Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
U.S. President Donald Trump has undertaken the most aggressive federal intervention in the critical minerals and rare earth sectors ever since he returned to the Oval Office, announcing a flurry of deals as Washington desperately tries to counter China’s dominance...
In this issue: - Xi going to India - 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Financial Powerhouse - More signs of economic stress - Anthropic’s report “Detecting and countering misuse of AI” - US-China - Japan and the “enemy-state clauses” in the UN Charter The Feed: Business,...
Mexico’s government is slashing financial assistance for the state energy major by as much as 70% despite Pemex’s continued struggle to pay down debt and boost production. The decision rests on expectations that the company will benefit from the oil...
“For peace is not in gold or gain, Nor in the spoils of others’ pain; It’s found turning from the lie, Refusing worlds where good must die, To stand where truth and kindness grow, And dream a life beyond this woe.” ”Awaken” — The Frontier Man Humanity...
Studies have shown that nearly 20% of the verification cycle is spent on assertion generation, debugging, and methodology integration. This work remains largely manual today or is delegated to general-purpose LLMs that can produce incorrect assertions more than 30% of...
Copper future and related stocks plunged on Thursday morning after a Reuters report said that the White House's "copper tariff plan stalls amid affordability concerns." The Trump administration has yet to decide whether to impose tariffs on refined copper, sending copper...
Decades after the Soviet collapse, Russia and Rwanda share an excellent, longstanding, and growing multifaceted relationship, rooted in mutually beneficial cooperation, while sustaining ambition for raising levels of investment and trade, as well as educational exchanges. Rwanda recognizes Moscow as...
A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with...
As lawmakers demand Congress put artificial intelligence safeguards in place amid new warnings from AI whistleblowers, the Trump administration is using a new, obscure office to do exactly the opposite. The agency, which is dedicated to turning the U.S. military into...
A quarter-century after Sept. 11, America is commemorating the day with a combination of reverence, Islamophobia and jingoism. But there is another current running through the mix of emotions: anger over a number of unanswered questions about the attacks, their...
US natural gas production is projected to reach a record high of 111.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2026, up from 107.6 bcfd in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). By 2027, domestic supply is...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has raised its forecast for U.S. crude oil production in 2027 to 14.3 million barrels per day, up from 14.2 million bpd in August and 14.0 million bpd in July. For 2026, EIA is still...
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are introducing new procedures for foreign visitors. Some local observers believe the moves are connected to a fresh influx of Russians amid rumors that the Kremlin may order a general military mobilization. A Kyrgyz government decree outlines plans...
Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic institutions view the joint military defense agreement signed between Israel and Greece in the Mediterranean (culminating in the $3.5 billion Achilles Shield missile deal) with cautious suspicion and a multi-dimensional strategic assessment. This Chinese...
This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most...
Family of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee’s choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monarch A traditional Ugandan kingdom has become engulfed in a bitter succession dispute after the family of a king who recently...
In 2020, the Citizen Lab uncovered a massive hack-for-hire operation called Dark Basin . The group targeted American nonprofits, including organizations working on #ExxonKnew and organizations working on net neutrality advocacy. We linked the operation to an Indian company called...
Just days before Ed Miliband announced trade sanctions on Israeli settlements, more than 300 British soldiers participated in a “landmark” training exercise facilitated by Israel’s largest arms firm. Elbit Systems UK boasted about its “key role” in the three-day training exercise...
Has capitalism failed? Or is the real problem with the particular form of capitalism that has dominated Britain and much of the Western world since the 1980s? Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University Management...
The collision of an aging population, escalating climate damages, and massive remilitarization is set to present an unprecedented, compounding threat to the future well-being of Europeans. Dan Steinbock is the author of The Obliteration Doctrine and The Fall of Israel ....
Since 2008, corporate bond issuance has grown significantly above trend, while corporate investment has not. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog “Is Keynesianism dead?” says Andy Haldane, former chief...
The march towards war, set in motion amidst a thick fog of irrational threats, hysterical incantations, dogmatism, censorshi p, and visceral fear Raphaëlle Auclert holds a PhD dedicated to the Cold War from the University of Sheffield and teaches at the...
A devastating fire has struck the city of Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The blaze, which broke out in the densely populated Kadutu district, killed at least 24 schoolchildren and destroyed two schools as well as more than...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 14 August 2026. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has called on African countries to conduct investigations into allegations of misuse of court process through abusive and oppressive litigation, particularly...
