Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
The port of Corpus Christi has become one of two ports selected for a project aimed at integrating small modular reactors in a bid to expand the use of nuclear power in more industries—and propel SMR technology forward. Small modular...
While condemning President Donald Trump ’s “record level of lawbreaking,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told The Lever today that Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to use the newly expanded powers of the Oval Office to deliver their agenda should they win...
In this issue: - Xi at the SCO - China’s global strategy - Li Qiang meets US business delegation - Tax changes for foreigners - Auto industry overseas conduct guidelines - Latest issue of Qiushi The Feed: Business, Economy and Trade - Politics and Law - Foreign...
Xi, Modi and Putin in the same room is easy to read as a rival bloc assembling against Washington. The more accurate reading is harder for the US to counter: this is a gathering of countries that have decided American...
In recent years, the European Union has replaced one critical energy and security vulnerability with another heavy dependence for its green energy ambitions. As the EU has moved to phase out Russian energy imports and reduce the overall dependence on...
Solar energy is going gangbusters. The world is adding photovoltaic solar panels at a blistering rate, shattering its own records year after year, buoyed by a flood of ever-cheaper solar panels out of China. “We have a plentiful and cheap...
A federal judge has allowed antitrust lawsuits accusing some of the biggest U.S. shale producers of coordinating production cuts to keep oil and fuel prices higher to proceed. U.S. District Judge Matthew Garcia in New Mexico rejected efforts by Diamondback...
After years of volatile markets, lithium prices are soaring, and everyone wants a piece. As the battery storage sector goes gangbusters on a global scale, lithium spot prices are seeing a major windfall, with mining companies posting massive profits. As...
Corporate profits are skyrocketing as the AI boom continues, while workers continue to lose out. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Micha el Roberts’ blog As the central bankers of the world...
Burnham promised to end neoliberalism, but he has already U-turned on his most ambitious policies. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, Venezuela and Oman, for newspapers including Financial Times, Morning Star and Middle East Eye. His focus is...
Walter Benjamin’s view of revolution, as an emergency break on a runaway train, is increasingly relevant in an era of war and climate breakdown. Chris Bambery is an author, political activist and commentator. His books include A People’s History of Scotland and...
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026Time: 12:00-1:00 PM ETThe second joint webinar by RUSI and War on the Rocks: Two leading defense publications from both sides of the Atlantic present their expert panel. OverviewFor this edition of The Atlantic Brief, the Royal...
President Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and Egypt are at a critical stage of development and rejuvenation. China has made a good start to the implementation of its 15th Five-Year Plan, while Egypt is advancing the building of...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was briefed by US President Donald Trump’s special envoys following their latest trip to Moscow and said the two Americans were working on plans for a follow-up visit to Kyiv in the near future....
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In 1967, a Maasai herder called Jumanne Mhero Ngoma stumbled across a clump of unusual violet crystals in the Mereli Hills near the Tanzanian city of Arusha. For his discovery, Ngoma was awarded 50,000 shillings – about $22 in today’s...
Before this week’s Grand Canyon flash floods left at least two people dead and stranded 80 in the national park, President Donald Trump’s Interior Department moved 300 specialized emergency response personnel from across the country to the capital — not...
Shop price inflation has hit a two-year high and is set to climb through the autumn as a surge in energy and commodity costs filters through to consumers, a top business group has found. The British Retail Consortium (BRC), which...
The earnings of America’s largest corporations — the S&P 500 — surged by an astounding 53% over the past year. But most Americans are losing ground . Wages have barely risen — yet a tomato today costs 40% more than it did...
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP,...
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . This fall , 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English,...
Photo by McCarthy Beckan on Unsplash It’s funny how, without USAID to funnel money in different places and with ActBlue under investigation, we’re just not seeing the riots this year we normally see. It’s sort of odd, don’t you think? Maybe not. Celebrate...
Spot LNG prices in Asia jumped on Tuesday to the highest level since the 2026 winter, as buyers compete for spot cargoes amid the still-stalled LNG traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Asia’s spot LNG price jumped to as high...
There is a connection between Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Cairo and Egyptian-Chinese cooperation in the fields of intelligence and defense technology, which is central to the strategic partnership between the two countries. President Xi Jinping’s visit to Cairo...
Today, Tuesday 1st September, the date that the Central Bank of Ireland was due to renew the Israel Bond prospectus, either by approval or transfer, it appears that no EU state is now authorising the sale of Israel Bonds. This disruption...
The U.S. installed a record-high energy storage capacity in the second quarter of the year as grid operators and utilities turned to storage to boost grid reliability and meet rising power demand, a new industry report showed on Tuesday. The...
