The White House is considering using the Defense Production Act to add U.S. refining capacity, with American refineries already running at 98% capacity and diesel prices above $6 per gallon for the first time. The proposal was discussed during President...
The United States is trying to build up its energy storage capacities at a rapid scale. At the same time, it is trying to wean itself off of Chinese battery tech. In many ways, these two goals are in direct...
With the heightening of the current geopolitics, many African governments have increasingly welcomed economic, diplomatic, and security ties with Russia. And noticeably, Russia’s engagements in Africa rely on irregular means to expand its influence—reliance on military offerings has often become...
Central Asian states mark the 20th anniversary of the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty with a joint foreign ministers' statement Credit: Kazakhstan MFA By Katsuhiro Asagiri TOKYO, Japan, Sep 11 2026 (IPS) Twenty years after five Central Asian states signed a landmark treaty banning nuclear...
In a Thursday address at the GOP midterm convention that exalted President Donald Trump and demeaned his opponents as “extremists who openly hate our nation,” Vice President JD Vance hardly spoke about foreign policy. He did not mention the war in...
The Bank of England is expected to hike interest rates as many as four times within the next year, City figures have said, after the economy delivered surprise growth in July. The central bank is expected to be buoyed by...
Credit: Conny Odengrund / Wiki Commons By Jordan Ryan Sep 11 2026 (IPS) Late in August I stood at Dag Hammarskjöld’s grave in Uppsala. It is a quiet place, a long way from New York and from the wars the United Nations exists...
There is a sudden, alarming rise in experts warning of an apocalyptic ending for our AI adventure in only a few years. It is only one example of why we literally can’t let tech sociopaths control our society Robin McAlpine is...
Did Bidenomics work? Why can Republicans coordinate campaign funds? And what happens to incumbents that democratic socialists defeat? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of the...
We have already begun reading Finkelstein’s newest book GAZA’S GRAVEDIGGERS: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places and it is a monumental work exposing the corruption and perfidy of the Westerm Liberal Authoritarian Class Norman Finkelstein is is an American political...
The UK may end up assisting Tel Aviv by reinforcing a preposterous distinction between ‘illegal’ Jewish settlements and a supposedly ‘law-abiding’ Israel Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn...
The AfD’s victory is the result of a far-reaching economic and political crisis. The Merz government is gambling with Russia, but this is the wrong path to take Sergio Cesaratto, former full professor of European Monetary Policy and International Economics at...
Social scientists often see the individual as a product of society. But never, never underestimate the impact of personality on society. Or at least, some personalities. The only other personality in recent history who has had as great an impact...
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, on the surface it may seem that American foreign policy has followed a course filled with continuity. A quarter century ago, the U.S. launched the “global war on terrorism” in...
Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash When a man does something horrific, particularly toward a woman, there will inevitably be a chorus of women who label all men the same. When men take issue with being lumped in with monsters, we’re...
Eurasia Publications announces the release of Economic Transition and Impact on the Energy Mix, the new expanded English edition by Yannis Bassias. The book continues the analytical path established in Cause and Effect, where the author introduced the principle that...
This statement was originally published on lesotho.misa.org The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Lesotho) expresses severe outrage and unequivocal condemnation regarding the brutal abduction, interrogation, and physical torture of Newsday Media News Editor, human rights defender and a former Chairperson...
The US-China G-2 concept is both normatively exclusionary and strategically constraining. The inherent limits of a G-2 framework—hierarchy, power structure, and systematic constraints—make it a non-starter in a multipolar reality. Here, I completely agree; the concept of a G2 is...
Within the increasingly specialized field of peptide and metabolic signaling inquiry, AICAR has emerged as a particularly intriguing molecular subject due to its theorized relationship with cellular energy regulation, mitochondrial communication pathways, and adaptive biochemical signaling environments. Although often associated...
The large businesses in the UK have urged the government to remove taxes on electricity bills for business to make Britain more competitive and energy costs more affordable amid escalating energy prices that hurt both consumers and industry. In one...
It’s that time of year again. Time certainly flies when AI is chasing you! This year marks the 18th TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum, and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. My SemiWiki partners, Mike Gianfagna and Kalar...
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was established 43 years ago this November. Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on the heels of his 1982 Westminster Address to the British Parliament, the NED was the embodiment of the president’s...
Crude oil prices are poised for further increases and the trending trajectory is higher, as global inventory drawdowns have accelerated and China is back to buying significantly higher crude oil volumes than in the spring, Energy Aspects founder and market...
October WTI crude oil futures are trading at $101.26 early Friday, up $10.04 or 11.01% for the week so far. The contract traded as low as $90.87 before reaching $104.46, its strongest level since May. Last week, the market was...
