At a space-security summit in Paris this month, Novaspace chief executive Pacôme Révillon put a number on something most of the room already suspected: defence-owned reconnaissance satellites launched worldwide between 2026 and 2035 will reach 2,306, against just 485 in...
As human beings we have always been sitting ducks to extinction’s cosmic whims. We are a few astronomical units away from a life-ending meteor or comet strike, the kind that wiped out the dinosaurs after they were their own animal...
Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples protest exclusion and lack of recognition at the UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Credit: Lucas Wasson for Rights and Resources Initiative By Bayarsaikhan Namsrai, Gregoria Jimenez Amaya, Isabel Davila Pereira and Stephen Basele ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia,...
Relations between Turkey and Russia have always been one of the most intriguing scenarios in the Great Game. The leaders of the two countries maintain frequent contacts and “hotlines,” foreign ministries regularly consult on the situation in the Caucasus and...
Rising bond yields have put the time value of money back on the table. Investors are right to watch borrowing costs, distant cash flows and businesses that swallow capital by the billion. Across much of innovation, however, the price of...
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission. You shouldn’t go to war without the backing of the U.S. Congress. President Donald Trump is learning that the hard way, as his — not...
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met President Donald Trump for a brief 40 minutes on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York on Tuesday. According to reports, both looked optimistic and shared comments to that end. “I...
In Benjamin Disraeli’s 1847 novel Tancred, there is a short line that Edward Said would return to more than a century later: “The East is a career.” Five words. But they tell us rather a lot. For generations of ambitious...
NATO, EU and E3 leaders are taking Europe down a path to be ready for war by 2030. In the light of European bellicosity, Russia could decide to start this sooner. If so, the US would be unwilling to fight...
I am in-between flights heading back to Florida. The trip to and from Moscow is arduous. Between flights and layovers I will spend a total of 32 hours traveling. Not for the faint of heart. I am not doing any...
By: Nava Thakuria Kaptai National Park located at the Rangamati District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh. Wikimedia photo For nearly three decades, the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the hilly southeastern region of Bangladesh, have carried a contradiction at the...
Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill discuss Xi Jinping's visit to the United States and what to expect in Washington D.C. this week. First: Reactions to the meeting between Scott Bessent and He Lifeng in New York City Sunday,...
Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Instead of six more weeks of winter, we will have at least six more weeks of war, brought to us by Secretary Hegseth and his boss, President Trump, with the help of Speaker Johnson...
Reprinted from Gary Taphorn’s Substack: As we approach the three-year mark of the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Israel has signaled that it has every intention of continuing its massive bombing campaigns against Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and possibly other...
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a fund to finance infrastructure rebuilding damaged in the war with Iran, offering $5 billion in U.S. money for starters. The information comes from the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources from Washington...
On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday, 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries followed the Trump administration’s lead by designating 24 cartels, prison gangs, and drug trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations...
We recorded this week’s episode of Sharp China earlier today, almost entirely about Xi’s visit tomorrow to Washington, DC. Look for it in your inboxes in less than twelve hours. In this issue: 1. Li Qiang goes to Shanghai to stress accelerating...
As Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump prepare to meet next week, artificial intelligence governance will stand as one of the most urgent yet fraught items on their agenda. The rapid evolution of AI models and autonomous...
The current focus of the world’s governments, business and media when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) is on the dangers it poses to jobs, democracy and even the future of humanity itself. For many of a certain generation, these...
The recent AI Infra Summit was exceptionally jam-packed, filled to the brim with compelling talks, overlapping tracks, and emerging technologies. Amid the noise of the event, there were many excellent presentations detailing the physical realities of scaling hardware. But one...
Emerging economies are going to see an explosion of energy demand over the coming decades. Countries like Brazil, India, Nigeria, and Indonesia are racing to expand their energy production and imports in order to keep up with rapid economic development....
The Washington Summit: The Gordian Knot Xi Jinping's visit will take place in America's central political theater. Donald Trump is operating under intense domestic pressures—lowest approval ratings in history, a 40 trillion and growing national debt, a budget that looks like a...
President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi “Cirro” is undertaking one of the most consequential international missions of his presidency. His visit to the United States has brought Somaliland’s campaign for international recognition directly into Washington’s congressional, diplomatic and foreign-policy circles before moving...
With diesel prices hitting all-time highs above $6.50 a gallon, there is a growing demand from farm states that the White House ban diesel exports from the United States.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today that the administration is considering whether...
Operation Inherent Resolve is scheduled to end on Sept. 30, as remaining U.S. troops in northern Iraq complete their withdrawal. The United States formed Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve in October 2014 to bring together partners to...
