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Maricarmen’s eviction was the straw that broke the camel’s back, sparking the biggest social movement seen in Spain since the ‘indignados’ 15 years ago. Laura Wittebroek is a writer and member of Clamour. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Over the past few days, Maricarmen has...

National Politics, Solutions, The Commons

The U.S. Department of Energy will offer another 40 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as gasoline and diesel prices remain elevated nearly seven months into the Iran war. The barrels will be offered through an exchange,...

News

Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson presented a new collection in Paris on Tuesday, showcasing metallic trousers, structured jackets, and sheer feathered skirts. This was a year after his debut at the brand owned by LVMH, with notable guests like singer...

Style, Dior, fashion

Next-gen AI accelerators, high-performance processors, and complex computing architectures depend heavily on advanced packaging. Bringing multiple dies, chiplets, high-bandwidth memory, and advanced interconnects together into a single 2.5D or 3D package yields massive performance gains. However, this design evolution… Read...

3D IC, Analytics, Chiplet

Russia will reduce funding for welfare, education, and healthcare in its state budget for 2027, focusing more on military spending. Planned defense expenditures will rise to 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion), which is about 27% more than the previous budget....

Finance, Economics, Education

The European Commission is suggesting measures to protect the EU from potential issues with future members that could weaken democracy and veto decisions. This proposal comes as Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, and Moldova work towards joining the EU. A draft document...

World News, European Union

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un now occupies a different position from the one he had at the Hanoi Summit with Donald Trump seven years ago. Between 2019 and 2026, in both efforts to arrange a summit, Trump used a similar...

Democracy & Governance, Donald Trump, kim jong-un

Anthropic may face legal claims from customers and users due to the actions of rogue artificial intelligence agents. This concern arises as the company prepares for a major initial public offering. The AI technology they are developing allows for autonomous...

Tech News, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence

Credit: United Nations By Shihana Mohamed NEW YORK, Sep 29 2026 (IPS) “Artificial intelligence (AI) must be shaped by humanity, with humanity, and for all humanity… Life-and-death decisions must never be surrendered to machines. Killer robots must have no place in our future.” With...

Artificial Intelligence, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is expected to convene a high-profile meeting of military personnel for a “State of the Force” address this week. Will it show the U.S. armed forces as healthy? The answer may depend on how the...

Commentary, Civil-Military Relations, Department of Defense

Bethlehem/PNN/ The European Union and several European nations—including France, Germany, and Denmark—have pledged €20 million in urgent aid to support development efforts in Area C through programs implemented by the Palestinian government. This commitment follows a cooperation agreement signed by the Minister...

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This story was originally published by ProPublica . Without Amy Miller , some elderly and disabled people wouldn’t be able to vote. The attorney for Disability Rights Nebraska travels the state, investigating the quality of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. As...

Activism, Courts & Law, News

Related Letter from Des Moines: Cary Fowler, the World Food Prize and the Ghost of Norman Borlaug Millet, sorghum, fonio , Bambara groundnut, cowpea, amaranth, pigeon pea, taro. For decades these crops were treated as the food of the past. Research money,...

Activism, Africa, Business & Economy

I’m very critical of the educational establishment. I spent a lot of time in public school myself, even though I graduated from a small private school. My eldest graduated from public school and, up until 2020, my daughter was in...

News

Oil prices ease as renewed Iran talks and recovering Saudi exports temper supply fears. Europe’s LNG Buying Spree Comes With the Clock Ticking - Europe is finally ramping up imports of liquefied natural gas ahead of the winter heating season,...

News

The Dangote refinery in Nigeria is going public as Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is targeting 10 million retail investors in the “IPO for the people” pitch of Africa’s biggest initial public offering. The Dangote group this month launched a...

News

On Sept . 19 , French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France’s last remaining territory in North America. The tiny fishing archipelago off the southern coast of Newfoundland is home to fewer than 6,000 people, all of them...

Column, Courts & Law, Europe

Spain, Portugal, and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to set renewable energy targets for 2040, arguing that the EU should accelerate its clean energy rollout to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels and on geopolitical disruptions to oil and...

News

Canada’s first liquefied natural gas export facility, LNG Canada, will double its capacity in the early 2030s after the Shell-led project announced on Tuesday the final investment decision to proceed with Phase 2 of the plant in Kitimat, British Columbia....

