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October 23, 2026
Diplomacy

Nippon Steel to Invest $3bn in US Steel Plant as It Expands American Operations

Nippon Steel plans to invest about $3bn in a major modernisation of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley works in Pennsylvania, making the facility the largest target of its planned investment in the United

Business

Musk commits $366 million to US midterms as SpaceX and Tesla face key government decisions

Elon Musk has committed roughly $366 million to the 2026 US midterm elections, directing much of his political spending towards Republican candidates as his companies face major decisions over federal contracts, regulation and government oversight. At least $276 million has

October 23, 2026

Washington’s Drug War Moves on to Latin America’s Soil

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The United States is expanding its direct military involvement in Latin America’s fight against drug cartels, with American special forces and counternarcotics officials participating

Disaster Is a Possibility

Columns/Geopolitics

In 13 days Americans will vote on the midterm Congressional elections. The outcome will determine whether the Democrats control Congress, or enough of it,

Zelensky Lack of Judgment Attacking Trump

October 16, 2026
Defence/Geopolitics

Zelensky’s harsh words about US President Donald Trump was an emotional response after Zelensky deliberately thwarted Trump’s request that Ukraine not strike Russian refineries. Unfortunately Zelensky is making matters worse, and Ukraine’s

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Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Alleging ChatGPT Harmed Children and Misled Parents

October 15, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

Eight US states have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot is an unsafe product that has harmed children and deceived parents, adding to mounting legal and regulatory scrutiny

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America’s Drone Blind Spot

October 15, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The United States faces a growing drone security challenge that extends beyond military installations overseas to bases on its own territory and civilian locations where large numbers of people gather. The threat

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How Reagan and Gorbachev Nearly Ended the Nuclear Age

October 15, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

The United States and the Soviet Union came remarkably close to an agreement that could have transformed global security by eliminating nuclear weapons, according to previously secret documents released by the National

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Bank of America Hit With $1.21 Billion US Penalties Over Money-Laundering Failures

October 14, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Bank of America has been ordered to pay more than $1.21 billion in penalties over failures to meet US anti-money-laundering and sanctions requirements, in an enforcement action that the Treasury Department described

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Iran expands attacks on Gulf shipping to keep oil prices high, officials say

October 14, 2026
Iran/World

Iran has adopted new tactics to target ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz and plans to extend its maritime operations into surrounding waters, two senior Iranian officials said, describing a strategy intended

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Fukuyama: Thymos and American Foreign Policy

October 13, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a speech at the Pnyx in Athens on October 7, a place just below the Parthenon that I spoke at a few years ago. It sounds

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Iran-US Deal Hinges on Nuclear Concessions, Not Hormuz, Says Colombo Think Tank

October 12, 2026
Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the lifting of the US naval blockade, relief from oil sanctions, the release of frozen Iranian funds and an end to

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You Can Escape Your Past, but Can You Escape Yourself?

October 12, 2026
New Books/Social

D.L. Hughley’s memoir challenges the comforting idea that success liberates us from our beginnings. Through fractured family relationships, racial disadvantage, fame, infidelity and the demands of fatherhood, he confronts the unsettling possibility

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The Oligarch Who Bought His Way into Democracy

October 12, 2026
Geopolitics/New Books

Greg Steinmetz’s The President and the Oligarch revisits the struggle between Andrew Mellon and the political forces challenging his economic vision, revealing how the language of prosperity and fiscal responsibility can conceal

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Apple Chairman Tim Cook Visits China as New iPhone Sales Show Mixed Signals

October 12, 2026
Business

Apple executive chairman Tim Cook has begun his third visit to China this year, meeting Guangdong Governor Meng Fanli as the American technology company seeks to expand its presence in one of

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Reagan Made Human Rights a Condition for Arms Control, Declassified Records Reveal

October 12, 2026
Geopolitics/History

The confrontation between Washington and Moscow during the final years of the Cold War was not confined to nuclear weapons, military strategy and competing visions of global security. Newly declassified records published

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Malaysia’s Royal Dispute Leaves Negeri Sembilan in Constitutional Limbo

October 11, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

A dispute over the legitimate ruler of Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state has escalated into a constitutional crisis, leaving its chief minister without an executive council and exposing tensions between traditional royal authority,

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Reagan Backed Soviet Plan to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

October 11, 2026
Geopolitics/History

President Ronald Reagan seriously considered a Soviet proposal to eliminate all nuclear weapons by the year 2000, challenging the view that Washington dismissed the initiative as propaganda, according to declassified documents released

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When the State Becomes the Executioner

October 11, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee raises questions far deeper than the breakdown of an execution protocol. Through the competing philosophies of Kant, Bentham, Mill, Hegel and Rawls, the episode

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