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When some people discuss China’s trade today, they often see only import and export figures and overlook the real effects behind them. China is both a “super seller” and a “super buyer.” As a “super seller,” the effect…
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres opens the general debate of the General Assembly’s 81st session on 22 September 2026. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Oct 14 2026 (IPS) At this year’s…
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Al- Hodeidah- Yemen – Having failed to defeat Yemen’s Armed Forces and lift their Red Sea blockade in support of Gaza, Tel Aviv began establishing a foothold in neighboring Somaliland as a means of preparing the stage…
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Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short…
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US media and the human rights industry are portraying Jeffrey Jarquin as a heroic freedom fighter tortured and wrongly imprisoned by Nicaragua’s government. It turns out he was an opposition hooligan who destroyed a…
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Joining BRICS+, an informal association comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, would distinctively open up Ghana’s economic options and diversify and consolidate more partnerships within the Global…
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Irish novelist Sally Rooney’s publisher has halted UK distribution of her books, citing terrorism legislation linked to her Palestine Action support. Key Takeaways - Irish novelist Sally Rooney says her books can no…
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A company should not disclose a risk of catastrophe to humanity and then sell its shares to the public before any public authority has the power to evaluate that risk or to stop deployment. Jeffrey D. Sachs is University…
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Europe’s geopolitical debacle regarding Russia Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. So first, what Strategy isn’t. It’s not a…
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After the Greens passed a motion declaring ‘Zionism is racism’, every establishment journalist is suddenly playing dumb about the most elementary of issues in international law Jonathan Cook is the author of three books…
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A review of “A Sentimental Journey 1917-1922” by Viktor Shklovsky Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His latest book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism…
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This month, Portuguese prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the center-right government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro legally authorized the United States to use the Lajes Air Base in the Azores during…
I use artificial intelligence quite a bit. I have concerns regarding it, but it’s a handy research tool and personal assistant. I’m pretty sure that, at some point, ChatGPT will lead to something that will rise up and…
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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu draft plans to launch another attack on Iran – as oil prices continue to rise once again. In this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh…
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For myriad obvious reasons, President Donald Trump has so far resisted calls from Saudi Arabia to assist in its fight with the Houthis, even as the militant group has been striking — literally — at the heart of the…
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Score: the written music for an orchestra, with every section’s part laid out on the same page so they play together. In this article, it’s your designed workflows. Is AI helping you hit your tape-out date, or putting it…
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Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US…
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In the first round of the presidential election in Brazil, the son of the disgraced former leader of the country managed to eke out a first-round victory against the incumbent. Flávio Bolsonaro won about 47 percent of…
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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Right Navi Pillay was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The choice was widely praised in the human rights community. Pillay headed the UN Commission of Inquiry investigating…
BETHLEHEM, Gaza / PNN / More than 120 artists from the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Palestinian communities inside Israel have taken part in Fingers of Palestine, “ Anamel Falasteen” a cultural exhibition…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / Palestinian entrepreneurs are finding new ways to turn traditional culture and modern technology into business opportunities, but limited market access, high production costs and gaps in…
HEBRON, West Bank / PNN / Palestinian resident Afaf Fadi al-Haddar is facing severe humanitarian and living conditions after her home in Hebron was demolished, leaving her and her family without the security and…
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The European Union is seeking closer cooperation with Vietnam to secure supplies of critical minerals and reduce its dependence on China, according to internal EU documents reviewed by Reuters, as growing geopolitical…
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A new report on deforestation reflects the persistent gap between global ambitions to conserve and restore forests and enduring practices that continue to destroy them. Credit: UN Climate Change/Diego Herculano By Umar…
The AI Competition—Simplified Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! By Einar Tangen For Asia Narratives The global debate over artificial intelligence is trapped in a misconception: the belief that the nation with the fastest…
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Advancing military AI capability is a priority for the United Kingdom, and in recent weeks, the new government has doubled down on its ambitions for AI and defense via two major partnerships.On Aug. 24, 2026, on his…
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Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine Read more: Latin American organised…
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Different forms are distinguished by who exercises control and which institutions they target Read more: How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state Two…
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The debate over artificial intelligence has settled into a familiar rhythm. Will large language models eventually wake up? Do they possess an inner life, or are they merely sophisticated mimics of human output?…
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By Anna Trushova KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 14 2026 (IPS) Medicine is supposed to protect human life and dignity. Yet testimonies from Ukrainians released from Russian captivity reveal a disturbing reality: medical personnel in…
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On Friday, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos wrote to the U.N. Security Council, citing Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, to say Eritrean troops had advanced up to 38 miles into Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region…
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Writing for the Daily Mail in 2023, Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sardonically argued , “The Americans don't give us crucial nuclear secrets because they love little old England. They don’t share…
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President Donald Trump likes to say he is " nine for nine " with the candidates he has backed in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Brazil's Oct. 25 runoff could make it ten. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro led the first…
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The East-West line to Yanbu is breaking down, and with it the kingdom’s last reliable route around Hormuz When the Strait of Hormuz closed at the end of February, Saudi Arabia had what almost no other Gulf producer had…
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of Sharp China, in which we discussed the EU-China trade talks, Xi’s health and succession, and the possibility that the Trump Administration has hit “peak dove” on China…
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Some of America's allies apparently still have not understood Donald Trump's slogan, "America First". For some reason, they assumed that their own interests were part of the programme, too: Israel's security, Ukraine's…
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Eric Hong is Vice President of Engineering at Mixel, a Silvaco company, where he leads the development of analog and mixed-signal IP, including high-speed PHY and SerDes solutions. Prior to Mixel, he held engineering…
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Eric Hong is Vice President of Engineering at Mixel, a Silvaco company, where he leads the development of analog and mixed-signal IP, including high-speed PHY and SerDes solutions. Prior to Mixel, he held engineering…
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Detained when returning from a conference in Russia, a former UK diplomat in Moscow was forced to give a DNA sample to UK counter-terrorism police. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service…
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The weaponisation of trade has not brought the global economy to its knees yet, but it is building up problems that won’t go away. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia…
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Capitalism is becoming ever more dominated by large firms, and the owners of the small companies getting squeezed are naturally becoming increasingly disenchanted with the system. Dr Tommaso Crescioli is an Economist at…
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Analysis of the political situation in Spain from a tenants’ union activist. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE . A protester shakes a keyring while holding a banner that reads “¡Derecho a techo a justo…
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For most of the past thirty years, the semiconductor industry ran on a remarkably clean division of labor. Everybody knew their place. The caricature was almost this simple: TSMC printed. Memory makers crammed…
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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from…
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Satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz. Credit WikiMedia By UN Women GENEVA, Oct 13 2026 (IPS) An additional 11.7 million women and girls could face food insecurity by the end of 2026, as the escalation in the Middle…
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The Trump administration is implementing a new imperial scheme to gain control of Iraq’s oil. Although President Trump appears to be winding down U.S. involvement in Iraq, declaring on September 30 that “we’re getting…
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Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband outside 10 Downing Street in 2024 (Alamy) This read was first published exclusively for our email subscribers on the 14th of September 2026. Get the latest from Anna Stavrianakis direct to…
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Something stinks. Astoria is one of my favorites on the Oregon coast, a small town of around 9,000 people with great restaurants and craft shops. Two of them, a coffee shop and ceramics studio, are owned by a small…