Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
Democrats just signed off on a massive consolidation of Hollywood power, striking a settlement deal in a 12-state antitrust lawsuit that will now allow Paramount Skydance’s attempted $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery to move forward. California Gov. Gavin Newsom,...
Uzbekistan still wants Russia to build its first nuclear plant, but when it comes to safety, Tashkent is turning to the United States. Meeting on the sidelines of the recent general conference session of the International Atomic Energy Agency in...
India’s imports of Russian crude fell 16.5% in August and are expected to decline again in September, just as a new U.S. sanctions law gives Washington authority to hit major Russian oil buyers with tariffs of up to 100%. Russian...
America’s semiconductor workforce is entering a decisive growth period, but employment capacity is not yet keeping pace with investment. New fabrication plants, packaging facilities, and supplier expansions are creating demand for thousands of engineers, technicians, operators, and skilled tradespeople. Whether...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet in Washington on Thursday. UBS analysts quoted chief China economist Yu Song as saying the meeting between the leaders of the two global superpowers is largely about strategic...
Two UN reports that the Citizen Lab submitted recommendations to have been published this month. One report, from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, assesses risks to human rights defenders arising from the use of digital technologies and highlights initiatives...
Saudi pipeline flows resume, but soaring freight and diesel prices signal persistent oil market tightness. Oil Freight Costs Explode as Gulf Risk Traps the VLCC Fleet - The ultimate showdown of the US-Iran conflict seems to be unfolding in the...
Europe’s offshore wind monopile market is moving from concerns over insufficient manufacturing capacity to a period of weak factory utilization coming from offshore wind projects skewing to the right on the timeline. European producers have invested heavily in larger facilities...
The 28 men arrived in the port city of Manta on a police bus , handcuffed, a little after 6 in the evening on Sept. 4. Nine had been aboard the Conquista 2 and 19 aboard the OM2, Ecuadorian fishing...
Helen Clarkson, CEO, Climate Group at Climate Week NYC. Credit: Climate Group By Naureen Hossain NEW YORK, Sep 22 2026 (IPS) The Climate Group’s annual conference in New York City has attracted thousands of attendees this year, among them world leaders, corporate heads,...
It seems a strange publicity gambit for an industry to assert that its own product could wipe out humanity. In the lingo of our evolving tech empire, though, this is exactly what is meant by “criti-hype.” The term was coined...
The Citizen Lab recently submitted a response to the Research Directorate at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada on the issue of the monitoring of Chinese citizens and diaspora members in Canada by Chinese authorities and their proxies. The submission...
INEOS is idling three of its plants in the UK as soaring natural gas prices in Europe make operations uncompetitive, the chemicals giant said on Tuesday, warning that with the idling of these plants, Europe is losing its last remaining...
DELHI, India — Two teenage girls in red and blue wrestling singlets circle each other on the mat at the Yudhvir Akhada wrestling academy in Sonipat, near Delhi. Their movements are quick and measured as they practice for a bout....
Weebit Nano’s FY26 ESG Report shows how sustainability, governance and operational resilience are becoming integrated into the company’s commercialisation of resistive random-access memory (ReRAM). This integration matters because Weebit’s value is not derived from manufacturing and selling finished chips directly.…...
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is monitoring the surprise official visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Cairo on Sunday, September 20, 2026, and his meetings with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the head of the Egyptian General...
Electricity prices are heading up. Utility operating costs, raw materials, and fuel (obviously), are all heading up and no sign of stopping. Now higher capital costs courtesy of the Fed can also be expected. All we can say is that...
Today’s Numbers $126.4bn (China’s record H1 2026 Belt and Road engagement) · 8 (straight sessions of a stronger PBOC yuan fix, the longest streak since 2023) · Nov. 10 (when Beijing’s rare-earth export-control truce expires). Three levers, one direction: maximum...
A conflict that has simmered in Yemen for years has flared in recent weeks, with consequences that could reach far beyond the Middle East. The Houthi rebels have seized nearly all of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, giving the Iran-aligned militant...
China’s President Xi Jinping is expected to urge US President Donald Trump to stop arms sales to Taiwan when he visits Washington this week. This request is based on a 1982 joint statement where the US expressed its intent to...
The oil market is living on borrowed time as flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted and the cushions such as stock draws and low Asian demand are running thin, according to Saul Kavonic, Senior Research Analyst at MST...
On Tuesday, Iran and the United States signaled the possibility of restarting negotiations to resolve their ongoing conflict, coinciding with the UN General Assembly in New York, which will be attended by both President Donald Trump and Iranian official Masoud...
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is proud to announce that our ‘Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel’ has just passed the 2,500 signatory mark, a hugely significant milestone in support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. After...
Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate, commonly called CoWoS, is an advanced packaging platform developed by TSMC . It allows processors, chiplets, and high-bandwidth memory stacks to be integrated within a single package. CoWoS has become especially important for artificial-intelligence accelerators and high-performance computing… Read...
Every war produces its own vocabulary of loss—death tolls, displacement figures, damage assessments. But one number cuts across every current conflict and rarely makes the headline: the count of children who go to sleep each night with no parent left...
Treating the polycrisis as one undifferentiated agenda has never worked; treating them as three coherent families might. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS By External Source APEX, North Carolina / SAN FRANCISCO, California / VIENNA, Austria / SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom / GENEVA, Switzerland, Sep 22...
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...
Main image: Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) play a board game called “Igisoro” at the Nkamira Transit Centre in Rubavu on March 26, 2024. Dozens of people arrive every day at the Nkamira Transit Centre, fleeing the...
For many couples cohabitation has become an alternative to marriage rather than simply a step toward it. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Sep 22 2026 (IPS) Marriage is declining in many countries, with fewer people marrying and many postponing marriage until...
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...
Africa’s real challenge is not a shortage of capital, ideas or natural resources but quality leadership that can build institutions to foster sustainable development and shared prosperity. Twenty years after its founding, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation continues to work on...
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...
The World Cup is all over now, but it has left an indelible mark, especially for some. Wanderlust Ghana, a group of adventurers famed for their endurance road trips, took on what might stand as the biggest challenge of their...
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...
Is the public entitled to know exactly where Oxford University invests billions of pounds of its endowment – and if that includes firms profiting from Israeli military operations? This is the question now facing a tribunal, following a legal challenge brought...
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...
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