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In this issue: 1. Guidelines for developing new quality productive forces 2. Outcomes from EU-China trade talks 3. Improving new car design safety and quality 4. Cracking down on food safety violations The Feed…
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While European leaders appear unified in beating the drums of war, many workers in the supply chain do not seem so convinced, with strikes rocking some of the defence industry’s key producers. John Rees is a Visiting…
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If the AI hype is true, we won’t need to worry about fiscal deficits because growth will solve all problems. If they are wrong and the AI bubble bursts, interest rates will fall sharply. Dean Baker is the senior…
Economics
A new play exalts economist John Maynard Keynes as a prophet of the good life, but was he really? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog by…
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By Frans Viljoen PRETORIA, South Africa, Oct 12 2026 (IPS) The awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to distinguished South African jurist and international judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay is about more than just the…
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A Licence Signed Before the Ink Was Dry On 9 October, three weeks after Donald Trump signed the most sweeping Russia sanctions statute of his presidency, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (the agency that…
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Chips&Media has announced a data compression technology aimed at one of the constraints in artificial intelligence hardware: moving data fast enough to keep processors busy. The South Korean semiconductor intellectual…
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In the decade between 1987 and 1997, Thailand’s economy was red hot, leading the pack of the so-called Southeast Asian tiger cubs with an average GDP growth rate of 8 per cent. Then came the apocalypse. On July 2, 1997…
“Go to college,” I was told, as many of you were. We were lectured on the importance of college and the implication was clear, even if you were fortune enough not to have it spelled out for you: failure to go to college…
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Maria Pappas shares immigrant roots, personal tragedies and lessons of faith at Arab American community book signing Cook County official Maria Pappas shares emotional stories of her Greek-American upbringing, struggles…
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As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads migrate to endpoint hardware, edge AI devices face immense pressure to deliver real-time inference within highly restrictive power and thermal envelopes. Traditional silicon…
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Poor Donald Trump. For the last 21 months he had to do a great deal of lying. He had to pretend at times that he really cared about the people dying in the Russo-Ukraine War, that he really wanted a deal that was good…
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Keysight Technologies is opening a new route for artificial intelligence into radio frequency engineering. Announced on October 6, 2026, its latest software capabilities let engineers connect their own AI agents and…
Democracy & Governance
I recently asked a Palestinian friend what she thought about the upcoming Israeli elections. “It’s like we’re on a train speeding toward a cliff,” she said, “and we’re being asked whether we’d prefer a conductor who…
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During a quarter-century in power, Vladimir Putin has led Russia into three wars, in part aimed at restoring his country’s status as a world power via violent conquest . Each war began in a blitzkrieg-style display of…
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The recent Reuters headline, “US opens direct talks with Myanmar’s generals, reversing years of isolation,” describes a consequential diplomatic change. It is not a verdict that the junta has won, or that Myanmar’s…
Cogs of War
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For years, ground autonomy lagged well behind its counterparts in the air. That gap is starting to close. Jonathan is joined by Ryan Hartman (Ondas Sentinel) and Scott Philips (Forterra) to examine what it takes to field…
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The American team thought it was signaling restraint. The Chinese team saw preparations for combat. In a closed-door Sino-American crisis simulation I helped organize in the 2010s — which the U.S. military funded as part…
Armed Conflicts
Religious leaders, representatives of international organizations and Kazakh officials gather for the 24th Secretariat meeting of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions at the Palace of Peace and…
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While the caravan struggles along a muddy riverside path, tempers fray, Chen catches fish, merchants risk their necks for pistachios, and Darius waits anxiously for Ahmed and Weili to return. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part…
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For centuries, the environs of Didim in Mid-Aegean Türkiye have carried the whisper of prophecy. It was here, at the monumental Temple of Apollo, that pilgrims once walked the Sacred Way from ancient Miletus to consult…
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly making its way into national defense. Reconnaissance, early warning, target detection, mission planning—everywhere, machine-learning systems promise faster analysis, faster responses…
Trump’s Unlikely October Surprise The Russian Diesel Deal The agreement to import up to 1.8 million metric tons of Russian diesel is a transaction where the numbers, logistics and geopolitics overwhelmingly favour…
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The Russia-Ukraine War has become a real-time laboratory for the Chinese military, spurring rapid defensive modernization while exposing deep friction between its centralized command hierarchy and the decentralized…
