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Year: 2026
CPEC 2.0: new green hope or new China debt trap for Pakistan?
Walk into any mid-sized factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on a summer afternoon, and you’ll hear the same sound: loud, diesel-fueled power generators running because the […]
‘No One Is Watching’: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Marianna Mitchem grew up in the Denver suburbs, where she played high school soccer. One day in April […]
Democrats To Force Vote To Kill Trump’s Slush Fund And Immunity Scheme
The Trump administration seems to operate on two principles. The administration seems to believe that the American people are not paying attention and are stupid. […]
US Treasury Imposes Sanctions On Iranian Crypto Exchange
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing […]
Crisis in Manila: The Senate, the Dynasties, and 2028
By: Tita C. Valderama The Philippine Senate is entering its most turbulent chapter since the impeachment trial of former President Joseph Estrada in 2000, today […]
Alphabet taps stock market, Berkshire Hathaway to raise $80bn for AI infra
This is is one of the biggest ever sales of new shares and includes a $10 billion share sale to the investment mammoth formerly led […]
Rose Finn-Kelcey review – flying puns, smart pranks and prayers for 20p
Arts Collective, Northampton An overdue celebration in her home town of this funny, direct, critical, satirical conceptualist shows her spiky social commentary is as fresh […]
A Constitutional Moment in Hungary?
The defeat of Viktor Orbán wasn’t primarily driven by anger over the dismantling of liberal democracy. But the new government could serve as a positive […]
France’s top general warns about too-small military and slow production
PARIS — France’s military needs more weapons and arms production has to get faster, warned the country’s top general Fabien Mandon. “We have not yet reached […]
All flights to and from Brussels, Charleroi airports canceled due to surprise strike
BRUSSELS — All departures and arrivals to and from Brussels and Charleroi airports have been canceled this afternoon due to an unannounced strike by Belgian […]
‘Polluter Pays’: A Tax on Big Tech to Reduce Online Harms
Mihaela Popa-Wyatt and Ajinkya Deshmukh from The University of Manchester. Image credit That platforms like X, Instagram, and Facebook operated by Big Tech companies cause […]
Pentagon bans reporters from public affairs office
The Trump administration’s “attempts to silence objective journalism just hit a new low,” said one press freedom advocate late Monday after the Pentagon announced that the US Department of Defense would […]
Israel’s Lebanon campaign: the risks of repeating failed lessons
Going into the war in Iran, the Israeli government seemingly had two intertwined goals: to bring down the Islamic Republic and rid Israel of its […]
America’s Trump Rebranding (The Opposition Report #14)
The Opposition Report comes out once a month. Chance Phillips summarizes what has happened in the news since the previous Report. Most news summaries are […]
Our Redesign Is Live!
I am very excited to announce a new look and feel for the website. This was high on the list of things we wanted to […]
ICE’s Delaney Hall Is Being Slammed With Lawsuits
As protests inside and outside of Newark’s Delaney Hall continue into their second week, federal, state, and local officials are vying over the future of […]
South African business confidence index slips in second quarter
The BCI covers five sectors. Four of the five saw a drop in the second quarter. These were the sectors most exposed to interest and […]
Switzerland’s star striker barred from entering US ahead of World Cup
Switzerland’s World Cup preparations were dealt a blow Tuesday as forward Breel Embolo was forced to stay home following a last-minute decision by U.S. authorities […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy set to attend G7 summit in France
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to attend a Group of Seven summit later this month in France, according to three officials aware of plans […]