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A Scenario With a Script Most intelligence assessments warn about capabilities. The one Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service published last week describes a script. It warns of a “low but growing risk” that Russia will carry out a limited attack on...

Colombia’s economically vital petroleum industry is in a death spiral. Oil and natural gas production is falling despite efforts to boost output and grow efficiencies. New President Abelardo de la Espriella, a former criminal defense attorney, has put energy security...

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As David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s “ AI whisperer ,” urged the White House to take a light-touch approach to AI regulation, the tech tycoon’s venture capital firm launched a new round of investments in AI startups that stood to...

The Money That Runs Out Today At midnight tonight, $300 million that Congress appropriated as military financing for Taiwan expires unused. The State Department was supposed to notify Congress of how it would be spent by 15 September. It did...

Marie-Celestin Karondwa was attacked on Sunday after promoting measures to prevent spread of disease, his party says A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death on Sunday after appearing on a radio programme...

Europe is currently benefiting from the closed arbitrage between the U.S. Gulf Coast and Asia and is taking more LNG supplies in possible relief from concerns about winter gas supply. The Atlantic-Pacific arbitrage is closed for the rest of this...

The United States and China are taking another step back from a full-scale trade war. After a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the two sides agreed to reciprocal tariff reductions covering about $30 billion worth of goods in...

Donald Trump gave Xi Jinping the full state-visit treatment in Washington, but markets were more interested in what the two leaders did not deliver. After three days of ceremony, an unusually warm presidential welcome and repeated pledges to stabilize relations...

Qatari mediators are set to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in New York, along with separate discussions with the US, on Monday or Tuesday to address the ongoing war. These talks will focus on a revised seven-day proposal...

EU members approved plans for five defence projects that will receive EU funding. These projects aim to improve Europe’s defence in areas like space, sea, air, and drone warfare. The European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCIs) enable collaboration among...

Synopsys today announced its AgentEngineer TM solutions portfolio and Autopilot TM Platform, advancing a fundamental paradigm shift in electronic design automation (EDA moving beyond AI copilots toward autonomous engineering agents. Following a recent technical briefing with Thomas Andersen, Vice...

The UK power system faces a margin shortfall of 1.4 gigawatts (GW) on Monday evening local time, the National Energy System Operator said in a routine precautionary notice. During the spring and the summer record heatwaves, the National Energy System...

Less than two months after his government hosted the NATO summit — which was framed as proof of Turkey’s pivotal role in transatlantic security — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed full Turkish membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, an...

Russia has formally rejected Germany's ambitions to obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, citing Berlin's failure to adhere to international agreements and its current military trajectory. The position was detailed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a...

TotalEnergies expects its oil and gas production to grow by more than 3% every year until 2030 due to start-ups of new low-cost projects currently under development, the French supermajor said in its 2026 strategy and outlook on Monday. Overall...

One of my fundamental beliefs about the world is that Ramez Naam ought to blog more. Ramez is one of the world’s greatest futurists — he predicted the solar and battery revolutions long before these were widely understood. If you were reading Ramez in...

Nine years growing up in a tent robbed me of my freedom and childhood. But my generation is determined to fight for a better future – one that we must be involved in shaping Nine years ago, I was forced to...

I spent more than 20 years in U.S. Army air defense, much of it in cramped control stations where the difference between a successful engagement and a catastrophic loss came down to the soldier at the console. The radar did...

Two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting for Russia against Ukraine have arrived in South Korea, raising questions over how they will be investigated, protected and resettled, as well as the legal basis for their transfer. The soldiers repeatedly expressed...

Powerus, a US defense company with ties to President Donald Trump’s sons, drew scrutiny after signing a memorandum of understanding this month with the Pakistani Army and offering Islamabad access to Ukrainian drone technology, sparking debate over the deal’s potential...

Is Ankara a culinary capital? Most people would answer this question with a definitive “No!” But is that really the case? Ankara is often a misinterpreted city, not revealing itself at first glance. You have to be born there or...

The Washington summit agreed on very little. What it confirmed matters more: the terms of America’s commitment to Taiwan are increasingly being set in leader-level bargaining with Beijing, not by repeal but by postponement. By the usual measures, last week’s...

Crude oil prices started the week with a jump after President Trump rejected a peace deal proposal tabled by Iran last week at the UN General Assembly. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $107.24 per barrel,...

On 16 September 2026, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law No. 15,506, creating Brazil’s National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals and a council attached to the presidency to coordinate it. This was barely two weeks after the...

China said on Monday that a two-month extension of its trade truce with the United States would give both sides more time to assess the implementation of their existing arrangements and discuss further steps to resolve economic and trade disputes....

Taiwan must deepen cooperation with democratic partners on drone development as unmanned systems become increasingly important to modern warfare, President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, as the island steps up efforts to strengthen its domestic defence industry. Speaking in Chiayi...