nearly seven months after traffic through the strait collapsed, LNG exports from Qatar and the UAE remain severely...
Gaza /PNN/ Cancer patients in the Gaza Strip are facing mounting hardship as treatment interruptions, drug shortages and limited access to medical referrals accelerate the deterioration of their health, doctors and families say. The case of Basel, a patient whose condition...
The United States and 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries have agreed on joint sanctions against the region's largest criminal organizations. The list includes Brazil's two most powerful gangs — Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV). But...
On Monday night, the Trump administration launched what appears to be a nascent cult-of-personality state media channel: “Trump TV: The Essentials” consists of a stream of Donald Trump ’s speeches and administration official appearances, available on the White House’s YouTube...
Uzbekistan is intent on establishing logistics lily pads on the shores of the Caspian and Black Seas to advance Tashkent’s Middle Corridor trade agenda. A statement published by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s office on September 21 revealed that Uzbek and Georgian...
The European Union has removed prominent Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list. Personal sanctions against both men were imposed in 2022. They included asset freezes and a ban on entering the European Union. France traded Usmanov...
In 2021, the US supplied around 5% of all Europe’s gas. That figure is now 26% and rising. Nate Bear is a journalist, a pr/comms man for corporates, money funds, for non-profits, for climate orgs, for wildlife groups Cross-posted from Nate Bear’s...
In 2021, Sungmin Cho wrote, “South Korea’s Taiwan Conundrum,” where he argued Seoul’s complex strategic position makes engagement on questions of involvement over a Taiwan contingency complicated. Five years later, we asked him to revisit his arguments.Image: U.S. Navy (Photo...
Imperial Oil chief executive John Whelan has stated his opposition to Alberta separatism, making this the first major energy company in the province to take a public position on the movement, Financial Post reported, citing Bloomberg. "As a national company,...
🗳️ This is Midterm Madness , the only newsletter you need to stay up to date on election news. Key race updates, money trails, numbers that cut through the spin, and campaign moments that say more than official talking points...
Zohran Mamdani: “DoorDash had underpaid more than 260K delivery workers across New York City. Today, after years of corporate greed and impunity, we are holding DoorDash to account” Ben Wray is the Coordinator and Researcher at the Gig Economy Project Cross-posted from...
By Julie Rogers, Executive Director, Electronic System Design Alliance 2026 is “Bridging Design and Manufacturing with AI” during a day-long session Tuesday, October 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, North Hall, Lower Level, Room 20. The...
Is the era of nuclear weapons coming to an end? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” [Table] | [/Table] Nuclear weapons have been much talked about recently. The interest comes in waves, often sparked off by individual incidents in the war in...
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has publicly opposed calls for a ban on US diesel exports, arguing on Wednesday that the measure would backfire by increasing gasoline and jet fuel prices. "The blunt tool of banning diesel exports definitely doesn't work," Wright...
Kenya breaks ground September 30 on the Dangote-backed East Africa Oil Refinery in Lamu, a project priced at $17 billion by Kenyan officials and $20 billion by Aliko Dangote himself, and designed to process 700,000 barrels of crude oil a...
Convening energy ministers, investors, financiers, and experts for the next African Energy Week (AEW), on October 12–16, in Cape Town, South Africa, aims at taking one more step with Africa’s energy ambitions that could translate into investment, production, infrastructure, and...
Andy Burnham’s decision to send a Royal Air Force plane to Saudi Arabia for “defensive” aerial refuelling in the kingdom’s war against the Houthis has a familiar ring to it. His words echo those of his predecessor. Keir Starmer provided the...
In a huge victory for the Palestine solidarity movement and the mass civil, political and legal campaign against Israel Bonds, the Development Corporation for Israel (DCI) has been unable to get authorisation to sell its bonds in the EU ....
Glencore committed $500 million to VaultCo, the Export-Import Bank public-private partnership sourcing critical minerals for a US government stockpile, Reuters reported Wednesday. The commitment makes Glencore the fourth supplier named to Project Vault, joining Hartree Partners, Mercuria Americas and Traxys...
Every war produces its own vocabulary of loss — death tolls, displacement figures, damage assessments. But one number cuts across every current conflict and rarely makes the headline: the count of children who go to sleep each night with no...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth keeps popping up on the campaign trail, fueling speculation he may run for president in 2028. His travel last month to Iowa, “a presidential campaign proving ground, fits that pattern,” The Washington Post reported , citing...
