In Truth Social posts on Sunday, President Donald Trump threatened to use the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to target broadcasters and journalists whose reporting on […]
Month: August 2026
Israel Restricts Cooking Gas Into Gaza, So We Must Burn Toxic Plastic to Cook
Before the ceasefire last year, Israel subjected Gaza to a comprehensive and enforced siege which prevented countless necessities from entering the Strip, including cooking gas. […]
Canada knows the US can’t be trusted. It’s ready to fight
Canadians have made it clear: They don’t want to become the 51st state. For the record, and despite the increasingly delusional geography lessons delivered by […]
Don’t trust the name on the PAC
The science behind the names It’s tempting to think that this tactic won’t work on the politically savvy people who pay attention to PAC names. […]
China’s robot beat Bolt – then it hit the wall
Two major races were won and lost in Beijing on August 26. On one track, a humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, nearly […]
Minsk-Karachi railway shows Eurasia’s quiet geopolitical rewiring
The news that Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are working on a test freight railway connecting Minsk, Moscow, and Karachi may seem like just another infrastructure […]
Germany’s far right eyes small eastern state as springboard to national power
MERSEBURG, Germany — It’s here in this small, mostly rural eastern state of just two million people that Germany’s far right is laying the groundwork […]
French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann’s path to the Elysée faces surprise hurdle
PARIS — Raphaël Glucksmann’s dream of becoming the next president of France faces an unexpected obstacle: winning a center-left primary that’s just become surprisingly competitive. […]
Neutralisation protocol: the hidden safety system safeguarding lives at every launch
The Flight Safety Division monitors Ariane 6’s trajectory in real time and can trigger its automatic destruction to protect people on the ground. Euronews spoke […]
Pezeshkian’s Son Says Iranians Will Survive Without Enriching Uranium
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver […]
Special Criminal Court: Guen trial resumes with closing arguments
The fourth trial at the Special Criminal Court begins its closing arguments on Monday August 31. Before the conclusion of hearings on June 11, Edmond […]
China’s visa-free boom is rewriting inbound tourism
On August 20, China’s National Immigration Administration expanded the 240-hour visa-free transit policy to two more countries — Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam — bringing the number […]
US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced
The US-Israeli war against Iran passed its six-month mark this week, and on August 24, the bill for two decades of hosting American power came […]
Ministry Names Kenyan Farmers Set to Benefit From China Duty-Free Deal
Kenya imported goods worth about Ksh557.9 billion from China in 2024, compared with exports worth approximately Ksh25.4 billion, highlighting the need to increase Kenyan products […]
The World That Woke 2.0 Seeks to Build
In my previous essay, I argued that Woke 1.0’s central failure was not its analysis or the conclusions it drew. The failure—what proved to be […]
How Taylor Sheridan’s Fever Dreams Explain MAGA Foreign Policy (Neon Liberalism #88, with SecDef Rock)
Samantha and the pseudonymous commentator Secretary of Defense Rock talk “Lioness,” “Sicario,” and the broader Taylor Sheridan-verse as a Rosetta stone for untangling right-wing policy […]
New Declarations
By invoking the American Revolution, twentieth-century anticolonial figures connected their project with the movement for civil rights in the United States.
Texas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruption
It’s easy to see why Ken Paxton thought he could waltz right into the role of senator from Texas. Sure, the state’s Republican nominee and […]
“Local control” of data centers is a Big Tech con
Despite efforts to tout AI infrastructure as a boon to the American economy, as well as a home-field advantage to a country steeped in capitalistic […]
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