The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marked its 25th anniversary in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with all the trappings a diplomatic milestone demands. There were 21 heads of state and government present for a ceremonial “family photo” and a two-page...
When the story of an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump during the NATO summit in Turkey emerged in the second week of August, the debate it generated was predominantly centered around the credibility of the intelligence. Intelligence suggested...
The Iran War has exposed the limits of US military power and weakened its credibility as a global security provider, accelerating the erosion of US-led unipolarity while reinforcing the emergence of a more competitive and multipolar international order. The US...
Afghanistan is estimated to hold more than US$1 trillion in mineral resources. Rich stores of copper, lithium, gold, iron ore, rare earth elements, coal and precious stones lie beneath one of the world’s poorest and war-torn nations. Five years after...
On August 19, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that “ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences . . . It all...
Europe’s rearmament is being financed out of the welfare state, not economic growth, and different governments are settling that bill in different currencies: Germany is paying openly in domestic political capital, through legislated pension and health-insurance cuts that have helped...
Relations between London and Moscow reached another peak of tension in August over the UK’s support for Ukraine. The success of Ukraine’s long-range strikes against targets deep inside Russia, with the help of UK-made drones, and the UK’s commitment to...
Karl Miller is out with another report on the state of the oil production infrastructure in the Persian Gulf and, as always, it is a must read. Unfortunately, it is behind a firewall but he has given me permission to...
Stripe Press was kind enough to send me several books it had published, and one of these was J. Storrs Hall’s “Where Is My Flying Car?”. I had been meaning to read this book for a while, especially after Tyler Cowen recommended...
The story of Gaza’s collapsing ceasefire is being told as a military story: strikes, violations, body counts. The more accurate story is a domestic political one. Netanyahu is not being held back from a deal by Hamas’s intransigence or battlefield...
The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) has been described as a successful solid platform since its creation. It increasingly attracts guests from widely different countries, especially leaders of China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, and Myanmar. The leaders of Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Laos, and...
The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power in the world, solely responsible for about one-third of global output. As of today, the U.S. has 96 operating commercial nuclear reactors in 57 power plants across 28 states. However,...
Exactly one month before Brazil holds its presidential election, the country is drowning in a corruption scandal and institutional civil war, the gravity of which is impossible to overstate. At the center of it is Brazil’s authoritarian and increasingly unhinged...
Gloria Steinem, a towering figure in the feminist movement and a cultural icon who worked for decades to win more rights, protections and opportunities for women, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 92. Steinem also earned her fair share of criticism...
The world is undergoing a transformation driven by the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI)—a pace of change unprecedented in human history. Consequently, many people fear massive unemployment, along with other implications that could affect their livelihoods and quality of...
In 2012, long before he began angling to return to Congress in this year’s New Hampshire Senate race, former Sen. John Sununu (R) was overseeing product safety and government relations for medical-device giant Boston Scientific — just as it found...
First Lady of Sierra Leone, Dr. Fatima Maade Bio (center), and Bhuwan Ribhu of Just Rights for Children (left), outside the UN General Assembly. Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS By Naureen Hossain UNITED NATIONS, Sep 4 2026 (IPS) As the 80th session of the UN...
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will reportedly travel to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend in an effort to revive negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. It will mark the diplomatic duo’s first trip to Kyiv since President...
Rep. Chris Deluzio, a trailblazing populist Democrat from western Pennsylvania, told The Lever he’s “pissed” at Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.). “I’ve seen John Fetterman go on Fox essentially just to dunk on Democrats, to make it harder for us, frankly, to...
In the lead-up to Tuesday’s primary election for New Hampshire’s open first congressional district, Democratic candidate and military veteran Maura Sullivan has touted her Obama administration credentials and private sector experience. Left unmentioned is her more recent work for a...
How are law enforcement paying for the surveillance state? Which companies pay their workers the least? And do Democratic voters want generational change? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz...
Citadel is shopping for U.S. oil production assets, including a previous bid for WildFire Energy before Magnolia Oil & Gas agreed to buy the Eagle Ford producer for $4.06 billion. Reuters reported Friday that the hedge fund and commodities trader...
The European Union has decided to abolish tariffs on a significant share of Armenian exports. The news sounds like Armenia's almost de facto entry into the European Union, since free access to the European market is the main advantage enjoyed...
The UN in its servitude to the US and Israel seems hell bent on its own destruction Norman Finkelstein is is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian...
