We’re at the saturation point of the latest news cycle where everyone will soon tire of hearing about artificial intelligence and probably tell themselves the whole intensifying political debate is niche, inside baseball, kind of silly, and a distraction from...
For much of the postwar era, Japan treated military restraint as part of its national identity. Its Self Defense Forces were capable, the alliance with the United States provided strategic protection and the country largely avoided the image of a...
Journeying into the poorest neighborhood in Herat, Darius comes face to face with tragedy, and makes a new friend. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |...
On Monday, August 25, during a visit to Kyiv, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK would give Ukraine classified blueprints to produce its SCALP cruise missile (a variant of the Storm Shadow), for the explicit purpose of...
China is constructing what may be the world’s first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets reported. Satellite photos show the roughly 200-meter hull features a large internal hangar — likely...
The United States is preparing to tell dozens of partner countries that they may have to choose between American and Chinese approaches to cooperation in artificial intelligence. In effect, Washington is asking its allies and partners to take a clearer...
By: Majid Maqbool The People’s Republic of China has consistently utilized military pressure and gray-zone tactics against regional neighbors and global powers since its founding in 1949. Foreign countries that threaten Chinese sovereignty could be framed as adversaries, and the PRC’s...
Global maritime and energy markets are currently showing two significant developments. Both indicate they should not be treated as separate market stories, but as an intertwined sector. Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC investment arm, XRG, is reportedly considering acquiring up to 50%...
La Bottega Sciliano Moscow Let me give you a sense of what life in Russia is actually like right now — not the version you get from the wire services, but the one you get walking around, sitting down to dinner,...
The United Kingdom will need to invest heavily in expanding its electricity grid to meet rising power demand and ensure that new renewable energy projects can connect to it. The U.K. National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced that more...
General Carsten Breuer from Germany has been chosen as the next head of NATO’s military committee, a key advisory body for the alliance’s political leaders. Military leaders from the 32-nation alliance elected him during a meeting in Copenhagen, and he...
In a live interview for The Lever ’s subscribers, David Sirota spoke to New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, the author of New York’s landmark AI safety law . In addition to AI regulation, they discussed the launch of Who Decides,...
NATO’s top Military Authority, the NATO Military Committee, held its annual conference with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chair, leading discussions among 32 Allied Chiefs of Defence and two Strategic Commanders. They focused on next steps from the recent NATO...
After years of delays and plateaued development timelines, it might finally be time for the small nuclear revolution. In a brand new report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again increased its long-term nuclear power forecast, projecting that...
We’re going to try it a little differently this week and just embed everything. Anywho, this is me sitting down with my friend and editor, Cam Edwards. In this video, we talk about the challenges of raising at least three types...
Russians are participating in a three-day parliamentary election that is expected to confirm the ruling United Russia party’s control in a political system that limits opposition to the war in Ukraine. The election’s outcome seems certain, but it may serve...
Yemen’s civil war has returned to the centre of a much wider regional conflict. In September, the Iran-aligned Houthis launched a rapid offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, overrunning forces aligned with the internationally recognised government. They captured the port...
Good things are happening! Big Tech gets schooled, civil rights report for duty, a fossil fuel revival hits the brakes, and The Lever sits down with a teen titan of First Amendment rights. You Love To See It is a benefit...
Awareness of environmentally friendly construction methods is increasing in Austria, which is reflected in the growing interest in sustainable garden sheds. The term “gartenhütte” refers to a garden hut or shed, typically a small structure used for storage, hobbies, relaxation...
HEBRON, West Bank / PNN / In a small workshop tucked inside Hebron’s centuries-old Old City, herbs, olive oil and other natural ingredients take on a new life. Mariam Abu Turki has turned plants long familiar in Palestinian homes and fields into...
The Israeli documentary Naza attracted considerable international media and political attention after winning the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, despite not yet having reached the wider public. Following its screening at the festival, the film received a 25-minute standing...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip /PNN / For the first time in three years, Gaza’s children are returning to classrooms.But there are few signs of the back-to-school season they once knew. The new academic year began Saturday with students returning to in-person education...
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Cairo was not a protocol visit. It was a doctrine declaration. At a highly sensitive moment: an open war in Iran, threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, and a sharp division within the BRICS...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out Hanoi’s vision for international cooperation. The visit drew heavy coverage at home, but it did...