One Year Later — September 2026 When this piece first ran a year ago, VSORA was the quiet outsider, a company with a bold architecture and no Silicon Valley address. One year on, the thesis has held up better than even...
Copper closed Tuesday a hair below its all-time high, extending its winning streak to six sessions as Chinese buyers restocked ahead of back-to-back holidays and warehouse inventories in Shanghai and London kept draining. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange...
TODAY’S NUMBERS 5.06% (US 10-year Treasury yield, highest since 2007) · 100.9 (Dollar index, seven-week high) · 1,000+ tonnes (China’s gold imports, January–August) The world is paying up for dollars and stockpiling gold at the same time. Markets are buying...
Cuts to U.S. federal incentives for carbon capture projects and an uncertain regulatory environment going forward have prompted some start-ups to move from solely capturing and storing carbon dioxide to selling it to oil companies to help them boost oil...
St John's Anglican Church near London's Hyde Park was transformed into a fashion runway for several hours. Models in hijabs and niqabs walked through the church. In modern Britain, this proved to be an entirely acceptable use of church space....
I wasn’t planning this, but due to a number of factors, pretty much all beyond my control, I’ll be taking the rest of this week as a break. Things are tough for your humble writer, I’m afraid, and I just...
Iran’s IRGC has been striking various US targets and an average of two to three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on a daily basis, as gas prices hit working class Americans where it hurts. On this episode of The...
Ahead of a high-stakes US-China summit planned for September 24 at the White House, Beijing appears to be spotlighting its influence over Iran to gain leverage during negotiations with its chief geopolitical rival. Expectations for a US-China breakthrough on Iran...
The president of Somaliland took advantage of the geopolitical and global economic turmoil caused by the Iran War to visit Washington this week in an effort to advocate for American recognition of Somaliland and for the deepening of economic ties...
ASML is exploring how to produce more than 110 extreme ultraviolet lithography machines in 2028, reflecting the extraordinary investment flowing into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Dutch semiconductor-equipment company expects to manufacture at least 80 EUV systems in 2027 and is...
TotalEnergies has decided to invest in the development of the Ima gas field offshore Nigeria to increase supply for the expanding Nigeria LNG export plant, the French supermajor said on Wednesday. As operator and holder of a 40% interest in...
Camden Council’s investments in Palantir, the controversial AI company with ties to the Israeli military, have increased by over 1,200% since October 2023. The council’s overall holdings in companies complicit in Israel’s violation of Palestinian rights have risen in value by...
On September 17, President Donald Trump said he was approaching a “major crossroads” in the war with Iran: whether to resume large-scale military operations in an effort to bring the conflict to an end. After more than six months of...
The United States has refused to grant a visa to Sudanese army commander General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to attend and address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to news agencies, the US conditioned the visa on al-Burhan...
Only three commodity vessels moved through the Strait of Hormuz in the past day, preliminary tanker-tracking data by Kpler showed on Wednesday, as the oil market weighs the potential resumption of U.S.-Iran talks against continued disruptions in the Middle East....
The cartographers who designed the more accurate map of the world to replace the inaccurate Mercator projection have joined forces with Togo to implement the UN resolution. Following on from the historic vote in the UN, which passed a resolution to...
Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel Money targets $9bn IPO in boost for ailing UK stock market Nils Pratley: Does this mark the end of London’s listing drought? Not yet A payments business that operates across Africa and is ultimately controlled by an Indian...
Asia is set to import the highest volumes of crude oil in September since February this year, when the Iran war started, crippled supply from the Middle East, and forced buyers in Asia to slash purchases. Asia is expected to...
The Trump administration has once again turned on South Africa to serve as a distraction from its mounting list of troubles. Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio has announced new visa restrictions for laughably fictitious infringements by African countries. It is time we...
Oil prices fell in Asian trading on Wednesday and were on course for a sixth consecutive day of declines as the first U.S.-Iran talks in months revived hopes of a deal and eased concerns about oil supply from the Middle...
Europe’s economy is showing greater resilience than expected despite rising energy costs and disruptions linked to conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, with business activity across the euro zone accelerating sharply in September. The euro zone’s private sector expanded...
The Kremlin has signalled that Russia’s position on potential peace talks with Ukraine remains unchanged, despite a planned meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said...
By CIVICUS Sep 23 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses public art, gender-based violence and censorship in Iraqi Kurdistan with Tara Abdullah, a multidisciplinary visual artist from Sulaymaniyah who is currently based in Oslo, Norway as part of the Safemuse – Safe Havens for...
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