TODAY’S NUMBERS: 4.94% (US 10-year Treasury yield, near a three-year high) · 289 tonnes (record Q2 central-bank gold buying) · $53.9bn (Gulf funds’ record H1 dealmaking). Two kinds of state money are betting opposite ways in the same week —...
President Donald Trump is making himself the centre of the Republican Party’s campaign for the 2026 midterm elections, but growing concerns within his own party are raising questions about whether a Trump focused strategy can attract the independent voters Republicans...
By CIVICUS Sep 11 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the implications of the Philippines’ proposed anti-disinformation bill with Josalee Deinla, Secretary-General of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, a civil society organisation that defends civil liberties in the Philippines. Josalee Deinla The Philippines’ House of...
An artisanal mining boom driven by war and poverty is causing a public health emergency, as chemicals poison soil, water and society In Abu Hamad, on the banks of the Nile, verdant orchards, gardens and fields once produced a bounty of...
On 2 September 2026, UNICEF staff and partners are distributing recreation kits at Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) at the holding center for children affected by the recent flash floods in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, Nepal. Credit: UNICEF/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi By Shreya Komar UNITED...
You cannot understand the executive power Donald Trump is wielding today if you do not understand how 9/11 was used to create that power. I have been perseverating on that truth in the lead-up to today’s 25-year anniversary of the terrorist...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Firewall against the AfD is becoming a trapDiego Faßnacht reports that the AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt breakthrough has pushed Germany’s firewall strategy...
China aims to have electric and hybrid vehicles account for as much as 70% of all passenger car sales by 2030, in a massive transport shift set to further dent oil demand for road fuels. As of the end of...
Crude oil prices could top $120 per barrel of Brent crude by the end of the year if fighting in the Middle East continues, RBC Capital Markets’ Helima Croft has warned, as quoted by Reuters. “Maritime traffic through the Bab...
Africa’s healthcare system is in many ways at the core of the continent’s development – it influences virtually all other sectors, as well as political and social stability. It can also be a viable commercial enterprise, promising substantial returns on...
The United Nations is under greater strain than ever before in its 80- year history. Its authority, especially in situations of conflict, is being constantly challenged; attacks on its personnel are increasing; and massive cuts in funding and mounting member...
In this deeply researched article, Onyekachi Wambu delves into the origins of the global cotton trade, its role in Britain’s Industrial Revolution, the rise of colonialism and immense wealth, the inhuman Atlantic Slave Trade and the enduring consequences of the...
Africa is at the centre of a growing global race for critical minerals, but the continent faces a familiar challenge: possessing enormous natural wealth without capturing a comparable share of the value generated from it. Africa holds around 30% of...
China’s state owned oil companies have spent years preparing for the possibility of major disruptions to global energy supplies, investments that are now helping Beijing manage the shock caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Since 2018, Sinopec,...
The 11th of September, 2026, marks a quarter-century since the “9/11” attacks that killed three thousand Americans and set into motion a generation of the “Global War on Terror”. The anniversary will no doubt bring with it the very human...
Beijing has threatened to retaliate if Washington moves to curb Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms over accusations that they used a technique called distillation to copy AI models, days before senior officials from both countries meet for AI safety talks....
General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visit to Russia from September 7 to 9, 2026, was significant not because it reaffirmed a familiar narrative of traditional friendship, but because it showed how both Hanoi and Moscow are trying to...
Crude oil prices extended their climb this week, reaching the highest since May as hostilities in the Gulf continue and the prospect of peace gets even more remote. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $107.86 per...
Honestly, I don’t think we really get it yet. Let’s face it. It’s going to be hot, hot, hot. Or do I mean hotter, hotter, hotter, or even hottest, hottest, hottest, or someday, for all we know, beyond any words...
Growing concerns over the rapid development of artificial intelligence are prompting more U.S. lawmakers to call for stronger safeguards after two researchers at Anthropic warned that advanced AI could potentially threaten human survival within the next decade. The alarm intensified...
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 2026 (IPS) When over 130 world leaders arrive in New York for the high-level segment of the General Assembly next week– it will be rare to hear hard-hitting, headline-grabbing political statements from the podium. The speeches...
Britain's decision this week to ban all imports from illegal Israeli settlements carries huge moral resonance, but the real test comes next: Will the European Union (EU) – the single largest market in the world and Israel's biggest trading partner...
This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where he pledged increased security assistance, signed critical minerals deals and warned the three countries’ recently-elected, ideologically-aligned leaders — two of them U.S. citizens — about China’s...
The territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas in Spanish) continues to escalate. Last week, Argentine President Javier Milei, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced a series of new measures...
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