The country has one of the highest femicide rates in the world, and women are yet again being asked to remove themselves from public life to counter it When I heard the authorities advising women in and around Kempton Park, the...
At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, our limited-intelligence Treasury Secretary. It came out yesterday when Illinois Congressman Sean Casten was questioning him about the “billions of dollars” that Trump keeps claiming...
Seeing Rural Japan Through a Single Prefecture: Hyōgo Rural Japan is living through two forms of population decline at once, and Hyōgo Prefecture distills the whole structure into a single frame. The first is the aging of business owners. Across Japan, hundreds...
This summer the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded that restarting Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 — the plant synonymous with nuclear disaster since 1979 — would have no significant environmental impact. Constellation Energy now expects the renamed Crane Clean Energy Center...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 17 September 2026. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has established a Legal Support Fund with an allocation of approximately GHS 544,000. The Fund responds to growing concerns about the use of...
For most of this year I have been making an argument about a fraction of a barrel. Not the barrel itself — the flat price of crude has been a headline anyone can read — but the middle of it:...
The famous American MQ-9 Reaper drone often makes the news, and usually for rather scandalous reasons. Its appearance in the sky is always a harbinger of trouble — either immediately or shortly afterward. The Reaper is like a scavenging bird,...
This statement was originally published on lesotho.misa.org on 15 September 2026. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Lesotho strongly condemns the reported vandalism and destruction of equipment and furniture at KEL Radio s tation over the weekend. MISA Lesotho is concerned...
Every export increasingly carries two products: the good itself and the evidence that makes it admissible. The cost of producing the second may determine who can sell the first. This is an overlooked consequence of selective US–China decoupling. Production costs...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 10 September 2026. In July 2026, Mozambique’s Constitutional Council ruled that before a government can justify an internet shutdown, it must first have lawful authority to order one. The ruling signifies that before...
The Middle East crisis has reverberated through key global shipping chokepoints thousands of miles away from the Strait of Hormuz. Following the crippled tanker traffic through the Middle East’s main oil and LNG export outlet, the Panama Canal and the...
The artificial intelligence energy crisis is catalyzing the development pipeline for space-based solar energy. As the world rushes to build up more energy production capacity in a scramble to keep up with skyrocketing demand from data center hyperscalers, the public...
Unlike many ungulates that establish a strict social hierarchy led by a dominant male, sheep lack an internal leadership structure. Both wild and domestic flocks demonstrate a tendency to follow almost any entity that moves with confidence-be it a goat,...
BETHLEHEM / PNN / The Palestine News Network (PNN) has launched a new programme aimed at strengthening independent journalism and public accountability, as part of efforts to develop professional media content that amplifies community voices and addresses social and economic challenges...
This is the first article in a two-part series. For many years, progressive movements and activists have longed for the moment when we could imagine a real foreign policy rooted in true internationalism and solidarity. But in our efforts to influence actual...
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. ***IranSenior officials from Iran, Oman, and neighboring Gulf states were scheduled to meet in Salalah on Monday...
A Republican Congressional candidate in Iowa has pitched himself as an anti-corruption crusader, swearing off corporate PAC donations and claiming to represent voters who’ve “been left behind by a broken political system that works for insiders and lobbyists.” But as...
This time, Europe seems serious about holding Israel accountable – or at least that is what 11 European countries, together with Canada, want us to believe. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the...
The link between urbanization and poverty may be determined by how cities are planned and governed, according to UN reports. Credit: Benjamin Shurance/Unsplash By Shuli Wong UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 2026 (IPS) Urbanization can help concentrate jobs, services, and investments; however, it can...
As a kid, I knew three things about the guy who owned my favorite NFL team. He was short, from Ohio, and he was a good owner because he spent money. After 40 years of further review, that stands as...
TotalEnergies and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have signed a partnership agreement under which GIP will invest $1.8 billion in capital contribution toward some of the French supermajor’s oil and gas infrastructure assets in Africa. In exchange for the $1.8...
Why are stadium owners angry? Is the Strait of Hormuz still blocked? And whose campaigns is Big Tech funding? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Germany’s CDU is entering a leadership crisisDiego Faßnacht reports that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing a deepening leadership crisis...
When Xi Jinping sits down with Donald Trump in Washington on September 24, the American side plans to raise AI-directed cyberattacks and accusations that Chinese labs copied U.S. models. Less than two weeks earlier in New Delhi, Xi offered the...
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