Nigeria has ambitious energy plans for the coming decades, including expanding its oil industry and accelerating the development of its renewable energy sector. In recent years, Nigeria has begun to solidify its position as a major energy power in Africa....
In our current cultural conversation, especially post-Weinstein, Diddy and Jeffrey Epstein, the image of the pedophile, the groomer or the elderly creep is a universal villain. His is an insatiable appetite; he is a master manipulator, a wolf seeking an...
Families of victims of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran just filed an unprecedented lawsuit asking a federal judge to decide a constitutional question Washington has evaded for decades: Can a president wage war without the approval of Congress? Attorneys behind...
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to reduce the cost of the MC-21 medium-haul airliner, which currently stands at 7.5 billion rubles. The goal is to lower the price by several billion rubles in constant prices to ensure...
As US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with annihilation, Iranian missiles and drones have been targeting Israeli Mossad proxies, American bases and destroying tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington’s allies in Riyadh are meanwhile suffering enormous losses due to...
Russia has revised its oil export forecasts upward, projecting shipments to reach 244.7 million tons by 2026. This updated macroeconomic forecast from the Ministry of Economic Development indicates a recovery in export volumes despite international pressure and existing agreements. The new...
Venezuela’s upstream oil sector is attracting its broadest pool of international operators and capital in decades, with established majors expanding their footprints and new operators entering under revised contractual frameworks. If capital deployment, rig availability and oilfield services scale in...
Just how worried should we be about artificial intelligence slipping out of control? What used to be a sci-fi scenario is now a real concern. This very issue is all-encompassing, touching everything from legal boundaries and workplace competition to our...
BETHLEHEM /PNN/ Christian religious, civic and academic figures in Bethlehem have rejected remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly, in which he said Christian emigration from the city had increased under Palestinian Authority governance, calling...
How many skeletons are in Congress’ closet? Who’s ruining youth sports? And is there any check on Paramount’s power? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of...
A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of...
BP has started looking seriously at U.S. shale assets again, including Devon Energy’s Eagle Ford business, as CEO Meg O’Neill pushes the company back toward oil and gas growth. BP entered the data room for Devon’s South Texas assets after...
Ask a Ukrainian soldier what he is fighting for, and NATO membership would certainly be on that list. But ask NATO, and the answer is far less straightforward and gets complicated quickly. This complication got a public airing last month when...
Oritro Karim, IPS UN Bureau Correspondent, speaks to Ranjeeta Silwal of Equality Now. By Oritro Karim KATHMANDU, Nepal / NEW YORK, United States , Sep 25 2026 (IPS) On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan towns and villages...
The European Union’s natural gas supply remains stable, according to the Gas Coordination Group, which advises the European Commission on coordinating security-of-supply measures in the event of an EU or regional emergency. The Gas Coordination Group met again this week...
On Nov. 3, 2026 , California voters will vote on Proposition 40, a one-time 5% levy on the net worth of billionaires who were California residents on Jan. 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the revenue would fund healthcare programs, with...
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . The Endangered Species Act has stood as a pillar of conservation in the United States since 1973, bringing animals like bald eagles, manatees and humpback...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to pass a law to revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames Israel’s soldiers, his latest threat against the Israeli directors of “NAZA,” a documentary about soldiers’ killing of Gaza civilians. “NAZA” is a British...
The United Nations human rights office has added 61 more companies to a list of those operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which the UN considers against international law. This list, first created in 2020, now contains 214...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 4 September 2026. More than a month after their arrest in northern Togo, the two French filmmakers, Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani, of the production company Tony Comiti Productions, along with their...
About twenty years ago I worked with Cliff Hou, LC Lu, and the TSMC PDK team on reference flows with emerging EDA and IP companies. This was the precursor to the OIP. Having a person with LC Lu’s depth of...
John Mearsheimer discusses the US’ dwindling options to end the war on Iran and the worsening economic crisis the globe faces if the war continues. Transcript Chris Hedges: The situation with Iran, despite talks between US and Iranian officials at the United Nations...
Military leaders from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are meeting to discuss how to help Saudi Arabia deal with attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, Iraq has reduced flights from Iran, following pressure from the United States, and an Iranian...
The US-built regional order is not collapsing in a single dramatic moment. It is fading quietly into the background – until one day people wake up to an entirely new reality Hesham Gaafar is a researcher specialising in Islamic thought and...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 10 September 2026. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned for the safety of Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, Director-General of Radio-Télévision Saraounia (RTS) and a former Radio France Internationale (RFI)...
