Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
There will not be a regular newsletter Thursday as one of our kids is heading back to college at the end of the week. Given that Xi leaves for the SCO summit on August 30, the August Politburo meeting will...
The global semiconductor market in the second quarter of 2026 was $368 billion, according to WSTS. 2Q 2026 set records for growth: up 35% from 1Q 2026 and up a phenomenal 104% from 2Q 2025. The previous record growth was...
Ammonia production consumes as much as 2% of the world's energy and generates roughly 1.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, largely because the industry still relies on a century-old process powered by fossil fuels. Roughly 80% of the 200 million...
Alongside boosting exploration and production offshore its home market Norway, Equinor is pursuing an international growth strategy, aiming to significantly increase its overseas oil and gas output by focusing on fewer but more lucrative regions such as the U.S., Brazil,...
Akhilesh Kumar & Krishnakanth Sistla, Intel Diamond Rapids is Intel’s next-generation Xeon processor, designed around the proposition that hyperscale performance increasingly depends on moving, processing, and protecting data as efficiently as executing instructions. The architecture replaces the conventional… Read More The post...
Octopus boss Greg Jackson has called on Andy Burnham to deliver “urgent reform” to the energy market to protect households from “volatile” gas prices. Jackson, founder of the UK’s biggest household electricity supplier, said: “The government’s decision to take VAT...
HEBRON, West Bank /PNN / Residents of Khillet al-Farra, a small community west of Yatta near the border with the town of al-Samu, have endured years of difficult living conditions due to a lack of basic services, leaving daily life a...
China’s push to squeeze more oil and gas from home is paying off just as imported energy becomes more geopolitically complicated. CNOOC posted record first-half profit and production on Wednesday, helped by higher oil prices following the Iran war and...
GAZA CITY /PNN / Grape farming in the Gaza Strip is facing a sharp decline after years of war-related destruction, with farmers citing widespread land levelling, shortages of fertilisers and pesticides, and soaring production costs as key factors behind the crisis...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN/ A Palestinian man from Bethlehem has issued a humanitarian appeal to donors, officials and charitable organisations, seeking assistance as he struggles with severe health and financial challenges while caring for his three children with special needs. Mahmoud Abayat...
HEBRON, West Bank / PNN / As a prolonged water crisis grips the rural area of Masafer Yatta, water tanker drivers continue to travel between scattered communities to deliver much-needed supplies, despite dangerous conditions and obstacles that can turn a single...
Brent crude futures dropped for a third session as Iran and Oman advanced plans for a temporary maritime corridor through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent tumbled to $85 a barrel early Wednesday, down more than 9% for the week, while West Texas...
Volodymyr Zelensky’s unexpected decision to honor SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with Ukraine’s Order of Freedom has brought renewed attention to the way the Starlink satellite network operates in Ukraine and to the potential risks for Musk’s business empire. Zelensky Seeks Ways...
When monsters square off, they are quick to showcase their asymmetrical superpowers. Take Godzilla, for instance. Thanks to U.S. atomic testing in the Pacific, the dinosaur-like sea creature has explosive, radioactive breath that can destroy everything in its path. His archenemy...
By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Aug 26 2026 (IPS) Across this vast ocean, the latest monitoring by Mercator Ocean International shows marine heatwave conditions ranging from moderate to severe. At the same time, the World Meteorological Organization expects a strong El...
In 2025, Rob Geist Pinfold wrote, “The March Massacres Show That Syria Urgently Needs Solutions, Not Sanctions,” in which he argued that sanctions relief was a major way the West could positively engage with the new Syrian government. A year...
When Lindu Krishna joined Axiomise after a career break, she wasn’t just relearning technical concepts – she was rebuilding her confidence, redefining what it means to be a woman engineer and quietly becoming the person who can take ownership of...
Europe’s energy sector is facing a stress test unlike any it has ever seen before. Not only are the markets being battered by the latest in a long succession of geopolitical supply chain snags thanks to the war in Iran,...
How feasible is Trump’s strategy? Is Iran in as desperate straits as Treasury Secretary Bessent suggests? Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic Culture Foundation The 60-day MoU has expired. The...
There is no bigger con man in the United States than Chief Justice John Roberts. Not even President Donald J. Trump . The con began in September 2005, during Roberts’ confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Articulate, handsome and energetic...
🗳️ This is Midterm Madness , the only newsletter you need to stay up to date on election news. Key race updates, money trails, numbers that cut through the spin, and campaign moments that say more than official talking points...
Western media, by employing double standards, censorship, deceptive language, amplifying Israeli lies and dehumanizing Palestinians, facilitates the genocide in Gaza. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where...