News

The traditional view of healthcare no longer works as aid declines and national finances are squeezed. Instead, we must view health financing as productive capital, as virtually all other sectors depend on a healthy population functioning at peak capacity. A frica...

Opinion

The United Arab Emirates has expressed intent to invest another $25 billion in India, including in the energy sector, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said at a high-level meeting in Mumbai. The UAE has already invested about $25...

News

Washington’s posture toward Beijing in recent years was defined by a formula of dealing “ from a position of strength .” Yet, during the 2026 summit in Washington between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, both nations formally inaugurated...

Labor, Trade, & Finance, China, United States

India needs to boost domestic oil and gas exploration to enhance its energy security amid supply disruptions that drive energy prices higher, according to a senior official at state-owned exploration and production company Oil India Limited (OIL). “Disruptions to global...

News

Huda Fahmy’s latest graphic novel, “Huda F Would Love You?” is coming out October 20 – the last volume in the best-selling Huda F series! It’s the summer after Huda’s high school graduation, and love is in the air! Or it’s...

#Culture, Audio, Books

Huda Fahmy’s latest graphic novel, “Huda F Would Love You?” is coming out October 20 – the last volume in the best-selling Huda F series! It’s the summer after Huda’s high school graduation, and love is in the air! Or it’s...

#Culture, Audio, Books

The European Commission is considering delaying the European Union’s landmark methane emissions rules for oil and gas imports as governments warn that the regulations could put further pressure on energy supplies. The push for a postponement has come from France,...

Europe, Economics, energy security

School safety discussions usually focus on emergency planning, surveillance, access controls, and violence prevention. Yet another, quieter issue affects the everyday security of students: where they keep their personal belongings. That question has gained relevance as schools continue to examine...

Tech News, Education, storage solutions

For more than three decades, the Bangladeshi political left has maintained an unyielding stance on natural resources like gas, coal, and minerals, insisting that state entities must develop them exclusively. Foreign energy companies are viewed with deep suspicion, while production-sharing...

Opinion, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Energy Crisis

Major energy companies are rushing to help Italy contain soaring fuel prices, with Kuwait’s Q8 becoming the latest company to introduce a temporary price cap as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces growing pressure to protect households and businesses from rising...

World News, Economics, energy security

Two American charities recently announced a new fund to fight forest fires. They want to raise US$100 million to help countries find fires faster and put them out sooner. But the fund, announced at the UN General Assembly, is limited...

Opinion, Amazon Forest Fires, Conservation X Labs

British soldiers interrogated dissidents in Oman before nearly a dozen of the men were executed in 1973, newly discovered files show. Although Britain had abolished the death penalty for almost all offences four years prior to the executions, UK troops on...

Archive, Middle East, Military

Has Congress given away too much of its authority? And what should a future Democratic president do with the “full scope of power” the executive branch now holds? In this premium bonus episode of Master Plan: The Kingmakers , we’re sharing...

Master Plan

The winter arithmetic is getting the attention. The more revealing test comes on 1 January, when a ban Europe designed to be irreversible takes effect in the middle of a gas crunch it did not plan for. Europe’s energy conversation...

Europe, Economics, energy security

JERUSALEM / PNN / Palestine’s top arm wrestlers are stepping up preparations for the upcoming World Arm-wrestling Championships in India, scheduled for Oct. 25 to Nov. 7, 2026, with several of the country’s leading competitors set to take part as they...

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Analogies for artificial intelligence abound. In recent years, analysts have likened the development of AI to the advent of electricity, the Industrial Revolution, contact with extraterrestrials, and at least fifty other things. One analogy, however, appears to have won out...

Commentary, Artificial Intelligence, Command and Control

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has won the general election in Morocco during an election that saw the lowest voter turnout in 20 years. While it was a clear winner, it does not have a majority to form the...

Politics, Morocco, The Authenticity and Modernity Party

Opium Paris’s ‘Jordan’ campaign reveals the emergence of a culture emancipated from the construction of knowledge. Opium Paris’s recent ‘Jordan’ campaign has certainly not gone unnoticed. Originally conceived for a Parisian audience with a passion for trainers, it quickly transcended the...

Arts & Culture, Culture, Fashion
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