A UN report has concluded that the United States’s boat strike campaign against supposed drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean has violated […]
Month: September 2026
Don’t expect a wagon resurgence, says Chinese automaker’s design boss
Chery’s global design chief is looking at what will come next after SUVs, but he doesn’t expect buyers to return en masse to wagons…See More
Sifuna Pledges New Car for Driver Whose Vehicle Was Torched
Driver Steven Otieno was injured after a Linda Mwananchi rally, where chaos left one person dead and 46 others injured…See More
After the Data Centers
Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted […]
Mecca pact faces first trial by fire with Houthi escalation
Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump said he had a “big decision” coming up about Iran’s regime: Do I want to go in and annihilate […]
China’s J-36 may soon fly with lasers the US couldn’t master
Recent revelations from China’s defense industry suggest the long-sought goal of mounting combat lasers onto fighter aircraft may finally be moving from theory to reality. […]
NTT, Cailabs target optical satellite links
NTT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cailabs in a bid to connect satellites with ground-based networks using optical communications technology. As a […]
‘Pretty remarkable slip’ by Trump sets him up for another big loss: expert
President Donald Trump’s newly announced ban on multiple news outlets is headed for a major fall when a legal challenge is presented to a judge […]
Anxiety ripples through Trumpworld as report warns of ‘beginning of the end’
President Donald Trump’s tough-guy act is looking more like a tell than a threat. The 80-year-old president has absorbed a cascade of defeats in the […]
Trump didn’t break the press. They did that to themselves
Last week, Fox News seemed to be trying to give Donald Trump what he wanted. Network personalities went on air and recited, with all the […]
James Talarico’s campaign could do lasting damage to the GOP
All politics are identity politics. Republicans have long mocked this notion, treating the very concept of “identity politics” as a left-wing fixation. In reality, the […]
Russia Announces Election Results Cementing Putin’s Power; EU Slams ‘Veneer Of Democracy’
Officials in Moscow have announced a new record victory for the Kremlin-controlled United Russia party in what the European Union dismissed as “sham elections” on […]
Tanker Hit By ‘Unknown Projectile’ In Strait Of Hormuz
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 […]
EU countries move toward Russia sanctions deal
BRUSSELS — EU countries are moving toward a new deal that could see two prominent Russian billionaires removed from its sanctions list, in exchange for […]
Spanish PM’s wife to face trial over influence peddling, embezzlement allegations
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, is set to stand trial on charges of influence peddling and embezzlement. Investigating Judge Juan Carlos Peinado […]
Gold Coast canefarmers ‘devastated’ after sugar mill terminates contract
The owner of the Rocky Point sugar mill sent a notice to growers in June advising them that the mill would cease crushing their cane […]
They put food on our tables, but 9 out of 10 farmers feel undervalued
A national survey finds many farmers are considering leaving the industry, while one in three feel their mental health has deteriorated over the last year. …See […]
4chan & Kiwi Farms Can’t Sue English Internet Regulator in American Court
From Judge Rudolph Contreras (D.D.C.) last week in 4chan Community Support LLC v. UK Office of Communications a/k/a Ofcom: This case spawned from a series […]
The Future has 5G Foundations
Connectivity is the fuel of the future. Do we have enough? To deliver the growth we need politicians agree Britain must lead on new technologies […]
The Pacific Ocean of Peace – an idea whose time has not come
“Ocean of Peace”—an expression being bandied about by a handful of Pacific Island leaders — brings to mind the title of an early 1960s musical, […]