A Rohingya refugee carries Myanmar's national flag during a Genocide Remembrance Day rally marking the anniversary of their mass exodus at a refugee camp in Bangladesh on 25 August 2026. Credit: Abdul Goni/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Sep 25 2026 (IPS) On 15...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 17 September 2026. Mr Pelumi Onifade, a young journalist with Gboah TV , who was reportedly shot and arrested while covering the #EndSARS protests on October 24, 2020, died from fatal injuries as...
The European Union is reportedly considering new measures to hinder the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sports competitions. These potential actions include visa restrictions, personal sanctions against athletes and officials, and a reduction in funding for sports...
TODAY’S NUMBERS 5.17% (US 10-year yield, highest since 2007) · 54.3% (indirect bid at Wednesday’s five-year auction; average 65.2%) · $1.10trn (Japan’s Treasury holdings, down $51bn in a year). Yields up, big foreign creditors buying less: the world still lends...
Italy’s industry and energy security ministers will meet with executives from the Italian refining sector in early October to discuss how refineries could raise diesel and gasoline production to help lower the record-high fuel prices. Adolfo Urso, the Industry Minister,...
US lawmakers and national-security experts are pressing President Donald Trump to take tougher action against Chinese entities accused of helping Iran with satellite intelligence, weapons components, and oil revenue. The calls intensified as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White...
The most consequential sentence of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington may also be the simplest: “The Thucydides Trap can be overcome.” This line, delivered during Xi’s speech at the White House arrival ceremony, provides a better key to...
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The U.S. and Iran are back to negotiating over the same basic bargain that briefly ended the war in June: reopen Hormuz, ease the U.S. blockade, and use a temporary ceasefire to negotiate everything they can’t...
The European Union is urging the UK to raise tariffs on China-made cars that would bring its customs policy closer to the bloc’s and remove some barriers to including British products in the “made in Europe” policy, the Financial Times...
A twentieth-century story Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His latest book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World , was published November 2025. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0 When I...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. German state polls yield historic defeat, familiar paralysisDiego Faßnacht reports that the CDU’s historic losses in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin...
African women were the toast of the continental soccer season after the end of the men’s version. Their thrilling championship in Rabat drew record live and TV audiences as a new champion was crowned. Enjoy our coverage of this and...
The failure of diplomacy that is orphaning children by the thousands in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, and Iran just moved to center stage. As world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly’s opening days, the gathering didn’t split...
India is weighing ideas to mandate imported coal blending at power plants as coal stocks at many facilities have crumbled amid logistics issues in recent months, government sources with direct knowledge of the discussions have told Reuters. If India initiates...
The Chechen Republic is shifting from a closed region to an active travel hub, blending the futuristic skyline of Grozny with the wilderness of the Argun Gorge. For travelers, the region now offers a developed infrastructure that ranges from specialty...
A defence agreement between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan could evolve into a broader regional security arrangement involving other Muslim majority countries, including Iran, according to Turkey’s parliament speaker, raising questions over whether the emerging partnership could become a new...
Meta has revealed a new line of hardware centered on its Muse AI assistant, shifting from pure software to integrated wearables. The product roadmap spans from immediate releases to 2027, focusing on reducing device weight and addressing privacy concerns. VR Glasses:...
When Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time on Thursday (September 24), he became the third member of his immediate family to speak from the UN podium. His father, President Ziaur Rahman,...
A national debt exceeding 210% of a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) creates a financial dead end from which recovery is impossible, according to financial analyst and Doctor of Economics Mikhail Belyaev. Belyaev stated in comments to Pravda.Ru that the critical...
A powerful explosion tore through a residential building in the heart of Athens on Friday, causing the structure to collapse and injuring three people in a crowded tourist district near the Acropolis. The blast damaged nearby homes, shops and vehicles...
Dr John Nkengasong, a former WHO adviser who worked with Biden administration on Aids policy, says innovation and investment are key to unlocking potential of continent’s graduates African governments need to shake off the legacy of colonialism and underfunding if their...
India will keep exporting diesel to help meet global demand and ease the fuel crunch, Oil Minister Hardeep Puri said. “We honor our commitments,” the minister said at an industry event in New Delhi, noting that India’s refining capacity continues...
The Romans advised that to secure peace, you must prepare for war. The preparation was the point: weapons kept ready so they need not be used, readiness standing in for the fight. Their word for peace, pax, came from pacisci...
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