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It was hoped SpaceX’s blockbuster June flotation would add rocket boosters to the global IPO market. But four months on, momentum has come crashing back down to earth. Wall Street IPOs have slowed considerably since Elon…
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Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline had moved 5.8 million barrels of crude as of Tuesday morning, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said, adding more oil to the kingdom’s Red Sea export route as Gulf producers…
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The climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season was in mid-September, and so far, the season has been very quiet as El Niño wind shear breaks apart tropical disturbances in the Atlantic Basin. On Monday morning…
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The President of the United States has long been known as the leader of the free world. It’s a nice sentiment, to say the least, but it has the added benefit of being true. During the Cold War, America’s allies looked to…
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For the second time in two weeks, the UK’s National Energy System Operator on Tuesday warned that Britain faces a reduced system margin, with a system margin shortfall of about 1.88 gigawatts (GW) later today. NESO has…
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The top executives of some of the biggest Gulf oil-producing companies called for external investments into new routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and create and expand crude and fuel storage capacity outside the…
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The world's 50 most valuable mining companies lost $264 billion in market value in September as oil-driven inflation fears pushed bond yields to their highest since 2008 and the Federal Reserve into its first rate hike…
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The European Union will give energy exporters an extra year to prepare for the EU’s methane regulation as the bloc looks to avoid adding costs to energy supply in the second crisis in four years, European Commission…
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The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop In 2024, South African pop star Tyla won the…
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This policy note offers a roadmap for more effectively identifying, disrupting, and seizing the illicit financial flows that sustain complex criminal networks, threaten populations, and corrupt institutions across Latin…
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Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to…
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India and Ecuador are discussing increasing sales of Ecuadorean crude oil, copper, and other critical minerals to India, Fernando Buchelli, the Ecuadorean ambassador to India, told Indian news outlet Mint in an interview…
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The world leaders that gathered at the United Nations last month speaking about trust, reform, and the future of cooperation. Down the hall, the organization’s finance office was working on a plainer question: whether…
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As the number of people living with dementia continues to rise, healthcare systems face increasing demand for medical and support services. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) Dementia…
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The Conservative Party took £1.3m in donations from a business linked to the destruction of Palestinian villages – before opposing new sanctions on Israeli settlements last month. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, spoke…
JERUSALEM / PNN/ Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of National Security in the Israeli occupation government, participated this Tuesday morning in a raid on the town of Al-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem. This coincided with…
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China is accelerating efforts to produce more oil from ultra-deep formations to boost domestic supply amid continued global market turmoil. State-owned giant PetroChina has produced more than 26 million tons of oil…
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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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The Trump administration’s “America First” approach to Ebola has shifted the US response in the Democratic Republic of Congo away from one of its traditional priorities: getting American medical personnel and resources…
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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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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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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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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…
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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…