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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…
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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…
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Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic…
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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…
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Josh Shapiro and Michael Bennet both rose to prominence during the Obama era and have long been considered part of the Democratic Party’s moderate wing. So what does it say that neither thinks Democrats can simply return…
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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…
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It’s getting better all the time (Better, better, better) It’s getting better all the time I admit it’s getting better –The Beatles In an X post, Marko Jukic, senior analyst at Bismarck Analysis, lamented…
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Asian countries have responded more aggressively than others to the energy supply crunch caused by the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran and now they are running out of resources to continue their response, the World Bank…
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An IPES-Food report warns that workers in the global food system face high exploitation in keeping the world fed. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS By Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) A new report reveals widespread…
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A reflection on kinship, memory, and what the Earth has always been trying to tell us. By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) One night, many years ago now, on a remote beach in the outer islands of…
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American drivers will get broader access to so-called red-dyed diesel, which is laden with fewer taxes, making it more affordable, after President Trump signed an executive order to that effect late on Monday. “The order…
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Civilians try to flee as men and boys rounded up on streets by new alliance as Ethiopia conflict erupts again As renewed fighting has threatened a fresh humanitarian crisis in the northern region of Ethiopia, reports are…
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Just three weeks after American hip-hop artist Macklemore was kicked off megastar Ed Sheeran’s tour over the rapper’s “Free Palestine” messaging, it looks increasingly obvious that Sheeran overestimated the power of…
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On September 30, the U.S. completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq. Heralding this event, Iraq declared “Sovereignty Day,” celebrating the end of U.S. occupation and return of full sovereignty to the people of…
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The Greenland crisis appears to have ended with signatures rather than confrontation. On September 22, 2026, the United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a new defence agreement after months of tension over the…
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Benjamin Netanyahu likes to translate Israel’s grief into American. At the United Nations last month, he took the dead of October 7 and multiplied them by the ratio of America’s population to Israel’s. The 1,200 Israelis…
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With the Brazilian presidential election headed to a runoff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is down 47% to 45% and faces a massive fight ahead. I wanted to give a quick analysis of what happened and where things are going…
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Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. While operational planners in the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan have made historic strides institutionalizing…
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By: Emil Avdaliani Diesel locomotive CKD9C with freight train in China before the Kazakhstan border. Wikimedia image For decades, the idea of an overland connection between China and Iran existed more on paper than in…
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"Rank-and-file committees are probably the best way to outflank the unions, to be completely independent of all the vested interests,” John said. "The fight against the current—we're not going to speed up, that's it…
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Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi‘s Substack: Michelle Brohard, head of policy and geopolitical risk at Kpler, speculated in a recent interview with energy analyst Rory Johnston (@commoditycontext) that the…
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Reprinted from John’s Substack: The Trump administration and its supporters – including the Wall Street Journal editorial page – are working overtime these days to spin the news around the Iran war to make it appear that…
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The European Union’s so-called methane rule is scheduled to enter into effect in January. The rule is massively unpopular among large energy exporters, and these exporters have a lot more options in terms of buyers than…
This monthly report is prepared for Sinocism by the excellent Sinification , an invaluable resource for understanding how domestic and international affairs are debated within the Chinese establishment. Thomas des Garets…
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Singapore is in an energy pickle. The island nation is still reeling from high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, and is scrambling to build up alternative and indigenous energy sources. The problem is that…
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Indonesia’s strategic autonomy is often described as a diplomatic effort to avoid choosing sides. Increasingly, it is something more practical: an effort to avoid having too few choices. From Washington’s point of view…
Africa
Ethiopia has opened a new parliamentary term with a leadership appointment of considerable political and historical significance. Ahmed Shide, one of the country’s longest-serving senior economic policymakers and among…
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Electric aviation is advancing faster than many critics expected. Batteries will not remain confined to tiny experimental aircraft, and short regional routes are a credible early market. But electric aircraft will not…
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The United States is set to provide Uruguay with $6.5 million to combat organized crime. While seemingly a modest sum against the backdrop of billions in trade, this agreement is significant for its core provision: the…
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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 week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from…
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Southeast Asia's upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) conversation has moved from which international oil companies (IOCs) are leaving to who is buying their way in. Research from Rystad Energy shows a competitive cycle…
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Bolsonaro Jr. won the first round, and there is not many reasons to believe he won’t win the second round on 25 October as well. Mike Elk is the senior labor reporter at Payday Report and member of the…
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The US agreement with Denmark gives the super-power enormous control over Greenland’s critical mineral resources. Joshua Frank is co-editor of CounterPunch and co-host of CounterPunch Radio . He is the author of Atomic…
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This is a web version of The Lever ’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 New in The Lever : Corporate Dems want you to forget 2024 . 👇 Further down in this newsletter: - The Epstein-y past of the new artificial intelligence…
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France Gripped by Widespread Student Protests France is facing a new wave of mass protests, this time originating from its high schools. What began as localized school blockades in Parisian suburbs in mid-September has…
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Southeast Asia's upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) conversation has moved from which international oil companies (IOCs) are leaving to who is buying their way in. Research from Rystad Energy shows a competitive cycle…
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Last month, during a panel discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference , Angie Nixon started in on a critique of capitalism. For a moment, it sounded like she was going…
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The signing of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by President Trump on 18 September gives him a huge economic lever to effect massive political change in what is effectively a turbocharged…
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The Enduring Human Appetite for Myth The human impulse to reshape history is as old as civilization itself, predating the internet by millennia. From the chronicles of ancient scribes to the pronouncements of rulers and…
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OECD PISA education performance: change in scores between 2009 to 2025, and 2025 scores. By Isabel Ortiz and Antonia Wulff BRUSSELS / GENEVA, Oct 5 2026 (IPS) The results of the OECD PISA 2025 report point to the marked…
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Indian state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) prepares to issue a $3-billion bond to finance its share of a major offshore oil development in Brazil, as Indian companies move to expand in…
Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash When people questioned the outcome of the 2020 election, they were automatically labeled conspiracy theorists, and we were told that there was no way anyone could steal an election…
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Record-high fuel prices and a record number of newly available affordable models have pushed electric vehicle sales in the European Union to an all-time high this year, Transport & Environment, a European advocacy group…
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Behind this election’s dominant issue of affordability lies the record concentration of wealth at the top of America. The richest 0.001% of Americans — a handful of extraordinarily wealthy men — now controls more of the…
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The United States is contemplating a significant shift in its military posture, potentially redeploying forces from Europe to the Western Hemisphere to intensify the fight against Latin American drug cartels. Defense…
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The Earth and Mars emerged from nearly the same cosmic "cradle," but they were assembled in fundamentally different ways. This is the conclusion reached by authors of a new study published in Nature Astronomy, who have…