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When Uzbekistan celebrates 35 years of independence on September 1st, Washington should do more than congratulate its people and government. It should recognize a strategic opportunity and make Uzbekistan the anchor of its policy in Central Asia. Uzbekistan is Central...

News

Starvation is a particularly cruel and horrible way to die. Beginning with intense hunger and pain and followed by exhaustion and mental deterioration, starvation continues with the body gradually consuming its own tissues on a downward spiral toward death. The major...

Food & Farm, starvation, United Nations

Photo by Ben Karpinski on Unsplash “What? Have you been living under a rock?” That’s what we say to someone who hasn’t been plugged into whatever is happening that seems all-consuming to everyone else. For me, I’ve been under the rock to...

News

In the early 2000s , research carried out by biologist Lynne Sneddon revealed a striking pattern. Rainbow trout injected with a weak acid in their lips rubbed their mouths against the tank, rocked from side to side, and ignored food...

Activism, Column, Environment

Atlanta community organizer Bassey Etuk opened a community defense workshop in June with a stark observation, and heads nodded around the crowded room. “Atlanta was a sanctuary city until the governor of Georgia made it illegal in 2009. Now Atlanta...

Activism, Column, Immigration

This story is originally published by DeSmog in partnership with the National Security Archive . When the Trump administration announced plans last year to repeal the federal government’s greenhouse gas reporting system, rather than celebrate, many oil and gas companies publicly urged...

Business & Economy, Courts & Law, Environment

Numbers Report – August 21, 2026 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy and metals sectors. Each week we’ll dig...

News

Somewhere between a single genetically engineered cell and a life-saving therapy sits one of biotechnology’s most demanding balancing acts. Turning a promising molecule into a medicine that reaches millions of patients means mastering recombinant protein production at a scale few...

Health & Wellness, Health, proteins

For the past several weeks, I have been working my way through the major findings in the Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy. This article concludes that series. For readers who want to catch up, the previous installments...

News

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Kuril Islands has triggered genuine hysteria in neighboring Japan. Despite constant diplomatic provocations, Russia is firmly defending its territorial integrity, demonstrating political restraint and readiness for a tough response, underpinned by strengthening defense...

Japan, Politics, Russia

Five activists who broke windows and threw red paint at a Barclays Bank branch in protest over Israel’s genocide in Gaza will not be sentenced as terrorists, a judge has ruled. Judge Robert Altham told a packed room at Preston Crown...

Archive, Middle East, Top Stories

A street in Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province. Lailuma’s home province of Badakhshan has been plagued by clashes between various armed groups. Credit: Learning Together. By External Source FAYZABAD, Afghanistan, Aug 21 2026 (IPS) Afghanistan has seen a number of...

Asia-Pacific, Gender, Gender Violence

When President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on August 17 to celebrate the signing of the Mecca (or Makkah) Joint Defense Agreement, his tone was effusive: Very happy to see that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have recently, and finally,...

War & Peace, India, Israel

Beyond mere declarations of intent, what forward-looking interpretation can be drawn from the choice of Rabat as the new headquarters for the African Capitals of Culture? Africa has decided to move from a focus on celebration to one of cultural governance...

Arts & Culture, Culture, Morocco

Every Friday, Reuters Open Interest distills the financial week into five key charts, highlighting the major market trends, surprises and developments that shaped investor sentiment. This week, the focus fell on a historic U.S. debt milestone, an extraordinary surge in...

Economy, Economics, energy security

The new Nigerian incentives for offshore oil and gas projects have the potential to attract $50 billion in new investment in Nigeria’s offshore energy sector, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said. Nigeria, however, needs upskilled and additional...

News

On 23 August, it will be 100 days since the Bundibugyo strain was first reported. How did it became the DRC’s most deadly outbreak and what must be done to stop it becoming the world’s largest? Almost 100 days ago, Africa’s...

