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Some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies have adopted a new modus operandi ever since the historic oil price crash of 2020 devastated energy companies, prioritizing returning more cash to shareholders while expansion plans have been put on...

News

Two things happened this weekend that belong in the same frame, though you will not see them connected anywhere in the Western press. Russia held a national election under a hail of drones and cyberattacks — and came through it....

Larry C. Johnson

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won first place in state elections in northeastern Germany, marking the worst result for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative party since 1949. The AfD received 37% of the votes in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, followed by the...

World News, Germany

The International Energy Agency expects coal demand to increase this year in response to ongoing oil and gas trade constraints stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Several countries have been forced to turn back to coal to...

News

As the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) prepares for the next 2027 presidential elections, the Obidient Movement is increasingly gaining weight in Nigerian politics, crafting a remarkable consensus among the youth and elites within the multi-ethnic population, estimated at 230...

Middle East & Africa, Africa, Interview

While Germany’s far-right won its best election results since the Second World War, politicians continued accusing anti-Zionist Jews of antisemitism Fleur Hargreaves is a British-Jewish writer and graduate of English Literature at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Cross-posted from Middle East Eye The hostages held...

National Politics, Racism, Article

Capitalism Moving Beyond Neoliberalism: Crises, Changes, and What Comes Next Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog In part two of my report on IIPPE 2026 ( part one is...

Economics, Article, Michael Roberts

Broadcom’s fiscal third-quarter 2026 results show how artificial-intelligence infrastructure is shifting from general-purpose acceleration toward customized compute and large-scale networking. The company reported AI semiconductor revenue of $16.7 billion, up 221% year over year and 54% sequentially. That expansion… Read...

AI, Semiconductor, AI Accelerators

Regional integration is usually built through treaties, protocols and formal institutions. Yet integration does not always begin with a legally binding agreement. It can also take shape through joint ministerial declarations, memoranda of understanding and other forms of political commitment...

Middle East & Africa, Africa, Diplomacy

The fourth China-Africa Peace and Security Forum was held in Beijing, China, from September 15 to 17, 2026, coinciding with the 13th Xiangshan Forum and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and African countries. Military...

Defense, Africa, China

Denmark announced that its sovereignty over Greenland will not be affected by an agreement with the Trump administration to expand the US military presence on the island. On Friday, the United States, Denmark, and Greenland reached a preliminary agreement aimed...

World News, Denmark, Greenland

This is Lever Weekly , a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it. The Lever holds the powerful accountable through reader-supported investigative journalism that corporate media...

Lever Weekly

Raghu co-founded Enphase Energy with Martin Fornage in 2006. He has more than 25 years of experience in the clean energy and high‑technology industries, and has been at the forefront of developing Enphase’s leading integrated energy system—with solar generation, storage,...

CEO Interviews, Enphase Energy, GaN power electronics

Italy plans to ban face coverings in schools and limit the number of foreign students per class, according to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. During a youth event organized by her party, she emphasized her right-wing policies, noting that Italy faces...

World News, Education, Italy

Having secured the recognition of neighboring mainland Southeast Asian states, Myanmar’s military-led authorities are openly flouting ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus framework on Myanmar. Notwithstanding its lack of strong enforcement measures, the framework nonetheless represents the bloc’s two unprecedented developments: its...

Southeast Asia, ASEAN, Myanmar

We’re at the saturation point of the latest news cycle where everyone will soon tire of hearing about artificial intelligence and probably tell themselves the whole intensifying political debate is niche, inside baseball, kind of silly, and a distraction from...

Analysis

For much of the postwar era, Japan treated military restraint as part of its national identity. Its Self Defense Forces were capable, the alliance with the United States provided strategic protection and the country largely avoided the image of a...

Defense, Japan, Military

Journeying into the poorest neighborhood in Herat, Darius comes face to face with tragedy, and makes a new friend. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |...

#Culture, #Life, featured

Africa is being torn apart by foreign interests, fighting their battles on African soil, using their weapons and destroying lives and countries. The continent does not need more deadly weapons from outside – it needs to build its own security...

