Global Voices

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading into an unusually consequential meeting with Donald Trump. The two are expected to meet in New York on September 22, just two days before Trump is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened Iranian airlines with a “shut-down” from tomorrow, by means of airports refusing to refuel them and sell tickets, in the latest verbal escalation in the U.S.-Iran war, despite reported efforts to achieve peace amid...

Taiwan remains one of the most sensitive issues in relations between China and the United States, combining questions of sovereignty, national identity, military security and the unresolved legacy of China’s civil war. Beijing considers Taiwan part of China and describes...

Global money is fracturing. As central banks hoard physical gold at record rates, weaponised sanctions, politicised payment networks, and persistent global inflation have exposed the structural vulnerabilities of relying on a single dominant reserve currency. For emerging markets, building domestic...

Crude oil prices, which had been falling since last week, today reversed course and made gains ahead of a UN General Assembly session that many hope will yield some progress on peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. As indicated...

Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday, led by gains in artificial intelligence companies, as investors responded to signs of renewed US China cooperation on AI safety and looked ahead to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with US President...

This article is not designed to skip the facts, just because its author is simply pro-BRICS. It’s an honest, realistic, friendly, and necessary analysis, that readers interested in a summarized diagnosis of the current state of geopolitical affairs need to...

News items heralding the AI apocalypse are ubiquitous. The panic started shortly after the ex-Anthropic, ex-OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, Jacob Coxon sounded the alarm on X , writing that AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” Coxon’s...

A week after Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo’s body was found, runners took part in a morning run to honour her name and demand more protection The runners smiled and laughed, congratulating each other on finishing their 5km or 10km Saturday run, their...

In late July, two tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia left the Red Sea port of Yanbu and headed south toward Bab al-Mandeb. Then they stopped and turned around. The Rodos and the Xin Long Yang were carrying a...

For decades, America has been associated with the story of poor immigrants who came to the country with little more than the determination to work and eventually built successful lives for themselves. Since September 18, 2026, that romantic model has...

Migraine is no longer considered a simple headache treatable with over-the-counter painkillers. Neurologists warn that ignoring episodes of throbbing pain and photophobia is dangerous due to sharp changes in vascular tone, which can trigger ischemic processes in the brain. Distinguishing Migraine...

With 17% of Qatar’s LNG export capacity disabled and Gulf shipments disrupted, buyers arrived at Gastech looking for gas from somewhere else. Organizers valued the agreements announced or advanced in Bangkok at an estimated $60 billion, including a 20-year U.S....

India’s imports of cheaper Russian crude oil have come under scrutiny in recent days after U.S. lawmakers passed a new sanctions bill against Russia’s energy sector. The “Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026,” which authorizes and...

Power technologies are usually compared by asking how much their electricity costs. That is no longer enough. Electricity demand is accelerating, driven by data centers, electrification, new factories and cooling. The International Energy Agency expects global data-center consumption alone to...

Extreme temperatures are beginning to reshape the European labor market, starting with the beaches of Mallorca. Following a record-breaking summer in 2026, the MarSenses hotel group introduced a "heat premium"-a 100-euro bonus for staff working outdoors. The payment targets employees maintaining...

“The roar of the engines does not herald true dominance, but the absolute silence that precedes the strike." “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." The last decades of silence...

The United States and China have agreed to open a formal channel to flag dangerous artificial intelligence (AI) activity, including runaway agents, cyberattacks and bioweapons development, marking the first such effort by the world’s two largest AI powers. US Treasury...

In Japan, any detectable scent-be it a heavy perfume or natural body odor-is often viewed as a lack of consideration for others. This social pressure has birthed the concept of sumi-hara (smell harassment), driving a national grooming standard centered on...

As data centres scale, consume more power, and draw tighter community scrutiny, insurance risks are becoming increasingly complex. As AI infrastructure grows, so do legal risks: large lawsuits involving data centres more than tripled from four in all of 2021...

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 32%, marking the lowest point in his political career, as revealed by a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll showed a decrease in approval among Republicans, with only 73% supporting Trump compared to...

Volkswagen’s luxury brand Porsche has become a significant issue for CEO Oliver Blume’s restructuring plans at the company. Just a few years after a successful initial public offering, Porsche is facing difficulties, especially in the Chinese market, and is struggling...

While the Russian army is on its heels in Ukraine, the Kremlin is engaging in trade wars with fellow members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The EAEU is ostensibly supposed to promote free trade among the five member states, not hinder it....

The premise that the Sun is an unusually quiet star-a stability often credited with allowing complex life to evolve on Earth-is being challenged. Natalie Krivova of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has presented evidence suggesting that our...

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how...

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from an experimental aid to a foundational part of semiconductor engineering. In a recent industry talk, leaders from ChipAgents and Analog Devices described how agentic AI could help chipmakers manage soaring design complexity, accelerate product...

Bitcoin has surged above $85,000 this morning for the first time since late-January... The rally comes alongside advances in stocks and bonds, as falling oil prices and optimism ahead of a summit between US President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping...

QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says the Strait of Hormuz crisis could delay the company's LNG expansion because critical equipment cannot reach Qatar, Reuters reported on Monday. North Field East's first production train remains on schedule for...

Hungary is asking U.S. officials not to levy tariffs on the central European country which still buys Russian oil, in what could be a test for the new Hungarian leader who won a landslide election victory over President Trump’s ally...