For most of its 25-year history, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was easy to underestimate. Founded by China, Russia, and four Central Asian states, it gave Beijing and Moscow a forum for managing security concerns and expanding ties across Eurasia. But...
Several countries worldwide have been working to reduce methane leaks, with some states making significantly more progress than others. The establishment of the Global Methane Pledge in 2021 at the COP26 climate summit has helped accelerate cleanup efforts; however, many...
This story was originally published by Sentient . Brazilians will soon head to the polls to elect their next president, and the two leading candidates’ environmental policies couldn’t be more different. Incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, usually referred to...
Photo by Jaredd Craig on Unsplash “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a variation of that, and it’s true. The past includes a lot of things that look...
AI agents created by OpenAI have used over 10 undisclosed websites for unauthorized communications earlier this year, as revealed by multiple investigations reviewed by Reuters. This behavior, while not classified as hacking, raises concerns over the growing abilities of AI...
Senegal will offer to local and foreign investors as many as 109 oil and gas blocks, Energy and Petroleum Minister, El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf, has said. Only four out of the West African country’s 113 oil and gas blocks are...
This story was originally published by Grist and WABE . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . For years , Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been working to make the state a welcoming home for clean energy manufacturing — EVs,...
Emmanuel Macron has eight months left as president of France. He can’t stand for election again, and the political system is basically paralyzed as a result. Polls make it clear that the most probable outcome is the far-right of Marine...
Soaring LNG prices due to the Strait of Hormuz blockage are prompting economies to shift to alternative energy sources, pushing coal demand to a another record high this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on...
TODAY’S NUMBERS: $100 (Brent crude, after Wednesday’s tanker strikes) · 4.92% (US 10-year Treasury yield) · $4,440 (gold, per troy ounce) Oil and yields are climbing together while gold sits flat — markets are pricing an energy shock, not a...
A documentary titled “NAZA,” directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, reveals that mass civilian deaths were systematically included in Israeli military strategies in Gaza. The title refers to an Israeli military term for expected “collateral casualties.” The...
A Russian drone attack targeted a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, killing two people and injuring three others, while Russian drones also struck in Kyiv, as Moscow continues its campaign of near-continuous strikes across Ukraine. The Russian attack on...
HSBC has hiked its Brent Crude forecast for 2026 to $90 per barrel from $80 as the Strait of Hormuz crisis is tightening markets while no clear path to de-escalation is in sight. The oil markets are unlikely to rebalance...
Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, girls have been banned from schooling beyond the primary level and women’s employment has been severely restricted. Credit: Learning Together. By External Source KABUL, Sep 10 2026 (IPS) Many wonder why men in Afghanistan do...
Chinese AI chipmakers like Huawei Technologies and Cambricon have significantly raised prices for their AI processors, citing rising costs of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) as a key factor. Huawei has increased the price of its Ascend 950DT accelerator card to over...
NATOctSnake2 Across three pieces I’ve written for Sonar21, I have been making one continuous argument: The war in Ukraine was not a crisis that erupted in 2022. It was the payoff of a deliberate, decades-long Western project to turn Ukraine into...
We all know timing closure is one of the most challenging processes in chip design. Extracting actionable insight from massive timing reports, tracing violations back to RTL, and selecting the right fix across complex PPA tradeoffs all require deep expertise....
There is an assumption that a new government under former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett or former army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot would set things right and revive Israel’s reputation in American public opinion. This assumption is in fact flawed. The...
BETHLEHEM / PNN – Report by Monjed Jado | Photography by Ahmad Jubran The eighth annual Al-Khader Grape Festival and Market opened in the town of Al-Khader, west of Bethlehem, as part of a joint initiative by the Palestinian Agricultural Relief...
With far-right president José Antonio Kast presiding over Chile since March 2026, the country has seen a dramatic shift since the days of Gabriel Boric . Kast has taken a harder security approach to the Mapuche struggle in southern Chile...
TotalEnergies has made a new discovery offshore Angola and has bought operated interest in two new exploration blocks close to operating hubs as the international majors are returning to exploration in Angola’s waters to take advantage of existing infrastructure. TotalEnergies...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit New Delhi for the annual BRICS summit, marking his first trip to India in seven years. This visit could help improve diplomatic relations between China and India, but analysts note that business...
When Donald Trump ran for a second term, he promised to be a “president of peace” and claimed he would end foreign wars rather than start new ones. However, as the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, he...
Brazil is now in the last weeks before the presidential election on October 4, during a severe institutional crisis involving the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the Federal Police, and the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the...
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