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Missiles Strike Near US Warship in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Launches Project Freedom Escort Mission
May 4, 2026
by Rachel Torres
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…
communities to track where these systems are operating and to identify patterns of harm. Whistleblower protections for employees who report safety concerns would create a…
The global monetary order is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. As geopolitical fault lines deepen, two of the world’s largest economies are decoupling…
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has formally withdrawn from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the broader OPEC+ alliance, ending…
Iran has accused the United States of dishonouring the terms of their fragile ceasefire and warned that military hostilities could resume imminently, as diplomatic efforts…
In the spring of 2026, the world quietly crossed a threshold it had spent two decades trying to avoid. Global sovereign debt surpassed $105 trillion…
The global monetary order is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. As geopolitical fault lines deepen, two of the world’s largest economies are decoupling…
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has formally withdrawn from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the broader OPEC+ alliance, ending…
On the morning of April 28, 2026, as delegates filed into the United Nations General Assembly Hall for the resumed Emergency Special Session on Article…
When the assembled foreign ministers of the world’s thirty largest economies gathered in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on April 28, 2026, the choreography…
When UN Secretary-General António Guterres landed in Bamako on April 27, 2026, he carried a simple message to the three military rulers who now control…
In the spring of 2026, the world quietly crossed a threshold it had spent two decades trying to avoid. Global sovereign debt surpassed $105 trillion…
The New Axis: How the Russia-China-Iran Nexus Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Power May 3, 2026 · Analysis · David Foster For most of…
The New Axis: How the Russia-China-Iran Nexus Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Power May 3, 2026 · Analysis · David Foster For most of…
communities to track where these systems are operating and to identify patterns of harm. Whistleblower protections for employees who report safety concerns would create a…
In the spring of 2025, something remarkable happened in the United States Senate. A bill that would have imposed mandatory safety testing and disclosure requirements…
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…
The race to achieve quantum advantage is no longer a distant theoretical pursuit — it is a present-day engineering challenge that will define the next…
President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the United States could resume military strikes against Iran if Tehran misbehaves, just hours after notifying Congress that hostilities…
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…