Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
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When some people discuss China’s trade today, they often see only import and export figures and overlook the real effects behind them. China is both a “super seller” and a “super buyer.” As a “super seller,” the effect…
Active Citizens
UN Secretary-General António Guterres opens the general debate of the General Assembly’s 81st session on 22 September 2026. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Oct 14 2026 (IPS) At this year’s…
Foreign Affairs
Al- Hodeidah- Yemen – Having failed to defeat Yemen’s Armed Forces and lift their Red Sea blockade in support of Gaza, Tel Aviv began establishing a foothold in neighboring Somaliland as a means of preparing the stage…
Middle East
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A deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh’s international airport has highlighted how the Yemeni group is reframing its perceived “Iran proxy” role and shifting its regional focus to its ongoing battle against Saudi Arabia. The…
AI (artificial intelligence)
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Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short…
CEO Interviews
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Sirish Munipalli is Co-Founder and CTO of Moores Lab AI, where he leads the development of agentic AI for chip design verification, including SpecAgent(tm), the company’s specification and modeling platform. He has spent…
Nicaragua
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US media and the human rights industry are portraying Jeffrey Jarquin as a heroic freedom fighter tortured and wrongly imprisoned by Nicaragua’s government. It turns out he was an opposition hooligan who destroyed a…
Middle East & Africa
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Joining BRICS+, an informal association comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, would distinctively open up Ghana’s economic options and diversify and consolidate more partnerships within the Global…
National Politics
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Irish novelist Sally Rooney’s publisher has halted UK distribution of her books, citing terrorism legislation linked to her Palestine Action support. Key Takeaways - Irish novelist Sally Rooney says her books can no…
Economics
A company should not disclose a risk of catastrophe to humanity and then sell its shares to the public before any public authority has the power to evaluate that risk or to stop deployment. Jeffrey D. Sachs is University…
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In 2022, Jeremy Shapiro warned in “We Are on a Path to Nuclear War” that the war between Russia and Ukraine was heading toward nuclear escalation. Four years into the war, we asked him to revisit that argument.Image…
EU politics
Europe’s geopolitical debacle regarding Russia Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. So first, what Strategy isn’t. It’s not a…
Geopolitics
After the Greens passed a motion declaring ‘Zionism is racism’, every establishment journalist is suddenly playing dumb about the most elementary of issues in international law Jonathan Cook is the author of three books…
Geopolitics
A review of “A Sentimental Journey 1917-1922” by Viktor Shklovsky Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His latest book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism…
War & Peace
This month, Portuguese prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the center-right government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro legally authorized the United States to use the Lajes Air Base in the Azores during…
I use artificial intelligence quite a bit. I have concerns regarding it, but it’s a handy research tool and personal assistant. I’m pretty sure that, at some point, ChatGPT will lead to something that will rise up and…
Behind The Headlines
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu draft plans to launch another attack on Iran – as oil prices continue to rise once again. In this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh…
Saudi-arabia
For myriad obvious reasons, President Donald Trump has so far resisted calls from Saudi Arabia to assist in its fight with the Houthis, even as the militant group has been striking — literally — at the heart of the…
Guinea-Bissau
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Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US…
IN2FAB
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Moving semiconductor IP to a new process technology is often treated as a redesign problem. For analog and mixed-signal designs, however, starting again from the schematic can overlook an asset: the engineering knowledge…
Democracy & Governance
In the first round of the presidential election in Brazil, the son of the disgraced former leader of the country managed to eke out a first-round victory against the incumbent. Flávio Bolsonaro won about 47 percent of…
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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Right Navi Pillay was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The choice was widely praised in the human rights community. Pillay headed the UN Commission of Inquiry investigating…
BETHLEHEM, Gaza / PNN / More than 120 artists from the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Palestinian communities inside Israel have taken part in Fingers of Palestine, “ Anamel Falasteen” a cultural exhibition…
South Asia
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TOKYO – Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” campaign has become a global brand. As China’s economy slows and multinationals look to diversify supply chains, the world’s most populous nation has eagerly cast itself as the…
Global development
