World Strait of Hormuz Mine Clearance Could Take Six Months, Pentagon Warns Congress April 23, 2026 Pentagon Warns Six Months Needed to Clear Hormuz Mines The Pentagon has told Congress that clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz could take up to six months. A…
World Taiwan Arms Sales, South China Sea Tensions, and the Coming Trump-Xi Summit April 17, 2026 US Senators Pledge Arms Sales to Taiwan Amid Rising China Pressure A bipartisan group of US senators has assured Taiwanese lawmakers that Washington will approve pending weapons sales. The senators…
World Geopolitical Tensions Drive Up Prices and Reshape Global Trade in 2026 April 17, 2026 Global Tensions Squeeze Consumers and Reshape International Trade Rising geopolitical tensions are hitting consumers and global markets hard in 2026. Conflict in the Middle East and uncertainty over US trade…
World Europe Faces Six-Week Jet Fuel Crisis as Strait of Hormuz Blockade Threatens Flights April 16, 2026 IEA Chief Warns of Imminent Flight Cancellations Across Europe Europe faces a severe jet fuel shortage. The International Energy Agency has sounded a stark alarm. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol…
World King Charles’ Secret Request to Prince William: Protect Camilla or Else April 13, 2026 King Charles Makes a Private Plea: What He’s Reportedly Asking of Prince William Before It’s Too Late When a monarch who ascended the throne as the oldest in British history…
Business Politics US World The Ceasefire Premium: Why Markets Are Celebrating a Deal That Isn’t Finished Yet April 8, 2026 Global markets staged one of their sharpest single-session reversals in years on Wednesday, driven by a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran — a deal thin on…
US World The $10 That Sticks: How a Wave of Airline Bag Fee Hikes Is Quietly Rewriting Travel Costs for Good April 8, 2026 Airline executives have spent years insisting that baggage fees exist to give travelers choice. Right now, the industry is quietly closing that choice — and this week’s round of coordinated…
Politics World Japan Caught Between Alliance and Economics as US Tariffs and Iran War Collide April 2, 2026 When a US president invokes Pearl Harbor in a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister, the event is simultaneously a geopolitical signal, a historical provocation, and — critically — a…
Politics World Pakistan’s GDP Surge Masks a Gathering Storm From the Middle East Conflict April 2, 2026 Pakistan’s GDP growth accelerated to 3.89% in the October–December 2025 quarter, more than doubling the 1.73% registered in the same period a year earlier. On the surface, that looks like…
Politics World From Paris Fuel Protests to Somali Hunger: The Iran War’s Growing Economic Toll April 2, 2026 The Iran conflict’s economic shockwaves are now landing on multiple continents simultaneously — from Paris truck drivers blockading highways over diesel costs to East African nations watching food supply chains…
Business Politics World Brazil’s Banco Master Collapse: How a $10 Billion Fraud Unraveled From the Inside April 2, 2026 The most expensive banking scandal in Brazilian history did not begin with a single act of deception — it was engineered through a methodical reclassification of assets that masked a…
Business Politics World Romania Burns €1 Billion to Hold Its Currency — And the Real Crisis Hasn’t Even Started April 2, 2026 Romania’s central bank quietly spent more than €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in March propping up the leu — and the fact that this intervention went largely unnoticed in Western financial…
World Why beach cleans matter as new research gives scientists hope for polluted oceans September 15, 2023 Beach cleans rapidly and dramatically reduce plastic fragments released into the environment, according to the first scientific evidence of its kind. Experts from Norce, one of Norway‘s largest research organisations,…
World Libya’s destroyed community – where people will ‘never forget what happened here’ September 15, 2023 Locals now call Wadi Derna “the dam of death”. In a moment’s notice, the structure unleashed tens of millions of cubic metres of floodwater on Derna’s residents. The torrents swept…
World Spain’s women footballers call off strike after deal reached in pay row September 14, 2023 The players in Spain’s women’s football league have called off a strike after reaching a deal to increase their minimum wage. Last weekend’s first round of fixtures were not played…
World Alien corpse display labelled an ‘unsubstantiated stunt’ September 14, 2023 A Mexican congressional hearing where two alleged “non-human” alien corpses were displayed has been described as an “unsubstantiated stunt”. The mummified specimens were displayed in glass cases during a hearing…
World Earth exceeding ‘safe operating space for humanity’ September 13, 2023 Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three are heading in the wrong direction,…
World Ukraine uses British missiles in major attack on Russian submarine September 13, 2023 Ukraine struck a Russian submarine and warship in an overnight attack against a major Russian naval base in Crimea, a Ukrainian official has said. If confirmed, it is thought to…
World Putin and Kim Jong Un meet, but why? September 12, 2023 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has crossed the border into Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. This is the first time since 2019 that Kim has left…
World Chinese state media appears to censor one of its own videos September 12, 2023 Chinese state media appears to have censored itself after taking down a video that was supposed to promote the host city of this month’s Asian Games. The People’s Daily was…