The 11th of September, 2026, marks a quarter-century since the “9/11” attacks that killed three thousand Americans and set into motion a generation of the “Global War on Terror”. The anniversary will no doubt bring with it the very human...
General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visit to Russia from September 7 to 9, 2026, was significant not because it reaffirmed a familiar narrative of traditional friendship, but because it showed how both Hanoi and Moscow are trying to...
Crude oil prices extended their climb this week, reaching the highest since May as hostilities in the Gulf continue and the prospect of peace gets even more remote. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $107.86 per...
Honestly, I don’t think we really get it yet. Let’s face it. It’s going to be hot, hot, hot. Or do I mean hotter, hotter, hotter, or even hottest, hottest, hottest, or someday, for all we know, beyond any words...
Growing concerns over the rapid development of artificial intelligence are prompting more U.S. lawmakers to call for stronger safeguards after two researchers at Anthropic warned that advanced AI could potentially threaten human survival within the next decade. The alarm intensified...
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 2026 (IPS) When over 130 world leaders arrive in New York for the high-level segment of the General Assembly next week– it will be rare to hear hard-hitting, headline-grabbing political statements from the podium. The speeches...
Britain's decision this week to ban all imports from illegal Israeli settlements carries huge moral resonance, but the real test comes next: Will the European Union (EU) – the single largest market in the world and Israel's biggest trading partner...
The territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas in Spanish) continues to escalate. Last week, Argentine President Javier Milei, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced a series of new measures...
This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where he pledged increased security assistance, signed critical minerals deals and warned the three countries’ recently-elected, ideologically-aligned leaders — two of them U.S. citizens — about China’s...
Her Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation, which has affected more than 230 million women and girls worldwide , have welcomed an unprecedented...
Beijing has threatened to retaliate if Washington moves to curb Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms over accusations that they used a technique called distillation to copy AI models, days before senior officials from both countries meet for AI safety talks....
LISTEN NOW: Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats almost 2-to-1 in Nebraska, and the few Democrats who hold elected offices in the state are overwhelmingly conservative. But like the rest of the country, Nebraska is feeling the strain of soaring prices, the data...
What is complicating the Taiwan issue is not just the shifting military balance or the increasing US-China competition, but the growing divergence in the two sides’ understanding of the communities they represent. While China views unification as the culmination of...
By: Nava Thakuria Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and predecessor Sheikh Hasina. Photo from Asia Times It’s amazing how a country of 170 million can annoy a giant neighbor with a billion-plus people. If someone looks seriously into the existing bilateral ties...
“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in – and the West in general – into an unbearable hell and a choking life.” – Osama bin Laden (October...
Demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Southeast Asia has found a new major driver apart from the years-long efforts to switch away from coal-fired power generation. The AI boom and the data center construction in Asia are set to...
U.S. President Donald Trump has undertaken the most aggressive federal intervention in the critical minerals and rare earth sectors ever since he returned to the Oval Office, announcing a flurry of deals as Washington desperately tries to counter China’s dominance...
In this issue: - Xi going to India - 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Financial Powerhouse - More signs of economic stress - Anthropic’s report “Detecting and countering misuse of AI” - US-China - Japan and the “enemy-state clauses” in the UN Charter The Feed: Business,...
Mexico’s government is slashing financial assistance for the state energy major by as much as 70% despite Pemex’s continued struggle to pay down debt and boost production. The decision rests on expectations that the company will benefit from the oil...
“For peace is not in gold or gain, Nor in the spoils of others’ pain; It’s found turning from the lie, Refusing worlds where good must die, To stand where truth and kindness grow, And dream a life beyond this woe.” ”Awaken” — The Frontier Man Humanity...
OPEC now expects global oil demand growth to jump from just 380,000 barrels per day this year to 2.36 million bpd in 2027—a more than sixfold increase in the space of a year. The cartel trimmed its 2026 demand-growth forecast...
Studies have shown that nearly 20% of the verification cycle is spent on assertion generation, debugging, and methodology integration. This work remains largely manual today or is delegated to general-purpose LLMs that can produce incorrect assertions more than 30% of...
Decades after the Soviet collapse, Russia and Rwanda share an excellent, longstanding, and growing multifaceted relationship, rooted in mutually beneficial cooperation, while sustaining ambition for raising levels of investment and trade, as well as educational exchanges. Rwanda recognizes Moscow as...
