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,...
Soaring LNG prices due to the Strait of Hormuz blockage are prompting economies to shift to alternative energy sources, pushing coal demand to a another record high this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on...
TODAY’S NUMBERS: $100 (Brent crude, after Wednesday’s tanker strikes) · 4.92% (US 10-year Treasury yield) · $4,440 (gold, per troy ounce) Oil and yields are climbing together while gold sits flat — markets are pricing an energy shock, not a...
A documentary titled “NAZA,” directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, reveals that mass civilian deaths were systematically included in Israeli military strategies in Gaza. The title refers to an Israeli military term for expected “collateral casualties.” The...
Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, girls have been banned from schooling beyond the primary level and women’s employment has been severely restricted. Credit: Learning Together. By External Source KABUL, Sep 10 2026 (IPS) Many wonder why men in Afghanistan do...
NATOctSnake2 Across three pieces I’ve written for Sonar21, I have been making one continuous argument: The war in Ukraine was not a crisis that erupted in 2022. It was the payoff of a deliberate, decades-long Western project to turn Ukraine into...
We all know timing closure is one of the most challenging processes in chip design. Extracting actionable insight from massive timing reports, tracing violations back to RTL, and selecting the right fix across complex PPA tradeoffs all require deep expertise....
BETHLEHEM / PNN – Report by Monjed Jado | Photography by Ahmad Jubran The eighth annual Al-Khader Grape Festival and Market opened in the town of Al-Khader, west of Bethlehem, as part of a joint initiative by the Palestinian Agricultural Relief...
With far-right president José Antonio Kast presiding over Chile since March 2026, the country has seen a dramatic shift since the days of Gabriel Boric . Kast has taken a harder security approach to the Mapuche struggle in southern Chile...
TotalEnergies has made a new discovery offshore Angola and has bought operated interest in two new exploration blocks close to operating hubs as the international majors are returning to exploration in Angola’s waters to take advantage of existing infrastructure. TotalEnergies...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit New Delhi for the annual BRICS summit, marking his first trip to India in seven years. This visit could help improve diplomatic relations between China and India, but analysts note that business...
When Donald Trump ran for a second term, he promised to be a “president of peace” and claimed he would end foreign wars rather than start new ones. However, as the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, he...
The oil and gas supply shock amid the Middle East conflict has accelerated cumulative global investments in clean hydrogen to above $130 billion across more than 570 projects, as energy security has become a key driver of uptake alongside industrial...
Sweden will hold a parliamentary election on September 13. The centre-left opposition, led by Magdalena Andersson, currently has a slight lead in the polls over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing government. Kristersson aims to create a majority government with his...
India is working to link central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) among BRICS nations for cross-border payments at an upcoming summit, despite political and technical challenges. The BRICS leaders will meet in New Delhi on September 12 and 13. The Reserve...
Oil tanker rates have jumped to record highs as escalating risks to shipping in and out of the Middle East are prompting traders and tanker operators to undertake inefficient and more expensive trade routes. While the crude oil supply is...
Australia has revised a proposed rule that would have required natural gas exporters to keep 20% of their output for the local market. Instead, exporters will now need to reserve up to 20% based on decisions made by the energy...
India needs to expand biofuel production and consumption to boost its energy security as crude oil prices soar amid the Middle East crisis, according to Tarun Kapoor, an adviser in India’s Prime Minister’s Office. “The future of biofuels is about...
This spring, NATO allies detected Russian submarines near the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, engaged in a secret operation to use a weapon capable of damaging undersea cables without detection. This operation involved Russia’s GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which utilized...
With around half a year remaining before the next presidential election, France is in danger of becoming a stress test for the eurozone: a political crisis, a deteriorating fiscal position and growing market doubts about the country’s ability to finance...
Investment in what most call clean technologies dropped by 17% over the first half of the year, as China switched from subsidies to a market-based approach to those industries, a report from Rhodium Group has revealed. Investments in things such...
In November 2001, Peter Mandelson wrote an article in the Independent about the visit he paid to Syria’s new dictator, Bashar Assad, in January of that year. The then Northern Ireland secretary claimed that “politics had nothing to do with my...
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