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The New Space Race: How Starlink, China, and the Commercial-Military Fusion Are Redrawing Global Power
May 1, 2026
by David Foster
In 2026, something remarkable is happening inside the world’s largest AI research labs: the models are beginning to do things their creators never explicitly programmed…
Whoever controls the Moon controls the inner solar system. Water ice at the lunar poles is the single most strategic resource in the solar system…
Whoever controls the Moon controls the inner solar system. Water ice at the lunar poles is the single most strategic resource in the solar system…
Washington, D.C. — Congress voted Thursday to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security after a record-breaking 75-day partial shutdown that left TSA…
Whoever controls the Moon controls the inner solar system. Water ice at the lunar poles is the single most strategic resource in the solar system…
Across the globe, democratically elected leaders are using the machinery of democracy to destroy it.
JUIGÍA, Colombia — A bomb explosion along the Pan-American Highway in the municipality of Cajibío, southwestern Colombia, has killed 20 civilians and wounded 36 more,…
Washington, D.C. — Congress voted Thursday to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security after a record-breaking 75-day partial shutdown that left TSA…
Just hours before a crucial deadline, the Trump administration has argued the war in Iran has been effectively terminated under the ongoing ceasefire, a claim…
Iran’s foreign minister claims Washington has spent four times its official figure on the war, while Tehran residents face mass evictions and the rial collapses…
When American Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Manila on April 24, 2026, for a three-day visit aimed at shoring up the U.S.-Philippines alliance,…
While Washington and Beijing trade tariffs and Brussels debates its defence budgets, something quieter and arguably more consequential is happening across Latin America. The continent’s…
Deep inside the Arctic Circle, in waters so cold they crack paint off steel, a Norwegian frigate is running silent. Somewhere beneath the black Atlantic…
Whoever controls the Moon controls the inner solar system. Water ice at the lunar poles is the single most strategic resource in the solar system…
The international order that emerged from World War II — built on institutions, norms, and the belief that democratic nations could govern together through rules…
The Surveillance Bargain: How We Traded Privacy for Convenience and What It Cost Our Freedom There is a moment every day when billions of people…
The 2026 midterm elections are still months away, but the Republican Party is already in crisis. Not a crisis of policy or ideology — a…
In 2026, something remarkable is happening inside the world’s largest AI research labs: the models are beginning to do things their creators never explicitly programmed…
President Donald Trump announced an open-ended extension of the U.S. ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, citing a “seriously fractured” Iranian government and a request from…
In 2026, the most consequential computing shift is not happening in massive cloud data centers — it is happening at the edge. Edge AI, the…
The global economy in mid-2026 faces a paradox: interest rates remain elevated, yet sovereign debt burdens continue to balloon. For governments, businesses, and households alike,…
The International Monetary Fund’s April 2026 World Economic Outlook delivered a stark message to global markets: the world economy is slowing, and the outlook has…
When Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur stood before cameras in Vilnius last week and declared that NATO would not break, the words carried more weight…
NATO allies are pouring record resources into eastern Europe this year, reshaping the continent’s military posture at a pace not seen since the Cold War…
An unusually fierce wildfire season has claimed a volunteer firefighter’s life in northern Florida while destroying more than 120 homes in Georgia, as drought, wind,…
On April 18, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that few in Washington saw coming — a directive aimed at accelerating research into…