Kosovo’s parliament approved at first reading a bill to sharply restrict the jurisdiction of the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers on October 5, a day before […]
Year: 2026
Siberian Anti-Plague Institute Staff Isolated After Worker’s Death
The United States is monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia after the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in the […]
From the rent crisis to Trump: 5 things that will shape Spain’s snap election
Spaniards have eight weeks to decide whether Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez should extend his eight-year tenure, or make way for a right-wing administration that […]
50 members of European Parliament targeted by deepfake porn, report says
Fifty European Union lawmakers, including 46 women, have been the targets of deepfake pornography, according to new research released Monday. The number of women targeted […]
Thousands Risk Losing Jobs as Govt Announces Dissolution of Over 400 Companies
This year alone, close to 3,000 companies have been struck off from the companies registry, as the unemployment rate surges…See More
Huawei, Qualcomm sign multi-year patent licensing deal
Huawei has signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm covering 5G, AI, computing and networking. As part of the agreement, Qualcomm will also purchase […]
The Taliban Wants the US Back. What Do Afghans Want?
Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan and the U.S. withdrew its troops, the group is now asking for something that once […]
Trump Says Iran War “Should Help” Republicans in Midterms
In remarks to reporters at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump conceded that it is “possible” that his continued war on Iran will […]
Authoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth.
Sixth-grade history teacher Sarah Inama was told by administrators in Idaho’s West Ada School District to remove a poster from her classroom that carried a […]
Jon Ossoff’s not-so-secret weapon against JD Vance and Marco Rubio
For more than a year, journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan had been trying — and largely failing — to raise awareness about the very […]
Russia courts the Taliban without dropping Pakistan
I have watched Pakistan-Afghanistan relations long enough to distrust easy headlines, and last week’s news produced a few of them. At the Center-2026 (Tsentr-2026) war […]
What the AI boom is actually doing for Americans
Paul Krugman is the greatest econ writer in the world, and also a legendary economist. But I sometimes feel that he has a blind spot […]
Sánchez bets it all on housing ahead of Spain’s snap election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hopes his country’s dire housing crisis has become so bad that it overshadows the other challenges Spain faces. Nationwide protests […]
Merz and Macron want the EU to hit back harder — and faster — against trade threats
BERLIN — The European Commission needs the power to act much faster against trade threats, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron urged […]
You Can’t Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell is a leading anti-Trump conservative and a co-founder of The Bulwark. Before this turn, she was a Republican political consultant. In her new […]
Money Can’t Buy Him Love
In what looks to me like a bare-assed attempt to prop up his poll numbers and possibly buy midterm votes for Republicans, Trump has announced […]
“You Kidnapped My Son”
For several days this spring, trapped inside a Texas immigration detention center, Luis made frantic phone calls, one after the other, to everyone he could […]
Knights win nail-biter in St. Joe’s homecoming game (12 photos)
The St. Joan of Arc Knights taking on the St. Joseph’s Jaguars on their home field on Friday afternoon…See More
UK govt intervenes in BT’s TalkTalk deal amid concerns over ‘vital national infrastructure’
The UK government has stepped in to review BT’s takeover of TalkTalk, amid concerns about what the deal could mean for customers and “vital” UK […]
Seeking Stability in Post-Maduro Venezuela: The US, Governance, and the Economy
By Michael M. McCarthy Founder and Executive Director, Caracas Wire Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Image of Caracas, Venezuela. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. Roughly three […]