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smh.com.au | 14 min. ago NEW

Australia exposed to growing risk from deepening China-Russia-North Korea alliance

Experts, including a former CIA chief, warn that security in Asia is under threat as the three powers work ever more closely on missiles, drones and other tech in the war on Ukraine.

bbc.co.uk | 47 min. ago NEW

Carney gambles on the world's biggest investors betting on Canada

In the midst of a trade war with the US, the prime minister leveraged his connections in global finance to invite some of the world's biggest investors to Canada.

smh.com.au | 1 hrs. 2 min. ago

Australia exposed to growing risk from deepening China-Russia-North Korea alliance

Experts, including a former CIA chief, warn that security in Asia is under threat as the three powers work ever more closely on missiles, drones and other tech in the war on Ukraine.

thedailybeast.com | 1 hrs. 24 min. ago

MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Caught in Network ‘Cold War’

Kevin Dietsch / Getty ImagesCBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is stuck in a tug-of-war with the network’s president, Tom Cibrowski, that reportedly could plunge the operation into even greater chaos.The power struggle has reached a point where staffers are speculating that either Weiss or Cibrowski will be forced out if the network’s ratings keep struggling, the New York Post reports. Read more at The Daily Beast.

nypost.com | 1 hrs. 31 min. ago

GOP’s Bruce Blakeman promises to end Hochul’s ‘war on drivers’ by killing Dem’s NY green mandates

Blakeman slammed Hochul’s 2022 law requiring all new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in NY to be zero-emission by 2035.

nytimes.com | 1 hrs. 56 min. ago

[$] Trump Blames Ukraine for Global Diesel Shortage

President Trump said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries were “hurting the world,” amid a global energy shock driven primarily by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

nypost.com | 4 hrs. 3 min. ago

War between SoFi Stadium and Inglewood takes dramatic turn as judge rules $400M deal is void

The Sept. 1 decision from Superior Court Judge David Reinert hands the city a major victory in its legal fight with companies tied to Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 19 min. ago

Russia strikes Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train: Ukraine, Poland

The strike, just two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Polish border, came days after U.S. envoys visited Kyiv and Moscow, hoping to revive Washington-led talks on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II

globalnews.ca | 4 hrs. 55 min. ago

Carney, Macron to meet as talks of stronger Canada-EU relationship ramp up

Carney has made it no secret he wants closer economic, security and political ties with the EU as Canada's relationship with the U.S. continues to worsen amid the trade war.

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 11 min. ago

Revisiting Kuwait’s invasion amid war

The legacy of the invasion extended well beyond 1991, with the war reshaping not only migration strategies but also the social geography of the Malayali diaspora in Kuwait

abc.net.au | 5 hrs. 46 min. ago

Putin, Modi and Xi meet at BRICS 2026. Here's what you need to know

This year's meeting of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India and China resulted in some major trade wins, a chance to negotiate on the Middle East war and an image that hints at the summit's growing global influence.

nypost.com | 5 hrs. 48 min. ago

Bari Weiss caught in dysfunctional ‘Cold War’ power struggle with CBS News president: ‘Two feuding parents’

"It all comes down to the ratings," a second CBS source said. "Who's going to get fired first, Bari for '60' or Tom for 'CBS Mornings' and 'CBS Evening News'?'"

abc.net.au | 6 hrs. 14 min. ago

The mortgage wars have returned as lenders compete for borrowers

Competition in the mortgage market is heating up as banks compete for fewer customers by cutting home loan rates, while economists expect the Reserve Bank to hike interest rates.

thehill.com | 6 hrs. 15 min. ago

Hassett on Trump trade war interest rates threat: ‘I don't expect the trade's going to go to zero’

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, on Sunday played down President Trump's threat to begin a trade war if the Federal Reserve doesn’t drop interest rates. “I don't expect the trade's going to go to zero, but I do think that the president has a very strong opinion that interest rates could be...