A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with...
As lawmakers demand Congress put artificial intelligence safeguards in place amid new warnings from AI whistleblowers, the Trump administration is using a new, obscure office to do exactly the opposite. The agency, which is dedicated to turning the U.S. military into...
A quarter-century after Sept. 11, America is commemorating the day with a combination of reverence, Islamophobia and jingoism. But there is another current running through the mix of emotions: anger over a number of unanswered questions about the attacks, their...
US natural gas production is projected to reach a record high of 111.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2026, up from 107.6 bcfd in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). By 2027, domestic supply is...
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are introducing new procedures for foreign visitors. Some local observers believe the moves are connected to a fresh influx of Russians amid rumors that the Kremlin may order a general military mobilization. A Kyrgyz government decree outlines plans...
Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic institutions view the joint military defense agreement signed between Israel and Greece in the Mediterranean (culminating in the $3.5 billion Achilles Shield missile deal) with cautious suspicion and a multi-dimensional strategic assessment. This Chinese...
This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most...
Family of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee’s choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monarch A traditional Ugandan kingdom has become engulfed in a bitter succession dispute after the family of a king who recently...
In 2020, the Citizen Lab uncovered a massive hack-for-hire operation called Dark Basin . The group targeted American nonprofits, including organizations working on #ExxonKnew and organizations working on net neutrality advocacy. We linked the operation to an Indian company called...
Just days before Ed Miliband announced trade sanctions on Israeli settlements, more than 300 British soldiers participated in a “landmark” training exercise facilitated by Israel’s largest arms firm. Elbit Systems UK boasted about its “key role” in the three-day training exercise...
The semiconductor industry is entering a period in which manufacturing leadership will depend not simply on producing more data, but on turning that data into timely, trustworthy decisions. PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 is designed around this challenge. Taking place October...
Has capitalism failed? Or is the real problem with the particular form of capitalism that has dominated Britain and much of the Western world since the 1980s? Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University Management...
The collision of an aging population, escalating climate damages, and massive remilitarization is set to present an unprecedented, compounding threat to the future well-being of Europeans. Dan Steinbock is the author of The Obliteration Doctrine and The Fall of Israel ....
Since 2008, corporate bond issuance has grown significantly above trend, while corporate investment has not. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog “Is Keynesianism dead?” says Andy Haldane, former chief...
The march towards war, set in motion amidst a thick fog of irrational threats, hysterical incantations, dogmatism, censorshi p, and visceral fear Raphaëlle Auclert holds a PhD dedicated to the Cold War from the University of Sheffield and teaches at the...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 14 August 2026. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has called on African countries to conduct investigations into allegations of misuse of court process through abusive and oppressive litigation, particularly...
For most of its 25-year history, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was easy to underestimate. Founded by China, Russia, and four Central Asian states, it gave Beijing and Moscow a forum for managing security concerns and expanding ties across Eurasia. But...
Several countries worldwide have been working to reduce methane leaks, with some states making significantly more progress than others. The establishment of the Global Methane Pledge in 2021 at the COP26 climate summit has helped accelerate cleanup efforts; however, many...
This story was originally published by Sentient . Brazilians will soon head to the polls to elect their next president, and the two leading candidates’ environmental policies couldn’t be more different. Incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, usually referred to...
Photo by Jaredd Craig on Unsplash “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a variation of that, and it’s true. The past includes a lot of things that look...
Senegal will offer to local and foreign investors as many as 109 oil and gas blocks, Energy and Petroleum Minister, El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf, has said. Only four out of the West African country’s 113 oil and gas blocks are...
This story was originally published by Grist and WABE . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . For years , Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been working to make the state a welcoming home for clean energy manufacturing — EVs,...
Emmanuel Macron has eight months left as president of France. He can’t stand for election again, and the political system is basically paralyzed as a result. Polls make it clear that the most probable outcome is the far-right of Marine...
Outside Pecos, Texas, Chevron is getting ready to build a power plant to solve a problem the Permian Basin has been stuck with for years, which is that it produces far more natural gas than anyone nearby is willing to...
Iran has created a barter-like system to bypass sanctions on its oil sales, allowing it to acquire billions of dollars in goods from China, including military equipment. This trade mechanism, where Iranian oil is exchanged for credits for Chinese imports,...
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