The rise is bond yields will be used by bond ‘vigilantes’ and pro-business governments to justify further cuts in government social spending and increased taxes on working people Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific...
The BBC suggests 2026 will replace 1976 as the ‘benchmark’ for a hot summer. It could not be more wrong. We will look back on this year’s succession of heatwaves with unbearable nostalgia Jonathan Cook is the author of three books...
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour...
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has left a legacy of death and...
The following is adapted from “ The Road to Medicare for All: A Call to Action ,” published by Routledge. In the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 2024, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Inc. was gunned down outside the Hilton Hotel...
As his superyacht Boardwalk docked in Venice as part of the “ Freedom 250 Coastal Diplomacy Italy initiative ” in July, billionaire U.S. Ambassador Tilman J. Fertitta was greeted by protests. Fertitta was traveling across the country to meet “with local business...
This story was originally published by U.S. Right to Know , a nonprofit newsroom and public health research group. Twenty years ago , the Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), promising agricultural transformation...
There is a particular kind of political amnesia that can overtake movements in difficult times. We remember the victories but forget the arguments that preceded them. We remember the marches but forget the years of patient organizing that made them...
Ukraine's defensive capability continues declining both on the battlefield and within Ukraine’s own defense industry. In August, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense adopted only three new systems, fewer than in the previous month. The trend is clearly favorable for Russia. The...
India’s authorities plan to introduce, from July 1, 2027 a regulation requiring developers of solar and wind energy projects to have battery storage installed at the sites in a bid to better manage the renewable energy output and reduce curtailments....
Healthy rangelands are built through long-term commitment, local leadership and sustained investment. Credit: Shutterstock By Samson Kuraru NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 4 2026 (IPS) Across the Kenya-Tanzania rangelands, communities have long understood a reality that the global community is increasingly recognising: healthy rangelands support...
TODAY’S NUMBERS $80bn (Norway fund’s proposed Treasury cut) · 4.79% (US 10-year Treasury yield) · 289t (record Q2 central-bank gold buying) Sovereign money is leaving government bonds for private credit and gold as governments need to borrow more than ever...
The impending decision by the UK government over whether to approve the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields will mark a pivotal moment in the history and future of the North Sea. Almost £11bn of private investment waits in the wings, and...
China is buying ninety percent of Iran’s oil exports, settling transactions in renminbi, and hiding the rest beneath layers of shell companies. This is not defiance. It is a demonstration, conducted in plain sight, of exactly how far American economic...
Children accompanied by their mothers receive routine vaccinations during a vaccination session at the Bunia health center in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Shreya Komar UNITED NATIONS, Sep 4 2026 (IPS) While Uganda announced the end of its Ebola...
European benchmark natural gas prices on Friday headed for their fourth consecutive weekly gain as the re-escalation in the Middle East dampened hopes that LNG flows from the Strait of Hormuz could normalize soon. The front-month price at the Dutch...
October WTI crude oil futures are trading at $91.80 Thursday night, up $8.36 or 10.02% for the week so far. The contract traded as low as $84.11 early in the week before reaching $93.14, its strongest level since late July....
Trump says the U.S. has effectively reopened the Strait of Hormuz, with 18 million barrels of oil reportedly crossing under American protection on Tuesday, close to the roughly 20 million bpd that moved through before the war. The problem is...
The first photographs of Nicolas Maduro inside an American detention facility surfaced this week as he waits for a trial that will not begin until June 2027. On the same weekend, Venezuela’s interim government confirmed something that got far less...
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are reportedly expected to travel to Russia and Ukraine this weekend as Washington continues efforts to broker an end to the war. Russian state news agency TASS reported that the two envoys would...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Bessent gives orders to Japan’s Katayama and UedaScott Foster reports that US pressure on Japan to strengthen the yen and...
Current and former leaders from across the continent argued that achieving Africa’s ambitious continental goals will require a far greater focus on implementation, accountability and institutional capacity. The African Mindset Forum, hosted by the African School of Governance under the leadership...
NEW YORK – America’s trade deficit just widened to US$88.6 billion, its largest since March 2025 — and the political reflex in Washington is almost certain to be more, not fewer, tariffs and trade restrictions. The irony is that the number...
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a perspective on PRC strategy under Xi, including what the party wants from global institutions, how the PRC differs from the U.S., and...
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