Opinion, Politics

On Monday, August 25, during a visit to Kyiv, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK would give Ukraine classified blueprints to produce its SCALP cruise missile (a variant of the Storm Shadow), for the explicit purpose of...

World, Andy Burnham, Block 2

China is constructing what may be the world’s first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets reported. Satellite photos show the roughly 200-meter hull features a large internal hangar — likely...

Military, Block 2, China

By: Majid Maqbool The People’s Republic of China has consistently utilized military pressure and gray-zone tactics against regional neighbors and global powers since its founding in 1949. Foreign countries that threaten Chinese sovereignty could be framed as adversaries, and the PRC’s...

News

Global maritime and energy markets are currently showing two significant developments. Both indicate they should not be treated as separate market stories, but as an intertwined sector. Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC investment arm, XRG, is reportedly considering acquiring up to 50%...

News

La Bottega Sciliano Moscow Let me give you a sense of what life in Russia is actually like right now — not the version you get from the wire services, but the one you get walking around, sitting down to dinner,...

Larry C. Johnson

General Carsten Breuer from Germany has been chosen as the next head of NATO’s military committee, a key advisory body for the alliance’s political leaders. Military leaders from the 32-nation alliance elected him during a meeting in Copenhagen, and he...

World News, Defense, Germany

In a live interview for The Lever ’s subscribers, David Sirota spoke to New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, the author of New York’s landmark AI safety law . In addition to AI regulation, they discussed the launch of Who Decides,...

Tech

NATO’s top Military Authority, the NATO Military Committee, held its annual conference with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chair, leading discussions among 32 Allied Chiefs of Defence and two Strategic Commanders. They focused on next steps from the recent NATO...

World News, Defense, NATO

After years of delays and plateaued development timelines, it might finally be time for the small nuclear revolution. In a brand new report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again increased its long-term nuclear power forecast, projecting that...

News

We’re going to try it a little differently this week and just embed everything. Anywho, this is me sitting down with my friend and editor, Cam Edwards. In this video, we talk about the challenges of raising at least three types...

News

Russians are participating in a three-day parliamentary election that is expected to confirm the ruling United Russia party’s control in a political system that limits opposition to the war in Ukraine. The election’s outcome seems certain, but it may serve...

Eurasia, Analysis, Russia

Yemen’s civil war has returned to the centre of a much wider regional conflict. In September, the Iran-aligned Houthis launched a rapid offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, overrunning forces aligned with the internationally recognised government. They captured the port...

Middle East & Africa, Defense, front

Good things are happening! Big Tech gets schooled, civil rights report for duty, a fossil fuel revival hits the brakes, and The Lever sits down with a teen titan of First Amendment rights. You Love To See It is a benefit...

You Love To See It

Awareness of environmentally friendly construction methods is increasing in Austria, which is reflected in the growing interest in sustainable garden sheds. The term “gartenhütte” refers to a garden hut or shed, typically a small structure used for storage, hobbies, relaxation...

Environment, design, garden

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out Hanoi’s vision for international cooperation. The visit drew heavy coverage at home, but it did...

Southeast Asia, Block 3, BRICS

Diseases, as Covid and Ebola have demonstrated, do not respect borders. An outbreak in one country or region can quickly move across the continent. How can we provide health security against such threats? S tand at any border crossing, and the...

Opinion, Health

When world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, they set extraordinarily ambitious targets. There was real optimism that substantial progress could be made towards achieving them, but the various shocks of recent years have made them more...

Society, SDG, United Nations

At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, our limited-intelligence Treasury Secretary. It came out yesterday when Illinois Congressman Sean Casten was questioning him about the “billions of dollars” that Trump keeps claiming...

Opinion, Common Dreams, Donald Trump

Seeing Rural Japan Through a Single Prefecture: Hyōgo Rural Japan is living through two forms of population decline at once, and Hyōgo Prefecture distills the whole structure into a single frame. The first is the aging of business owners. Across Japan, hundreds...

#Culture, featured, Featured Culture
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