Japan is seeking to rally G7 nations into a united front against China’s export controls on critical minerals, pushing for a floor price mechanism to […]
Month: June 2026
Hidden in plain sight: the AI within Xiaomi
The accepted wisdom in GenAI model making is that the door has closed. To build at the frontier, as per perceptions, is only for those […]
John Kasich unloads on Trump’s Iran gambit: ‘How are you possibly going to do this?’
Former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) laid into President Donald Trump’s administration on MS NOW as they head into final negotiations for a deal to end […]
‘Hopefully they learned their lesson’: Rural Georgia town bashes DHS’s attempted takeover
An elected official in a small, rural town in east Georgia bashed President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security after local residents defeated the department’s […]
Rare Protest Hits Turkmenistan Amid Power Outages
Hundreds of people in Turkmenistan staged a protest over power outages in the energy-rich Central Asian country, which is grappling with a deepening economic crisis.
Britain’s Keir Starmer mulls a bleak future
LONDON — Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is sounding out his future with his Cabinet after Andy Burnham’s win in the Makerfield by-election put the […]
Miliband eyes a top job in Team Burnham. Just don’t mention the North Sea.
Britain may — very likely — soon have a new government under Andy Burnham. Amid the swirl of senior Labour figures vying for a place at the […]
Editor’s Notes: Destroy the Slave Power
Get The Reconstruction Papers in Print! Pre-Order Now! Today we celebrate the end of chattel slavery in America, the darkest stain in a history that […]
Social and Emotional Learning Must Focus on Equity
Current social and emotional learning protocols fail to address systemic inequities, but integrating social justice principles benefits students and communities.
Long After the Climate Apocalypse, Maybe Some Being Will Find “Earth’s Black Box”
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was designed to survive the apocalypse, as humanity’s last testament to […]
Trump’s Iran framework hits immediate turbulence after announced deal
High-stakes U.S.–Iran negotiations aimed at advancing a broader regional agreement were abruptly postponed Friday after renewed fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah disrupted the […]
Trump has one chance to save face: Resign now
I watched Donald Trump speaking on stage at the end of the G7 summit in France and seriously wondered whether he had suffered a stroke. […]
US-Iran talks delayed as Israeli bombs in Lebanon kill 18 or more
US and Iranian delegations delayed plans to travel to Switzerland on Friday for the opening round of talks to cement the details of a peace agreement as […]
Strategic autonomy and strategic anxiety
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan builds its own AI […]
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
California first lady’s Miss Representation: Rise Up studies the backlash against women in the era of algorithms and deepfakes Life moves pretty fast. It is […]
From evidence to action: STRIDE resources to help education stakeholders navigate learning inequalities
Educational inequalities remain a key challenge across Europe, shaping learning outcomes and opportunities from an early age, tending to widen over time if unaddressed. By […]
Ladder leaders Fremantle come from five goals down against Geelong to extend record winning streak
The Dockers kicked 10 goals without a miss to pull away from the Cats on a monster night in Perth…See More
Things Fall Apart
Things will fall apart. Right now lots of things appear to be falling apart. Trump’s partnership or whatever it was with Netanyahu is gone, for […]
Orbán-appointed Hungarian president bans Orbán from returning to power
BUDAPEST — Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, an appointee of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, on Friday approved a constitutional amendment barring the same Orbán from […]
Trump backs down on plans to slash ocean science funding
BRUSSELS — The Trump administration is no longer planning to cut a major research program contributing to global ocean science after U.S. lawmakers passed a […]