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India’s imports of cheaper Russian crude oil have come under scrutiny in recent days after U.S. lawmakers passed a new sanctions bill against Russia’s energy sector. The “Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026,” which authorizes and...
Accra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacle The United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put has put healthcare in Africa and the Global South...
The charge is simple, and Donald Trump has built a very public demand on Kyiv around it: Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries are starving the world of diesel. Here is what that charge misses. Russia’s sour crude does not vanish...
Eight months after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, Washington’s involvement in Venezuela has moved far beyond politics. The United States is now gaining a direct economic stake in the country’s oil industry, turning what began as a military and political...
U.S. diesel prices broke another record last week, topping $6.50 per gallon. In Europe, fuel prices are soaring, and shortages are looming over already struggling economies. There is simply not enough refining capacity in the world to make up for...
The Politburo held its September meeting Monday and announced that the Fifth Plenum will convene October 26-29. The PRC officially confirmed that Xi will travel to the US to meet with Trump from September 23-25. Trump will greet Xi on arrival...
Power technologies are usually compared by asking how much their electricity costs. That is no longer enough. Electricity demand is accelerating, driven by data centers, electrification, new factories and cooling. The International Energy Agency expects global data-center consumption alone to...
Extreme temperatures are beginning to reshape the European labor market, starting with the beaches of Mallorca. Following a record-breaking summer in 2026, the MarSenses hotel group introduced a "heat premium"-a 100-euro bonus for staff working outdoors. The payment targets employees maintaining...
“The roar of the engines does not herald true dominance, but the absolute silence that precedes the strike." “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." The last decades of silence...
In Japan, any detectable scent-be it a heavy perfume or natural body odor-is often viewed as a lack of consideration for others. This social pressure has birthed the concept of sumi-hara (smell harassment), driving a national grooming standard centered on...
As data centres scale, consume more power, and draw tighter community scrutiny, insurance risks are becoming increasingly complex. As AI infrastructure grows, so do legal risks: large lawsuits involving data centres more than tripled from four in all of 2021...
The Islamophobia of the European centre-right is now pretty much identical to that of the far-right, and both want to cut any funding for campaigning against anti-Muslim racism. Farid Hafez is Assistant Professor of Sociology of Racism(s) at the University of...
Nika Dubrovsky speaks to Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson at the David Graeber Institute about the changing dynamics of the global system, including the rising importance of gold as a strategic asset. Cross-posted from Michael Hudson’s blog Picture by Kotivalo Nika Dubrovsky Hello, everybody!...
AI companies would have to achieve unprecedented profits to justify the financial investments they have received: the more likely scenario is that this bubble will burst sooner or later. Joseph Grosso is a librarian and writer in New York City. He...
There is a question Christians have been asking for generations: What would Jesus do? It is a deceptively simple question that is printed on bracelets and bumper stickers, taught to children in Sunday schools, and invoked when Christians are discerning how...
Volkswagen’s luxury brand Porsche has become a significant issue for CEO Oliver Blume’s restructuring plans at the company. Just a few years after a successful initial public offering, Porsche is facing difficulties, especially in the Chinese market, and is struggling...
“ Studying the Argentine Ants Waging a Global War in an Uncannily Human Way ” was published by The Washington Post . Read the original article here . By Mark W. Moffett A world war is raging at this very moment, with...
While the Russian army is on its heels in Ukraine, the Kremlin is engaging in trade wars with fellow members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The EAEU is ostensibly supposed to promote free trade among the five member states, not hinder it....
The premise that the Sun is an unusually quiet star-a stability often credited with allowing complex life to evolve on Earth-is being challenged. Natalie Krivova of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has presented evidence suggesting that our...
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 Czech government will reinstate price caps on gasoline and diesel from October 1 and tax refiners on 50% of any margin increase over 2025 levels, Reuters reported Monday, as Saudi Arabia's cut of October crude allocations to Europe compounds...
This is a web version of The Lever ’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 ICYMI in The Lever : Advanced artificial intelligence is scary — but are we afraid of the wrong thing ? 👀 Watch : How Citizens United and “ corruption...
Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from an experimental aid to a foundational part of semiconductor engineering. In a recent industry talk, leaders from ChipAgents and Analog Devices described how agentic AI could help chipmakers manage soaring design complexity, accelerate product...
Bitcoin has surged above $85,000 this morning for the first time since late-January... The rally comes alongside advances in stocks and bonds, as falling oil prices and optimism ahead of a summit between US President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping...
QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says the Strait of Hormuz crisis could delay the company's LNG expansion because critical equipment cannot reach Qatar, Reuters reported on Monday. North Field East's first production train remains on schedule for...
Even as U.S. diesel and gasoline prices soared in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, both fuels remained widely available, just more expensive. Now, a few station owners are saying they are out of diesel, though this appears...
California’s billionaires, individually and collectively , are spending wildly to try to defeat the state initiative that would tax their wealth. If you watch TV or use social media in California, you’ve likely already been inundated with scaremongering that forecasts...
The following story is co-published with Joe Cirincione’s Substack. A version of this article was originally published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Sept. 11. You can read the entire article on the Bulletin’s website . A new nuclear policy...
You all know how I feel about the climate change bunch. I do feel like the climate has shifted a bit from where it was when I was younger. I just can’t buy the idea that humans are responsible when...
Hungary is asking U.S. officials not to levy tariffs on the central European country which still buys Russian oil, in what could be a test for the new Hungarian leader who won a landslide election victory over President Trump’s ally...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington presents a challenge to the turbulent and complex contemporary international relations between the two superpowers. Both President Trump, with his pragmatic approach to trade, and Xi Jinping, with his historical perspective, understand that...
The first Trump administration wasted no time in weakening many rights and legal protections for women in the workplace, but it’s been outpaced by Trump ’s second administration — with two years left to go. This executive war on the concept...
Back at the start of the U.S.’s ‘Operation Epic Fury’, OilPrice.com predicted three courses of action that Iran would take as it moved through the conflict escalation gears. First, most obviously, although apparently not to President Donald Trump’s team, was...
The surge in wholesale natural gas prices is set to pass through the retail and electricity inflation in the Eurozone faster than in the past, the European Central Bank (ECB) said in its Economic Bulletin on Monday. While the pass-through...
Denmark, Greenland, and the United States are planning to sign a security agreement for Greenland during the UN General Assembly in New York. This deal aims to place Arctic security under NATO’s oversight instead of solely under the control of...
The UK economy is forecast to grow in 2026, but rising energy bills and higher borrowing costs will weigh on activity in the second half of the year. The economy is set to grow 1.3 per cent this year, according...
For Iran, BRICS has become a platform for geopolitical dialogue and de-escalation, for broadening scientific and cultural ties, and for economic diplomacy. Tehran is pushing for de-dollarization, the New Development Bank, and reform of international institutions, aiming to carve out...
Australia’s Family First party has called on the federal government to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and investigate organizations it says may be linked to the movement. The call was made in a media release issued on 18 September by Lyle...
Satellite images gathered by Bloomberg show supertankers with capacity for 14 million barrels at Saudi Arabia's Gulf export terminals over the weekend, the highest tanker count observed since at least June, according to data compiled from the European Union's Sentinel-2...
The Trump administration is preparing to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as part of a broader effort to weaken the institution that prosecutes severe crimes. This move follows the ICC’s issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli officials,...
A pre-inquest review opened today into the killing of three British citizens working as security consultants for World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza. James ‘Jim’ Henderson, 33, James Kirby, 47, and John Chapman, 57, were among seven aid workers killed in...
Analog Bits is expanding its role in advanced semiconductor design with new intellectual property aimed at one of the industry’s most difficult problems: delivering, monitoring, and managing power inside increasingly complex chips. The company announced that its IP will be included...
At the launch of his book Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows in Manila a few weeks ago, Eddie Quitoriano asked, “How did the New People’s Army ‘s image change from being the ‘Nice People Around’ to one of being only interested...
One of the world’s biggest oil traders, Trafigura, is spinning off its supertanker business in a new company. Trafigura on Monday said it had established a new, dedicated group company, Volare Shipping Ltd, to own, operate, and scale a modern...
Anton Ivanov Israel’s election campaign has entered its decisive stage. By early September, the main political forces had completed their candidate lists for the October 27 elections, and the central question is whether the opposition can deprive Benjamin Netanyahu of...
The European Commission is expected to keep its current ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic despite months-long campaigning from Norway to lift the moratorium, a spokesperson for the EC has told Euronews. The Commission, the European Union’s...
Houthi fighters are pushing to seize strategic mountain positions in Yemen as the Iran aligned group seeks to consolidate its control of the Red Sea coast and strengthen its position around the Bab el Mandeb Strait. The advance comes as...
The average retail price of diesel in the United States topped $6.50 per gallon this weekend amid a worsening global fuel crunch that threatens to hit economies, including the world’s largest. The national average diesel price jumped to $6.5050 per...
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