How does weaponry effect a war? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=139499 I’ve written a fair amount over the last few years about the implications of the use of new military technologies in Ukraine and the Middle...
The Marine Corps just released its plan to fight against adversaries on land, and Ryan had the two architects of the plan, Ground Combat Element 2040, on the show to talk about it. They discuss drones, resilience, long-range fires, logistics,...
The biggest-ever split within Poland’s main right-wing opposition party is a serious self-inflicted wound, signalling a more fragmented conservative landscape and complicating the right’s path back to power. While it provides a tactical boost for the Tusk government, there is...
This story was originally published by The 19th . Dolly Parton, who used her stardom to not only embrace all listeners but also nurture marginalized communities through literacy and financial development, died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, according to her...
The government’s National Wealth Fund is set to pump £71m into miner Tungsten West in a bid to help reopen the Hemerdon mine in Devon. The funding package combines a £36m share purchase, which will hand the government a 7.4...
Gaza /PNN / Report by Nesma Al-Harazin A few blocks away from Rafiq’s workshop, in a modest home kitchen filled with the smell of fresh bread and spices, Islam Al-Khaldi, 32, a journalism graduate, stands next to her husband Mohammad Al-Akhras,...
On August 25, Moscow received not only CIA Director John Ratcliffe but also the head of the Vatican’s diplomatic service, Paul Gallagher. The coincidence is difficult to regard as insignificant. Moscow Accepts the Vatican’s 'Good Offices' After meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...
In one week, I celebrate my 53rd Birthday. I decided that, while this wasn’t some multiple of five, it’s still a big event. I never thought I’d live this long, and to celebrate, I’m offering a whopper of a deal...
Soaring energy prices have rekindled inflation fears in Europe since the Iran war disrupted oil and gas flows, but policy makers and bond markets appear to be more concerned about the jump in natural gas prices rather than the increase...
India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to invest about $200 million to revive production at the San Cristobal oilfield in Venezuela, which it shares with Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA, Indian outlet Economic Times reported on Wednesday,...
Another round of NATO naval exercises began in the North Atlantic the day before yesterday. At first glance, there seems to be little reason to focus on them separately. One more exercise, one less — and all of them are...
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow on August 25, US officials confirmed to RFE/RL, a rare trip that comes as Washington's efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine have stalled and tensions over Moscow's relationship with...
A reader poses a question. production organized around the valorization of capital. What happens when a state directs part of its automation effort toward reproducing the conditions of an aging society rather than simply maximizing profit? Is ‘does it create value?’...
Dr. Norman A. Bailey passed away after a long illness on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. He was 95. A distinguished public servant and teacher, Bailey played a leading role in the Reagan administration’s strategy to defeat the Soviet Union...
UK energy bills are set for a three-year high at the beginning of the winter, as higher gas prices due to the Iran war have prompted the energy regulator to raise the energy price cap on household costs by 4%...
During my time at DAC 2026 I felt like I was attending two events. One was the traditional DAC where approaches to designing complex chips using the best tools and methodologies were the focus. There was another focus for the...
India’s crude oil imports from Russia have eased so far this month from July’s record high, as Ukrainian attacks on Russian export infrastructure and competition from China for Russia’s barrels have dented Indian intake of Moscow’s oil. India’s imports of...
The Nikkei closed at 66,016 yen last week and is up 31.14% this year, one of the best runs on the planet. Now, fund managers are lining up to tell investors how right they were to hold Japanese equities. Every...
In Tajikistan, a beard can become a police file and a headscarf can become an argument about civilization. That sounds absurd until you understand what the government thinks it is fighting: not fabric, exactly, but the possibility that Tajik identity...
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how...
The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly...
Simita Kumar, Education Officer at the Pacific Community (SPC), leads an engaging activity on the biodiversity of intertidal and coral reef ecosystems with young participants at the Veivueti Kids Ocean Conference. Credit: SPC By Sera Sefeti SUVA, Fiji, Aug 26 2026 (IPS) For...
Vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz remains well below recent averages as Iran and Oman discuss a temporary shipping corridor in the key chokepoint that could lead to a kind of ‘interim’ reopening. Only five commodity vessels moved in...
In Ghana, a grassroots movement is championing nutritious, homegrown, climate-resilient produce, rather than western imports After three years at catering school in Accra, Abiro Wisdom was certain of one thing – he did not want to go into catering. At least...
While the West seems to specialize in deciding which elections are valid, “free and fair,” and worthy of recognition, it also seems to specialize in turning a blind eye when their handpicked puppet dictators suspend elections and rule as tyrants....
Japan is today set to announce an energy import diversification plan that will include stipulations about support for pipelines in the Middle East aimed at diverting export oil flows away from the Strait of Hormuz. The plan also features a...
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