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Can the ECB rate hike stop an inflation shock driven by energy costs?

The ECB is raising borrowing costs to stop expensive energy from fuelling lasting inflation. Economists disagree on how ...

Oil Trades Near $107 as Houthi-Saudi Fighting Escalates

Brent oil traded near $107 barrel as fighting between Yemen-based Houthi militants and Saudi-backed forces intensified. ...

LatConnect 60 Expands India Market Presence for SWIRSAT With NSIL Agreement and GeoSyze Partnership

Australian Earth observation satellite company LatConnect 60 (LC60) has strengthened its position in India with two stra...

China is poised to lead in research on quantum technologies. Democracies must act

Australia and its democratic partners need to act promptly to avoid conceding the lead in quantum technologies to China....

Oil is scary again

Plus wage growth and inflation

Oil is scary again

Plus wage growth and inflation

How 9/11 conspiracy theories moved into mainstream American politics

Social media and distrust of government has helped disinformation reach increasingly large audiences.

Seven vessels transit Strait of Hormuz on September 10 — agency

According to the report, the figures do not include vessels that might have crossed the strait with their transponders t...

‘Everything changed’: The human cost of 25 years of US wars

Successive wars launched after 9/11 have killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million others.

PM Han, AmCham seek deeper Korea-US investment ties

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook and the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea discussed regulatory reform, foreign investm...

NAZA, the Israeli film revealing new layers of the Gaza genocide

A 25-minute standing ovation at the Biennale has put NAZA, an Israeli-made film confronting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Iran dismisses IAEA resolution, says nonproliferation accusations political

Iran dismisses IAEA resolution, says nonproliferation accusations political Iran has dismissed a resolution passed by th...

Iran and US Brace for Long War

Iran and the US are digging in for a protracted war, with little sign of a near-term ceasefire or return to normal Middl...

The stains and trauma of 9/11 linger a quarter century later

That just 19 men, armed with box cutters and a budget of less than half a million dollars, could inflict such damage for...

25 years after 9/11 | The attacks and their aftermath

The 9/11 attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people, sparking decades of war

Under siege: Iran faces strategic dilemma as war of attrition drags on

Under siege: Iran faces strategic dilemma as war of attrition drags on Submitted by MEE correspondent on Tue, 09/08/2026...

Anthropic blocked possible use of AI model to build bioweapons

As industry insiders issue louder warnings about the catastrophic danger of unchecked artificial intelligence, Anthropic...

Macron shoots for the moon with pitch to Europe’s struggling space sector

Also in this newsletter: Europe keeps buying more Russian gas

The geopolitics of global hunger

Mark Leonard welcomes Cary Fowler and Jim O’Brien to discuss the factors behind the escalating risk of a major food cris...

H.K. court hands Tiananmen vigil organizers up to 7 years in jail

Three former organizers behind Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square vigil were on Friday sentenced to up to seven years a...

Middle East live: Trump says he has no regrets about launching Iran war

US President Donald Trump told Fox News Thursday he didn't have any regrets about launching the US-Israeli war against I...

Russia now importing fuel from South Korea, Turkey because of Ukraine drone strikes, report says

Ukrainian strikes on Russia's energy industry have "turned the tables on the world's once largest oil product exporter,"...

EU imports of Russian LNG plummet, with Belgium down to zero, report says

Belgium imported no LNG from Russia in August. Just one month before, 100% of its LNG imports came from Russia.

Anthropic claims Claude AI used for missile projects, global espionage

AI was used to develop missile guidance software in Yemen and to power cyber operations, a report alleges.

China's global hunt for tax revenue may be just getting started

Beijing's recent push to tax offshore wealth may be only the opening phase of a broader campaign that could eventually r...

Manila exposes South China Sea note; Chinese coal mine farming plan: SCMP’s 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond ...

Group of Russian Pacific Fleet warships sets sail to Asia-Pacific for naval tasks

'Treasury can write what it likes': Winston Peters defends Pacific Islands Forum hosting decision

Winston Peters says he was under no obligation to consult with Cabinet over Pacific Islands Forum hosting offer, saying ...

BRICS red carpet sparks anger in India’s capital

New Delhi is rolling out the red carpet for BRICS, but blocked roads, evictions and restrictions have caused anger.

Gulf foreign ministers plan to meet Araghchi in Oman, FT report says

Gulf foreign ministers plan to meet Araghchi in Oman, FT report says Gulf foreign ministers plan to meet their Iranian c...

Rapidus president considering chip plant on moon around 2040

Rapidus Corp. President and CEO Atsuyoshi Koike said Thursday he is seriously considering building a semiconductor plant...

Sudan: Sudan's Civil Society Groups Reject El Burhan's Mooted Dialogue As 'Political Cover'

[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudanese civil society coalitions and actors, the Darfur Women Platform, Sudan Civic Convergence T...

Africa: UN Climate Chief Warns Political Division Is Undermining Fight Against 'Economic Security Emergency'

[UN News] The head of the UN's climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously o...

South Sudan: Human Cost of Violence in South Sudan 'Continues to Grow'

[UN News] Independent human rights investigators voiced deep concern over growing risks to both civilians and South Suda...

FirstFT: Bessent fails to break bond market ‘fever’

Also in today’s newsletter: Hormuz talks and Russian assets

Modi and Xi are set to meet at BRICS with trade and border issues in spotlight

A meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the clearest test yet of the tentative post-2020 reset between Asia...

Gender minister says Google must take responsibility for any legal violations over data leak

Gender Equality Minister Won Min-kyong said Friday that Google must take responsibility for any legal violations over an...

Trump administration to lend $100 million to Africell, countering Huawei in Africa

WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - The Trump administration will lend nearly $100 million to Africell, Africa's only American-owned t...

South China Sea: Manila says flares fired at aircraft near Subi, Mischief Reefs

The Chinese military appeared to fire flares near a Philippine aircraft operating close to the Subi and Mischief Reefs, ...

Debris from intercepted Ukrainian missile lands on industrial site in southern Volgograd

Emergency services are working at the scene, according to Governor Andrey Bocharov