A rare Lada Granta Sport S1600 race-spec liftback has appeared on the market in Tver, priced at 2,750,000 rubles (about $26,000). Built in 2015, the vehicle is described by the owner as being in new condition, having never participated in...
Three recent elections in Germany have shocked the German political caste Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of BRAVE NEW EUROPE Photo: Wikimedia Commons Following a massive victory in the state election...
If U.S. forces leave Iraq by 30 September 2026, Washington should view the departure not as the end of its relationship with Baghdad but as an opportunity to redefine it. The U.S. will retain influence in Iraq, but it will...
The Ed Sheeran-Macklemore episode has exposed who has the real power in the music industry and why so many musicians are silent on the Gaza genocide. Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University. She is an award-winning author...
The unwillingness of Trump to come to the Saudis rescue is the latest signal of the weakness of US imperialism in the Middle East. John Rees is a writer, broadcaster and activist, and is one of the organisers of the People’s...
Nigel Farage’s Reform party has attracted significant support by those disgruntled with establishment parties in the UK, but its voters have very different views on key economic questions. Zain Asaf has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto....
This is a web version of The Lever ’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 New in The Lever : Democrats say their Paramount merger deal is a victory. The fine print suggests otherwise . 👀 Watch : This U.S. senator is blaming his...
Democrats just signed off on a massive consolidation of Hollywood power, striking a settlement deal in a 12-state antitrust lawsuit that will now allow Paramount Skydance’s attempted $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery to move forward. California Gov. Gavin Newsom,...
Uzbekistan still wants Russia to build its first nuclear plant, but when it comes to safety, Tashkent is turning to the United States. Meeting on the sidelines of the recent general conference session of the International Atomic Energy Agency in...
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to “annihilate” Iran if diplomatic efforts to end his nearly seven-month-old war do not succeed. Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, he also touted both his peacemaking record and an increasingly belligerent U.S....
America’s semiconductor workforce is entering a decisive growth period, but employment capacity is not yet keeping pace with investment. New fabrication plants, packaging facilities, and supplier expansions are creating demand for thousands of engineers, technicians, operators, and skilled tradespeople. Whether...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet in Washington on Thursday. UBS analysts quoted chief China economist Yu Song as saying the meeting between the leaders of the two global superpowers is largely about strategic...
Two UN reports that the Citizen Lab submitted recommendations to have been published this month. One report, from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, assesses risks to human rights defenders arising from the use of digital technologies and highlights initiatives...
The 28 men arrived in the port city of Manta on a police bus , handcuffed, a little after 6 in the evening on Sept. 4. Nine had been aboard the Conquista 2 and 19 aboard the OM2, Ecuadorian fishing...
Helen Clarkson, CEO, Climate Group at Climate Week NYC. Credit: Climate Group By Naureen Hossain NEW YORK, Sep 22 2026 (IPS) The Climate Group’s annual conference in New York City has attracted thousands of attendees this year, among them world leaders, corporate heads,...
It seems a strange publicity gambit for an industry to assert that its own product could wipe out humanity. In the lingo of our evolving tech empire, though, this is exactly what is meant by “criti-hype.” The term was coined...
The Citizen Lab recently submitted a response to the Research Directorate at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada on the issue of the monitoring of Chinese citizens and diaspora members in Canada by Chinese authorities and their proxies. The submission...
DELHI, India — Two teenage girls in red and blue wrestling singlets circle each other on the mat at the Yudhvir Akhada wrestling academy in Sonipat, near Delhi. Their movements are quick and measured as they practice for a bout....
Electricity prices are heading up. Utility operating costs, raw materials, and fuel (obviously), are all heading up and no sign of stopping. Now higher capital costs courtesy of the Fed can also be expected. All we can say is that...
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is monitoring the surprise official visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Cairo on Sunday, September 20, 2026, and his meetings with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the head of the Egyptian General...
Today’s Numbers $126.4bn (China’s record H1 2026 Belt and Road engagement) · 8 (straight sessions of a stronger PBOC yuan fix, the longest streak since 2023) · Nov. 10 (when Beijing’s rare-earth export-control truce expires). Three levers, one direction: maximum...
On Tuesday, Iran and the United States signaled the possibility of restarting negotiations to resolve their ongoing conflict, coinciding with the UN General Assembly in New York, which will be attended by both President Donald Trump and Iranian official Masoud...
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is proud to announce that our ‘Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel’ has just passed the 2,500 signatory mark, a hugely significant milestone in support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. After...
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