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Cultivating the nutritious bugs means families can raise livestock and enrich their own food, while lowering pressures on the land A few minutes’ walk from his home in the Kyaka II refugee settlement, Kanane Bikanyale…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / Palestinian entrepreneurs are finding new ways to turn traditional culture and modern technology into business opportunities, but limited market access, high production costs and gaps in…
HEBRON, West Bank / PNN / Palestinian resident Afaf Fadi al-Haddar is facing severe humanitarian and living conditions after her home in Hebron was demolished, leaving her and her family without the security and…
Europe
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The European Union is seeking closer cooperation with Vietnam to secure supplies of critical minerals and reduce its dependence on China, according to internal EU documents reviewed by Reuters, as growing geopolitical…
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Public Investment Corporation (PIC) chief executive Patrick Dlamini is facing questions about his private business interests after an anonymous whistleblower complaint called on the corporation's board to establish…
Biodiversity
A new report on deforestation reflects the persistent gap between global ambitions to conserve and restore forests and enduring practices that continue to destroy them. Credit: UN Climate Change/Diego Herculano By Umar…
The AI Competition—Simplified Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! By Einar Tangen For Asia Narratives The global debate over artificial intelligence is trapped in a misconception: the belief that the nation with the fastest…
Commentary
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For most of its history, Pakistan’s geopolitical value has risen and fallen with other countries’ emergencies. The Mecca Pact may be its most serious attempt yet to break that cycle. On Aug. 31, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia…
Southeast Asia
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The most consequential changes in a democracy do not always arrive with a constitutional crisis. Rather, they come through appointments, legal amendments and seemingly ordinary political bargains, accumulating one after…
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Advancing military AI capability is a priority for the United Kingdom, and in recent weeks, the new government has doubled down on its ambitions for AI and defense via two major partnerships.On Aug. 24, 2026, on his…
Global development
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Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine Read more: Latin American organised…
Global development
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Different forms are distinguished by who exercises control and which institutions they target Read more: How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state Two…
Iran
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Islam Times - The Iranian Foreign Ministry has again summoned Britain’s ambassador to Tehran, demanding that London promptly provide evidence for, what it calls, allegations linking Iran to an alleged security incident…
Technology
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The debate over artificial intelligence has settled into a familiar rhythm. Will large language models eventually wake up? Do they possess an inner life, or are they merely sophisticated mimics of human output?…
Active Citizens
By Anna Trushova KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 14 2026 (IPS) Medicine is supposed to protect human life and dignity. Yet testimonies from Ukrainians released from Russian captivity reveal a disturbing reality: medical personnel in…
Eritrea
On Friday, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos wrote to the U.N. Security Council, citing Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, to say Eritrean troops had advanced up to 38 miles into Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region…
Iran-war
Writing for the Daily Mail in 2023, Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sardonically argued , “The Americans don't give us crucial nuclear secrets because they love little old England. They don’t share…
Narco-terrorism
President Donald Trump likes to say he is " nine for nine " with the candidates he has backed in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Brazil's Oct. 25 runoff could make it ten. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro led the first…
Military
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As the US Navy lays the groundwork for its next-generation SSN(X) attack submarine to replace its aging fleet, the US’s longstanding undersea supremacy faces an intensifying test against China’s rapid naval buildup…
Larry C. Johnson
The East-West line to Yanbu is breaking down, and with it the kingdom’s last reliable route around Hormuz When the Strait of Hormuz closed at the end of February, Saudi Arabia had what almost no other Gulf producer had…
Ukraine War
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As the war in Ukraine grinds into its fifth winter, the collapse of recent diplomatic initiatives and Washington’s explicit pivot from arming Kyiv to brokering a territorial freeze have laid bare a stark new reality. In…
Eurasia
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Beijing’s biggest geopolitical concern each time Trump and Putin warmly embrace one another or the United States make a friendly gesture towards Russia is the fear that such moves will not only seriously impact…
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By: Khanh Vu Duc Vietnam President To Lam with Governor General of Canada Louise Arbour. Photo from VNA For years, Washington and Beijing have pushed the international system toward a binary logic: choose sides and…
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This past week, a flock of Israel supporters jetted to Jerusalem to attend this year’s “National Conservative” conference, the project led by Israeli political thinker Yoram Hazony. Days later, the offspring of…