Global Voices

North Korea officially gave up on its dream of unification with the South in January 2024. Though this may appear relatively insignificant, after all, who believes in such hopes? The news still comes as a big shock to many observers...

Russian attacks against Ukraine on Aug. 7 targeted critical energy sites operated by state oil and gas company Naftogaz, shutting down production at several facilities, the firm reported. The targeted sites were owned by the oil and gas extraction company Ukrnafta...

Every time Russia crosses a line NATO said mattered and NATO’s response looks functionally identical to its response to the previous violation, the alliance doesn’t just fail to deter; it actively teaches Moscow where the real ceiling is. The Russian...

Authorities wrestle with fallout from mass border crossing, as tense Spanish enclave fears it will happen again Along the wide avenues and tree-lined plazas of Ceuta’s centre, there were few hints of the recent events that catapulted the Spanish enclave on...

On 23 July, the EU adopted its toughest sanctions package yet against Russian oil and gas revenue — asset freezes on 94 banks, an expanded shadow-fleet tanker list, a squeeze aimed squarely at the money funding Moscow’s war. On 24...

International Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over Freedom of Religion and Expression in South Korea SEOUL, South Korea, 7 August 2026 — Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), together with CAP Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC), which has accredited ECOSOC status at...

International Human Rights experts call for religious freedom and due process in South Korea By Ray Hanania The prestigious organization Human Rights Without Frontiers joined several human rights scholars and organizations detailed during a webinar on Thursday, August 7, 2026,...

The atomic age began with a lie. Eighty-one years ago this week, a single American airplane, flying almost unnoticed over a Japanese city, dropped a single bomb that destroyed the entire city. Three days later another American plane destroyed a...

​While President Trump says the US is not short of weapons, he has told Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that the US does not have Patriot interceptors to send to Ukraine because “we need them for ourselves.” The best face to...

Despite continued hostilities in the Middle East and an expansion of the war to the Red Sea, oil traders have remained largely bearish on the commodity, betting on a quick peace deal—and they might get a nasty shock. Earlier this...

Europe desperately needs an energy storage revolution. As the region gets rocked by the third energy crisis in four years, the continent’s insufficient indigenous energy systems, and backups to those systems, has become abundantly and painfully clear. "We swore we’d...

More than 150 years after Karl Marx penned his famous line: “Capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt”, it remains hauntingly accurate today. Unlike many analyses of U.S. policy in the Middle East...

Move comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to Ceuta Spain has announced it will introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass rush of people...

Global energy grids are under unprecedented stress as energy flows become more complex with the addition of intermittent energy sources and the artificial intelligence boom drives demand to new heights. Managing variable inflows and outflows of electricity while also keeping...

Elevated US gasoline and electricity prices are seeping into the upcoming midterm elections in November. Candidates are prioritizing consumer affordability over the environment, with Democrats linking gas price increases to President Trump’s foreign policy decisions. Meanwhile, a debate over data...

Critically acclaimed writer and award-winning poet, Abigail George sits down with visual artist and entrepreneur Wesley Pepper, and talks about mental health awareness and sanity in the arts, the high risk of suicide and suicide ideation, high risk behaviours such...

For decades, buying a plane ticket hasn’t been a simple process. In the late 2000s, consumers were inundated with ads for special $79 or $99 flights, but were met with sticker shock when they went to buy the tickets and...

The bad economic news keeps coming for the Russian economy. An analysis of Russian government data by the business daily Vedomosti shows that the influx of Central Asian labor migrants to Russia fell by roughly 15 percent during the first...

The US Senate will not vote on crypto’s most consequential piece of pending legislation before lawmakers leave Washington for their August recess, leaving the digital-asset industry’s push for a formal market-structure law stalled for at least another six weeks. Majority...

Can money buy an election? What’s FIFA up to since the World Cup? And who’s spying on you? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of the...

Decision follows supreme court ruling that allowed US government to strip protections for Haitians and Syrians Temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of South Sudanese nationals in the United States is set to end after a federal judge ruled that the...

Citi has raised its third-quarter Brent crude forecast to $80 per barrel from $75 as the U.S.-Iran war drags on and repeated attempts at a deal fail to restore normal oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The bank still...

The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s $2.3-trillion Government Pension Fund Global, does not support the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposal to scrap requirements for climate-related risks and disclosures. The SEC in May requested input from investors about...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same overall this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, with the total rig count in the US staying...

In this episode, we sit down with the brilliant writer and poet Abigail George to talk about storytelling, creativity, and the power of words. Abigail shares insights into her journey as a writer, the inspiration behind her work, and how...

Conflicting signals from Washington and Tehran keep oil markets on edge as Iran weighs a permanent Hormuz shipping ban while Trump insists a deal is within reach. Friday, August 07, 2026 The oil market’s very own schizophrenia – trying to...

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense rarely misses an opportunity to showcase another new piece of military equipment entering service. Judging by the pace of such announcements, however, July marked a noticeable slowdown in new additions. Only four new systems were officially...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said attacks on its vessels and employees are having a significant impact on operations as the company tries to keep crude, gas and refined products moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Fifteen ADNOC vessels have...

The Biden-Trump transition period has not slowed Washington’s offensive against Havana. By blacklisting eight Cuban officials—including key military attaches stationed in Moscow and Beijing—the United States has signaled that Cuba is no longer merely a regional ideological adversary, but a...

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) is confident the country could raise oil production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) by early next decade from about 1.4 million bpd now, NOC chairman Masoud Suleman told Bloomberg in an interview published...

Journalists and civil society are increasingly being silenced by accusations of copyright infringement, says senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli in a report by the OCCRP. Unlike bot comments, falsely reporting videos for copyright infringement is “virtually invisible,” and leaves the burden of...

Intel and TSMC are pursuing the same objective—manufacturing smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient semiconductors—but they have adopted different strategies for advanced lithography. Intel moved early to develop High-Numerical-Aperture Extreme Ultraviolet lithography, commonly called High-NA EUV, while TSMC… com/semiconductor-manufacturers/tsmc/371838-intel-and-tsmc-take-different-paths-to-high-na-euv/">Intel and TSMC...

The latest Saudi oil route looks absurd on a map. Crude moves west across Saudi Arabia to Yanbu, north through the Red Sea to Egypt, across the SUMED pipeline from Ain Sokhna to Sidi Kerir, then west through the Mediterranean...

FIFA has now abandoned its controversial plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights, after opposition from Europe and other football confederations turned what appeared to be an investment dispute into a wider challenge to Gianni Infantino’s leadership....

ADNOC has bought 11 very large crude and gas carriers for $1.3 billion as the national oil company of Abu Dhabi continues to expand its fleet of supertankers to boost crude and LNG exports. ADNOC’s unit ADNOC Logistics & Services...

Ukraine's failure to intercept a single Russian missile during a large-scale overnight attack this week has raised fresh concerns over Kyiv's dwindling supply of air-defense interceptors as Moscow escalates its ballistic missile strikes on the nearly defenseless capital and other...

While Kenya-UK relations are presented as glossy, a close evaluation reveals layers of British neocolonialism perpetuated through unequal agreements and the maintenance of secrecy networks and tax havens that encourage corruption and launder proceeds of corruption from Kenya. Kenya-UK Relations...