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As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly I’m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia, eavesdropping on a conversation between some of Earth’s most intelligent beings. The motor...

Iran has offered to open the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases its pressure including taking steps toward ending the U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports and halting military operations in the Strait, a senior...

Despite the recent decline in crude oil prices due to lower-than-feared disruption of Saudi exports, supply-side risks remain elevated, and not only in the Middle East, analysts at ING Bank also said on Tuesday. Oil prices dropped on Friday and...

In this premium bonus episode, we’re sharing our full interviews with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). We ask AOC and Khanna the question at the heart of The Kingmakers ’ season finale: What should the next Democratic...

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, creating a potential opening for renewed diplomacy between Tehran and Washington. A senior Iranian...

Neither a victory for Burnham’s Labour Party nor the Greens will advance the interests of the working class a single inch. What is necessary now is to carefully examine the bitter lessons of the political failure of Corbynism and the...

The European Union and the Philippines have reached an initial agreement on the main elements of a free trade deal, marking another step in Brussels’ effort to deepen economic ties with Southeast Asia. EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Trade, investment, counterterrorism and regional diplomacy are likely to feature, alongside Pakistan’s...

The disease is soaring as funding is cut. African nations are plugging the gap but they need help with the transition Botswana nearly defeated malaria. In 2024, we recorded just 290 cases and one death. Through our elimination efforts, many of...

India paid $24.4 billion more on crude oil purchases between April and August compared to a year earlier as the spikes in international oil prices raised the import bill by 48% despite a 0.4% decline in volumes, government data showed...

This week, Cambodia welcomes foreign diplomats, law-enforcement officials and financial regulators to Phnom Penh for the “International Conference on Combating Online Scams.” Prime Minister Hun Manet’s administration is presenting the gathering as proof that it is ready to confront a...

The reduction in the scale of US-South Korean military exercises is not a gesture of goodwill toward the DPRK, but rather an instrument of Donald Trump’s political pressure on Seoul aimed at forcing it to support US foreign policy in...

Britain is seeking a closer economic relationship with the European Union by asking to participate in the bloc’s “Made in Europe” industrial strategy, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham argues that the UK and EU face many of the same economic...

Bangladesh has spent years trying to find the perfect name for a law governing what people say on the internet. It has had the Information and Communication Technology Act, the Digital Security Act, the Cyber Security Act, the Cyber Protection...

Soaring oil and gas prices will keep most other prices elevated for longer, with eurozone inflation only likely to approach the target rate of 2% towards the middle of next year, the chief economist of the European Central Bank has...

MERICS Media Briefing: Xi Jinping visits the USA J.Heller Tue, 09/22/2026 - 09:53 Video Sep 22, 2026 1 min read MERICS Media Briefing: Xi Jinping visits the USA Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to the US and meet President Donald Trump at the White...

The United States, Denmark and Greenland are preparing to sign an agreement that could reshape the American military presence in the Arctic and ease a diplomatic dispute that has strained relations within NATO. US President Donald Trump is due to...

Coverage of the new White House memorandum on combating cybercrime quickly reached the privateer label. CNN called the participants “cyber privateers,” invoking the image of government-sanctioned raiders working the high seas of cyberspace, hauling in digital booty. The reality is...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened Iranian airlines with a “shut-down” from tomorrow, by means of airports refusing to refuel them and sell tickets, in the latest verbal escalation in the U.S.-Iran war, despite reported efforts to achieve peace amid...

Taiwan remains one of the most sensitive issues in relations between China and the United States, combining questions of sovereignty, national identity, military security and the unresolved legacy of China’s civil war. Beijing considers Taiwan part of China and describes...

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan. The latest summit, due to begin in the United States on Sept. 24, looks set to focus...

Global money is fracturing. As central banks hoard physical gold at record rates, weaponised sanctions, politicised payment networks, and persistent global inflation have exposed the structural vulnerabilities of relying on a single dominant reserve currency. For emerging markets, building domestic...

Crude oil prices, which had been falling since last week, today reversed course and made gains ahead of a UN General Assembly session that many hope will yield some progress on peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. As indicated...

Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday, led by gains in artificial intelligence companies, as investors responded to signs of renewed US China cooperation on AI safety and looked ahead to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with US President...

This article is not designed to skip the facts, just because its author is simply pro-BRICS. It’s an honest, realistic, friendly, and necessary analysis, that readers interested in a summarized diagnosis of the current state of geopolitical affairs need to...

Even as the Euro-American stellionate collapses under its own weight and two-faced diplomacy signs its own bankruptcy, at the same time, Africa is charting its own paths to sovereignty beyond the impasse of hybrid partnerships. Since time immemorial, a basic...

Islam Times - History is usually written by the victors. But when the “alleged victor” is an occupying power that is still bleeding on the battlefield, what it writes amounts to little more than a “psychological warfare document” and an...

Islam Times - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said the Iranian delegation's foremost purpose at this year’s United Nations General Assembly is to take the world stage and defend the righteousness, rights and interests of the Iranian nation after...

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The US-China relationship stands at a perilous threshold, defined by military friction, accelerating technological competition, and shrinking margins for miscalculation. As Washington debates...

News items heralding the AI apocalypse are ubiquitous. The panic started shortly after the ex-Anthropic, ex-OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, Jacob Coxon sounded the alarm on X , writing that AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” Coxon’s...

In the United States, public skepticism over the misuse of AI technology and cybersecurity risks continues to grow. Real-world problems such as controversies surrounding data center construction and vulnerabilities in AI models have become increasingly prominent. Recent cybersecurity incidents, including...

A week after Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo’s body was found, runners took part in a morning run to honour her name and demand more protection The runners smiled and laughed, congratulating each other on finishing their 5km or 10km Saturday run, their...

In July 1971, Henry Kissinger, then American national security adviser, had arrived in Pakistan on an official trip but suddenly developed a convenient case of “Delhi belly.” The top envoy was supposedly too ill to continue his itinerary. Instead, under...

In late July, two tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia left the Red Sea port of Yanbu and headed south toward Bab al-Mandeb. Then they stopped and turned around. The Rodos and the Xin Long Yang were carrying a...

The IG Metall union staged its “day of action” on 21 September, with nationwide, plant-level protests in the auto and supplier industries. The VW Action Committee has issued a fighting programme for auto and supplier workers, starting from the fact...

The United States (US) Air Force Secretary, Troy Meink, recently stated that the US has weapons stationed in Earth’s orbit. Some experts worldwide see it as a shocking development. However, it is not a surprise to the global strategic community...

Islam Times - Ismail al-Sandawi, a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, praised the historic fatwa of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei prohibiting insults against Sunni sanctities as a strategic position that thwarted the enemies’ sinister plans to ignite a...

Islam Times - Sheikh Abdullah Jabri, Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Al-Ummah Movement, emphasizing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 47-year record of sincere equipment, financial, and logistical support for Palestinian resistance groups regardless of their religious affiliations, described the Resistance Axis as...

Islam Times - Mahmoud al-Mardawi, a senior member of the Hamas movement, stressed that Islamic unity is a vital, existential issue related to the national security of the Ummah, rather than a political gesture. He stated that the historic fatwa...