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A new British report offers households an attractive deal: abandon net zero and save more than £500 a year. At a time of painfully high energy bills, that claim deserves attention. A transition households cannot finance will eventually lose political...

Amid mounting warnings that artificial intelligence could lead to the end of humanity, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), a leading 2028 presidential hopeful, has been pushing new, but limited , AI safeguards as he adopts a more populist stance on...

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Belarusian oil refineries recorded their highest profitability in a decade in 2026, according to the independent Pozirk news agency, as Russia's refining crisis pushed record volumes of gasoline and diesel across the border. Belneftekhim head Ilya Ikan credited the results...

The United States has imposed sanctions on all of Iran's remaining active airlines, sharply escalating pressure on Tehran's aviation sector as part of a broader campaign aimed at cutting the Islamic Republic off from international trade and finance. The US...

In 2019, Steve Fetter wrote “A Cheaper Nuclear Sponge,” in which he argued that building a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was unnecessary for strengthening U.S. land-based deterrence. After several years of changing defense budgets and strategic priorities, we asked...

In 1973, after it was discovered that the U.S. had secretly bombed Cambodia, Congress took action. In an effort to assert its power over matters of war and peace, Congress pushed through the War Powers Resolution despite then-President Richard Nixon’s veto,...

On the last day of #DAC2026 I stopped by the Keysight booth to chat with Nilesh Kamdar, GM of EDA Business to get an update. He has spent 27 years in the industry, and this made 25 DAC trips for...

Uganda is approaching its entry into the oil export market, but getting its new Pearl Sweet grade to buyers will be harder than its low sulphur content might suggest. The country’s two projects are expected to produce 230,000 b/d at...

China’s aid model to Nepal, especially during crises and natural disasters, is a prime example of Global South solidarity, presented by Beijing as a development alternative to Western aid that is often contingent on political and structural reforms. This partnership...

Google will invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in Finnish AI infrastructure over 2027 and 2028 and has signed a 22-year power purchase agreement with Fortum for up to 50% of the output from the Loviisa nuclear plant, Google's...

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned inflationary pressures are still buffeting the UK economy and energy prices could rise further next year if the war in Iran continues. Speaking to MPs on Tuesday, the Bank chief said inflation...

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Angola's National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency, ExxonMobil and its Block 15 partners confirmed a new oil discovery at the Vicango Este-01 well on Wednesday, the deepwater block's 20th find since production began. Some 370 kilometers (230 miles) northwest of...

TODAY’S NUMBERS: $4,388 (gold, per ounce) · 98.6 (dollar index, four-month low) · 4.8% (10-year Treasury yield, highest since 2023). Gold and yields normally move apart. When both rise together with a falling dollar, markets are pricing something bigger than...

Copper is trading at record prices, and the people who turn raw ore into usable metal can't make money doing it. That's the copper market right now, and it says more about who actually controls the world's most important industrial...

Ukraine hit with drones overnight on Wednesday infrastructure in Novorossiysk, which is Russia’s key oil terminal in the Black Sea, in attacks that killed four people and reportedly sparked a fire at a fuel oil terminal at the port. Ukrainian...

By discarding Washington’s open-door policy toward NATO enlargement and embracing prudent, interest-driven economic diplomacy, the United States can safeguard European stability, secure vital resource supply chains, and free up critical national security resources that are necessary for managing greater challenges. The...

The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories across California's Central Valley and coastal areas, including the Bay Area and Los Angeles, with more severe extreme heat warnings in parts of Southern California. Cooling demand is expected to soar over...

Coalition-building requires new joint capital committed at the moment of political signaling. Hedging requires only showing up where the money already flows and collecting the credit for it in front of cameras. This week, in Bishkek and Cairo, Xi did...

China’s Sinopec, the world’s top refiner by capacity, expects Chinese oil demand to drop by 8.9% in 2026 from a year earlier amid demand destruction from higher oil prices and the acceleration of electric vehicle adoption. Oil demand in the...

The 2026 Ceva Edge Symposium will bring together engineers, technology leaders, ecosystem partners, and innovators to explore a major shift in computing: moving artificial intelligence from distant cloud infrastructure into the devices that interact directly with the physical world. Scheduled...

Uncertainty about how the wars in Iran and Ukraine will unfold is keeping many traders away from taking positions in longer-dated futures contracts, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley. Most traders have now moved to bet on futures prices within...

The tight global diesel market is set to further tighten in the coming months and keep fuel prices high, raising the prices of all goods and threatening the inflation targets of the central banks. Industry officials, who gathered at the...

India’s refineries have been running at 105% to 108% capacity utilization in the past six months as demand for diesel soars and international fuel markets tighten amid the ongoing Middle East crisis. Refinery capacity utilization in the world’s third-largest crude...

The Strait of Hormuz has become the central pressure point in the escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran. Before the conflict, roughly 20 million barrels of oil moved through the narrow waterway each day, equivalent to about one...

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are taking an unusual approach to the 2026 midterm elections by holding a national Republican convention in Dallas, just weeks before voters head to the polls. Unlike traditional party conventions, the gathering is...

Islam Times - Two US vessels, eight oil tankers, and 10 other ships attempting to pass through the prohibited zone of the Strait of Hormuz have been targeted in the latest wave of Iran’s retaliatory operations amid the war of...

PARIS / PNN / France will end trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, joining 11 other countries that have made similar commitments, the French government said, citing the deteriorating situation in the West Bank. France said the West...

Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in. Tehran says its solid-fuel Qassem Basir missile enables it to “take...

When the US-Israeli war against Iran began, few in Beijing or Moscow likely expected Tehran to withstand military pressure from two of the world’s most capable powers. In the early days, US and Israeli air, intelligence and technological superiority were...

Malaysia’s ruling coalition has said that people convicted in high profile corruption and abuse of power cases should serve their full sentences, as reports emerge that former Prime Minister Najib Razak may be seeking another royal pardon. Najib has been...

On September 12, New Delhi will host one of the year’s most long-awaited events, namely, the 18th BRICS Summit. How has India’s presidency unfolded, what can we expect from the meeting, and why have experts started discussing the seemingly impossible...