BRICS de-dollarization is real but narrow: it is happening bilaterally, mostly under Russia and Iran’s sanctions duress, while the instruments meant to make it systemic — a common currency, BRICS Pay, “the Unit” — remain pilots, studies, or shelved proposals....
The 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual gathering got underway August 31 in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, with discussions expected to focus on building trade and digital connections and fostering cultural exchanges. The agenda is seen as aimed...
Despite the overall trend toward older populations, substantial differences in age structures exist among countries. Credit: Shutterstock. By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Sep 1 2026 (IPS) The age structures of populations vary considerably across countries. Some countries have relatively young populations, with large...
TODAY’S NUMBERS 6.7828 (Monday’s PBOC yuan fix, near-flat) · 21 (months of PBOC gold buying, a record) · <3% (yuan’s share of SWIFT payments, vs. 51% for the dollar). Beijing is capping the currency, buying gold and building payment rails...
The dystopian future became the dystopian present last month when state-of-the-art artificial intelligence agents went rogue and conducted a cyberattack of their own volition. Two experimental OpenAI agents escaped their supposedly sealed digital “sandbox” and hacked another AI-related company, Hugging...
Two oil supertankers have been hit by unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz outbound from the Persian Gulf, maritime risk management firm Marisks said on Tuesday, as tensions in the Middle East flared up again this week and...
Modern geopolitics increasingly resembles a lottery where the US draws a number, and the “winning” country receives not a prize but a shower of stones — as the crowd applauds, never asking why it is throwing them. Lottery has lots...
Nepal is facing one of its deadliest disasters in recent years after a glacier collapse on August 26 triggered a massive surge of ice, rock and mud across the country’s Himalayan border region with China. The disaster has devastated towns,...
The main monument to the new school of reparations appears to be Venezuela. Only recently, the country dominated the headlines: the American military operation, the capture of Nicolás Maduro, his removal to the United States, an interim government headed by...
Today marks the launch of the SIXTH year of the Muslim Book Awards! The Muslim Book Awards (MBA) is an annual celebration of Muslim voices in publishing, from mainstream publishers, Islamic publishers, or authors who self-publish. Hosted by MuslimMatters.org and featuring...
Pakhshan Azizi and a child. Photo credit: Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (WNCRI) By Clare Quirk JOHANNESBURG, Sep 1 2026 (IPS) In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison,...
A massive Ukrainian drone attack at Russia’s Ust-Luga oil export terminal in the Baltic Sea has sparked a fire at the site as Ukraine continues to target Russian refineries and energy export infrastructure. Following a drone attack overnight, the Ust-Luga...
The prosecution of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to test how US courts apply international law in criminal cases involving foreign leaders and defendants captured abroad. Maduro, who has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges, is expected...
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States “has just entered into an Agreement” with Venezuela covering more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, secured “at no cost to the American Taxpayer.” He then proceeded to name Secretary...
India’s imports of spot crude cargoes from producers such as the United States and Venezuela are being driven by the prevailing cargo and oil prices, the top executive of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has said. “Imports...
The American response to Southeast Asia’s industrial-scale scam compounds has been vigorous, even theatrical at times, yet it remains strikingly incomplete. In April 2026, the Justice Department’s Scam Center Strike Force seized 503 domains designed to impersonate legitimate trading platforms,...
Russia has condemned upcoming military exercises involving Japan, the United States and Australia, warning that the deployment of US Typhon missile systems on Japanese territory poses a direct threat to Russian national security. The dispute comes amid worsening tensions between...
Darius awakes in a strange land, only to stumble into the midst of an assassination attempt—and once again finds himself fighting for his life. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part...
My greatest challenge while flight testing collaborative combat aircraft was not troubleshooting errors at high speed in the cockpit. It was when, in a single keystroke, my job shifted from pilot to something like a dog handler — a supervisor...
One of the small costs of running money is that you stop having time to read the people you most want to read. For me, that is Matt Levine, whose Money Stuff column runs on Bloomberg, and who has spent...
Editor’s Note: While War on the Rocks has a high standard for allowing pseudonyms, this is an unusual case: U.S. Army Special Operations Command requires its uniformed personnel to use pseudonyms when writing for public consumption (Policy 23-16). Meek young...
Iran says it has sufficient foreign currency reserves to withstand growing US economic pressure, as Washington intensifies sanctions aimed at weakening Tehran’s economy and forcing it to change its policies. The statement comes amid severe economic pressures, including a record...
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