Global health, Global development, Ebola

Traffic police take statements from road crash victims at a health facility in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. The country's Basic Emergency Care (BEC) programme is strengthening the capacity of frontline health workers to provide life-saving treatment during the critical moments following...

Africa, Development & Aid, Featured

When the things around him begin to vanish, Bashir searches desperately for an explanation. This is part two of a two-part story. Read Part 1 * * * Cosmic Joke The afternoon was pleasantly cool, yet sweat poured down his face. He wiped his...

#Culture, #Life, featured

First gas from Australia’s Beetaloo shale basin is scheduled to start flowing next month, with initial production of 37 million cu m, Reuters has reported, noting hopes that the country could replicate the U.S. shale gas success story. The Beetaloo...

News

Continuing our series on Africa’s traditional textiles . Jamila Versi delves into the fascinating story of some of the most popular traditional textiles and design styles across the continent. The end product is always more than just material to fashion...

Arts & Culture

Supporters of the Cockroach Janta party rally against the Minister of Education in Kolkata, India, 24 July 2026. Credit: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Aug 21 2026 (IPS) India’s strongman leader, Narendra Modi, has just been forced to do the...

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society

When China agreed to suspend its sweeping new rare earth export controls in November 2025, Washington and Beijing appeared to have stepped away from another major escalation in their trade confrontation. The measures announced last October were suspended until November...

Semiconductors, China, Economics

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, addresses the General Assembly 2026 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS. The meeting discussed the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Shuli Wong UNITED NATIONS,...

Aid, Armed Conflicts, Financial Crisis

For the last several months, relations between Ukraine and Poland — one of Ukraine’s main supporters in its war with Russia — have been unusually strained. The trigger for renewed mutual recriminations was the decision in June by Ukrainian president Volodymyr...

Poland, Stepan-bandera, Wwii

The Trump-connected Polymarket is likely helping gamblers with inside military information cash in on wars the president wages. According to Reuters, a report by the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, found that 152 “exceptionally successful” Polymarket wallets otherwise known as “Orcas”may have traded...

Polymarket, Trump, Trump-sons

According to an exclusive report from POLITICO, Xi Jinping’s planned September visit to the United States has reportedly been shortened to just one day. If accurate, this would suggest that the outcomes and hard-won trust built during the two leaders’...

Americas, China, Economics

Donald Trump’s Board of Peace published a 15-point roadmap for Gaza in late July in which Hamas would hand its weapons to a committee of Palestinian technocrats, certified by an international verification body, and Israel would withdraw from the strip...

Opinion, Gaza peace process, Middle East

A Trump-Kim summit would be a spectacle like no other. A carnival extravaganza with the Korean Peninsula holding center stage, and every handshake, expression, seating arrangement, and stray remark dissected by troupes of North Korea pundits across the world’s news...

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Agentrys believes that a purpose-built multi-agent system for chip design shouldn’t be a quarter-long project. Agentic AI systems are becoming quite popular to cut design time and increase quality for complex chip design projects. The challenge is finding the right...

Agentrys, AI, EDA

Solar power is far and away the world’s fastest-growing form of energy production, beating out every other form of energy on Earth in 2025. Despite a recent political pivot away from renewable energies in the world’s largest economy, solar power...

News

Dark-money conservative groups and Big Oil interests have quietly mobilized behind a landmark Supreme Court case that could restrict when and how states and municipalities can seek climate damages from fossil fuel companies. At the center of the case is...

Supreme Court

Apple customers in 110 countries received threat notifications recently alerting them to suspected spyware attacks targeting their devices, TechCrunch reports . Senior researcher John Scott-Railton says that the “scale and geographic diversity of public posts about receiving notifications are pretty unprecedented.” “For...

News

Continental Resources is getting substantially bigger in the Permian Basin. The privately held oil producer has agreed to acquire FireBird Energy II, adding roughly 54,000 net acres in the Midland Basin along with 32,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day...

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