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Britain launched a “world wide lobbying exercise” to overturn a landmark United Nations (UN) resolution which recognised Zionism as racism, declassified files reveal. The information is in a private exchange between John…
NABLUS/TULKARM, West Bank / PNN — For Ali al-Bazari’s family, the olive harvest ended in grief. They bid farewell to the 44-year-old Palestinian father through tears, while his son was left asking a question no child…
Armed Conflicts
The effects of torture and ill-treatment seen on Oleksandr Savov, a Ukrainian marine who took part in the defence of Mariupol after his release from Russian captivity. Credit: Anastasiia Savova By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Oct…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / The idea for Um Eyad’s small business grew out of the difficult economic circumstances facing her family and her and her husband’s desire to create an additional source of income to help meet…
JENIN, West Bank / PNN — In an effort to prevent traditional Palestinian games from being forgotten, Samahear Al-Roumi, director of the “Bayt Al-Dammah” centre for reviving Palestinian folk games in the town of Zababdeh…
Bethlehem / PNN — A new episode of *Aalamakshouf* examined the impact of the war on animals, livestock and the environment in the Gaza Strip, amid widespread destruction of farms and beekeeping facilities, shortages of…
Africa
Credit: Tosin Olowoleni By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko YOLA, Nigeria, Oct 7 2026 (IPS) Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities attributed the attack…
Asia Narratives prepares periodic briefings. One of my clients suggested I share it. China Systems Weekly covers political, economic, and social developments through the lens of individual and societal needs, alongside…
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Anthropic recently disclosed five cases in which users hid their countries while asking Claude for help enhancing pathogens or toxins. This added fuel to the ongoing debate over whether progress in AI should be slowed…
Economy
Cotton has long been one of Africa’s most important agricultural commodities, supporting millions of rural jobs and generating vital export revenues. Yet the continent captures only a fraction of the wealth generated by…
Opinion
As we celebrate World Cotton Day, we look at the remarkable impact of this beautiful white fibre. Beyond that soft and comfortable T-shirt, those jeans that seem to last forever, the sheets we sleep on, the towels we dry…
Economy
How can Africa compete in the global cotton-based market currently dominated by Asia, Europe and America? Can textiles made in Africa with distinctive continental flavouring find their own niche in the billion-dollar…
Photography
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The Ethiopian photographer Sosina Mengistu’s self-portraits draw on personal experience to reflect young people’s anxiety and frustration This self-portrait is part of my project So I See Me, which I began in 2020 during…
Fashion
Africa’s fashion designers are increasingly headlining fashion weeks across the world. Instead of following the latest trends, they have been forging their own paths, based on the continent’s rich heritage of producing…
Industrialisation
For Africa to capture more value from cotton, it must secure access to markets big enough to support the growth of its manufacturers. The story of how factories first emerged and spread across the world is incomplete…
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In a stemwinder of a speech in Nebraska, our mentally ill president joked around that if Iran took out Los Angeles and San Diego, it would be a small price to pay for keeping the rest of the country safe. Or at least…
Middle East & Africa
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On 4 October, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, went on television from Saudi Arabia to announce a campaign to retake the territory still held by the Houthis and restore state authority…
Finance
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TOKYO – For decades, the US enjoyed a remarkable luxury: its two biggest creditors, Japan and China, kept showing up at Treasury auctions with checkbooks open. Now, Donald Trump’s trade wars, tariff threats and widening…
Benjamin-netanyahu
Three years after the Oct. 7 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presenting Israel’s response as a story of resilience and overwhelming military success. Speaking at the United Nations last month…
National-conservatism
Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference — or NatCon — in Israel on Tuesday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told his audience that Israel “can and must bear a growing responsibility for its own…
Larry C. Johnson
The global economic damage caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is generally not understood by most policymakers. Public and policy discussion of the Strait of Hormuz closure has fixated on crude oil: tanker…
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Treasury Secy Scott Bessent clearly endeavors to be the second Pete Hegseth of Trump World, albeit via packing heat in the form of economic missiles rather than the kinetic kind. In fact, however, his ballyhooed…
Northeast Asia
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Beyond all the pageantry, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a strategic goal for his Washington visit – to undermine the American relationship with Japan. Xi succeeded, perhaps beyond his expectations. Japanese policy…
Opinion
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Donald Trump has angrily denied reports that the United States is considering sanctions relief and access to frozen Iranian funds in exchange for nuclear concessions, even as Washington's broader moves suggest it may be…