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Nikol Pashinyan’s policies are increasingly at odds with Armenia’s national interests. Instead of strengthening its security, the country is facing new and increasingly serious threats. The defeat in the Second Karabakh…
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Demanding the resignation of a minister is one thing. It is uncomfortable for a government, occasionally embarrassing for a prime minister, but ultimately manageable. Ministers can be sacrificed and their departures can…
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The Republican talking point about Biden-era fuel prices died in the Strait of Hormuz For four years Republicans had a simple message on energy: prices were higher under Joe Biden. It worked. Voters remembered $5…
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In his recent “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a 20% reduction to the number of general and flag officers, affecting an estimated 800 positions scheduled for January 1, 2027. His…
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When Ansar Allah—commonly referred to as the Houthis— seized Yemen’s Red Sea coastline and strategic islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait on September 10, 2026, they appeared to gain the upper hand in Yemen’s long-running…
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In his recent “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a 20% reduction to the number of general and flag officers, affecting an estimated 800 positions scheduled for January 1, 2027. His…
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China’s artificial intelligence and digital-infrastructure investments in the Gulf Arab states are increasingly colliding with a far larger and more strategically privileged American technology presence, particularly in…
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Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth turned a light-sensitive protein from algae into a tool for switching brain cells on and off, giving the study of emotion, memory and behavior a causal, material basis. The…
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The US is seeking greater freedom of action and fewer international constraints, demanding more immediate returns from its alliances. But in doing so, it is undermining the institutions, partnerships, and credibility…
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That thou mayest rightly obey power, her bounds know; Those past, her nature and name is chang’d; to be Then humble to her is idolatry. ~ John Donne, Satire III Seven activists smashed their way into an engineering plant…
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“Don’t Hit Refineries” On 10 October, standing outside the White House, Donald Trump gave Ukraine a targeting instruction. “Don’t hit refineries. There’s plenty of targets,” he said of Volodymyr Zelensky, adding that he…
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PARIS / PNN / France on Sunday expressed regret over the decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to postpone legislative elections scheduled for Nov. 28, 2026, until September 2027, as well as presidential…
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A recent study titled “The Café Economy” by the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics (LSE) reveals an uncomfortable truth about the transformation of Greece’s economy following the bailout era. The…
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The Design Automation Conference is the premier semiconductor ecosystem conference. I have attended 43 DACs including the most recent one in Long Beach. My first DAC was in Albuquerque NM. It was a month after my…
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There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on…
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RAMALLAH, Palestine / PNN / Seven independent Palestinian media organizations from the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and Palestinian communities inside Israel have launched a joint public survey aimed at identifying the…
Economics
Budget 2027 tells you who gets what this year. Ten years of budgets tell you who pays, and for how long. Aidan Regan is a professor of political economy at the school of politics and international relations at University…
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By Dr. Moh Kolbehdari Putting roughly 25 million pixels into a wearable device weighing about six ounces sounds, at first, like a display problem. It is not . The displays must fit behind an optical system capable of…
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Lieuwke de Jong is a globally experienced executive and entrepreneur who operates at the intersection of industry, government and innovation. His career spans defense-aligned sectors, aerospace, energy, life sciences and…
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John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world John Mitani can still remember the first time he set foot in…
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RAMALLAH / PNN- Israeli colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, stole olive crops from Palestinian-owned land in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, on Sunday, as attacks on…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — A new episode of PNN’s “Al-Makshouf” examined conditions in Khillet al-Farra and communities across Masafer Yatta, where a lack of basic services, escalating settler attacks and mounting…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — A new episode of “Accountability,” a programme produced by Palestine News Network (PNN), examined two key aspects of Palestinian resilience: protecting traditional crafts and heritage…
LONDON / PNN — Report by Roddy Keenan More than 250,000 people marched through London on Saturday in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza and urging the British government to halt its…