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Restoring geopolitical unity in the post-Soviet space is a historical obligation for Russia, according to Alexey Podberezkin, director of the Almaz-Antey concern's Center for Military and Political Studies. In a comment…
National Politics
French school students explain why they are organising blockades of their schools and the brutality they have faced from the French police. Cross-posted from Counterfire Picture by Wyslijp16 Below are speeches made at an…
Geopolitics
The notion that a two-state solution is the ‘viable’ option completely ignores the present and history of Israeli politics. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and…
Solutions
Review of Sven Beckert’s ‘Capitalism: A Global History’, which takes an unconventional view of how capitalism came about and what it actually is. Cynthia Kaufman is a writer and educator. She is the author of six books…
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Psiphon, a software company spun out of the Citizen Lab that helps internet users living under oppressive regimes evade online censorship, plans to leave Canada if the federal government’s lawful-access bill passes in…
3D IC
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One of the standout presentations at the 2026 TSMC OIP Forum highlighted a collaboration between Siemens EDA, Marvell, and TSMC. I always appreciate EDA presentations that bring together customer and foundry…
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The President of the United States has long been known as the leader of the free world. It’s a nice sentiment, to say the least, but it has the added benefit of being true. During the Cold War, America’s allies looked to…
Semiconductor
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How VSORA rebalances memory and compute for AI inference in the data center and at the edge For more than a decade, the AI hardware industry focused mainly on model training, while inference represented a smaller share…
Pop and rock
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The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop In 2024, South African pop star Tyla won the…
EDA
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LUBIS EDA is introducing FormalOS, a platform designed to make formal verification more systematic, scalable and predictable. Built on the company’s five-stage methodology, it combines structured workflows, verification…
Economic Statecraft
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This policy note offers a roadmap for more effectively identifying, disrupting, and seizing the illicit financial flows that sustain complex criminal networks, threaten populations, and corrupt institutions across Latin…
Ebola
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Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to…
Democracy & Governance
The world leaders that gathered at the United Nations last month speaking about trust, reform, and the future of cooperation. Down the hall, the organization’s finance office was working on a plainer question: whether…
Gender
As the number of people living with dementia continues to rise, healthcare systems face increasing demand for medical and support services. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) Dementia…
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The Conservative Party took £1.3m in donations from a business linked to the destruction of Palestinian villages – before opposing new sanctions on Israeli settlements last month. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, spoke…
JERUSALEM / PNN/ Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of National Security in the Israeli occupation government, participated this Tuesday morning in a raid on the town of Al-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem. This coincided with…
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Southeast Asia’s growth next year will be decided at meetings its finance ministers won’t attend. A few executives in California will soon settle next year’s spending on data centers. Their decisions will do more to…
Americas
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The Trump administration’s “America First” approach to Ebola has shifted the US response in the Democratic Republic of Congo away from one of its traditional priorities: getting American medical personnel and resources…
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CPEC 2.0 aims to move past the infrastructure-heavy first phase toward industry, agriculture, mining, technology, green development and business-to-business investment. That shift could deepen economic ties between…
Ethiopia
HARGEISA, 6 October 2026 — The Somaliland House of Representatives has congratulated H.E. Ahmed Shide on his election as Speaker of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives, describing his elevation as a historic…
Europe
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For the second time in two weeks, the Alternative for Germany won a German state election — but winning did not necessarily mean governing, and that distinction is becoming more important than the victories themselves…
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Tabisa Mrwebi, a personal development and leadership coach, speaker and founder of This Girl Wins, grew up in Zwelitsha in the Eastern Cape with a dream of becoming a doctor. Drawn to the way doctors help people, she…
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The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 9, putting renewed attention on one of the world’s most prestigious and closely watched awards. This year’s list of nominees is secret, meaning there is no official…