nypost.com | 6 hrs. 42 min. ago

NY Times’ Gaza war coverage was clearly biased against Israel: damning study

"Personal accounts of Palestinian suffering appear two out of every three days, while comparable accounts of Israeli suffering rarely appear.''

theguardian.com | 7 hrs. 15 min. ago

The Guardian view on Russian parliamentary elections: glimpses of weakness behind the facade

Editorial | The Kremlin’s clumsy efforts to engineer the outcome reveal growing anxiety about the public mood and a war that is failingVladimir Putin’s authoritarian powers are not constrained by elections, but he is alert to the danger that his rule would look illegitimate without them. That creates a tension, which is resolved through “managed democracy” – a euphemism for fraud and repression camouflaged with ritual ballots, held under a constitution that notionally guarantees political freedoms but in reality serves only the president.Russians are invited to elect a new Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, later this week, but they know in advance that United Russia, the official party of Putinism, will win a majority. Continue reading...

thedailybeast.com | 8 hrs. 1 min. ago

The Graphic Proof That Trump’s Jaw-Dropping Bluff Has Become His Worst Nightmare

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersDonald Trump thought he could strike Iran and wrap it all up before you could say America First.It worked in Venezuela, and the United States managed to hit—but not obliterate—Tehran’s nuclear facility the first time around last June.But now we are more than six months into a war that nobody, not even Trump, really wanted.Read more at The Daily Beast.

scmp.com | 8 hrs. 31 min. ago

Does Beijing need AI talent in ‘public opinion war’ over South China Sea?

A leading South China Sea analyst has urged Chinese think tanks to recruit AI talent for the “public opinion war” over the disputed waters. Wu Shicun, the founding president of China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said Chinese humanities and social science research had traditionally operated in a “lone-wolf” fashion and lacked interdisciplinary diversity. “The situation in the South China Sea is likely to evolve into a complex, multilayered competition … Cognitive and public...

theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 59 min. ago

The aunts, the ‘red peer’ and the Basque refugees

Letters | Judith Martin on a mural that commemorates the brave work of obituary writer Daniel Vulliamy’s aunts in the 1930sDaniel Vulliamy’s account of the life of Paco Robles (Other lives, 28 July) is a moving one, citing the work done by his aunts to care for the children brought to the UK from the devastation of the Spanish civil war.Readers might be interested to know that Daniel Vulliamy’s aunts, Poppy and Chloe, can be seen in a mural at Buscot Park in Oxfordshire, where the extraordinary “red peer”, Lord Faringdon, having been told by Poppy that, as a socialist, he should not be living alone in such a big house, provided a lodge and other accommodation for 55 Basque boys. Continue reading...

kyivindependent.com | 9 hrs. 25 min. ago

How faith survives the war in Ukraine’s Donbas

In Sloviansk, a city in Donestk Oblast that has faced Russian attacks since 2014, residents continue to seek spiritual support as the threat of occupation and further destruction draws closer.

dailymail.com | 10 hrs. 28 min. ago

Trump slams Zelensky for war tactic claiming Ukrainian leader is 'hurting the world' and causing fuel shortage

President Donald Trump unleashed on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy while speaking to reporters on Sunday morning.

kyivpost.com | 10 hrs. 34 min. ago

A Visit to a Unique Porcelain Museum in Kyiv

The Kyiv Porcelain Museum is a unique institution that continues to operate despite the war. It showcases numerous rare and highly valuable porcelain pieces from a variety of manufacturers while introducing visitors to the history and artistry of porcelain. The museum is headed by our colleague, Oleksandr Shvets, who is also its founder and owner.

cbsnews.com | 11 hrs. 10 min. ago

Uncovering a Holocaust survival story

A school oral history project to interview World War II veterans uncovered little-known stories from the conflict, including the liberation by American troops of 2,500 Holocaust survivors from a so-called "death train" in April 1945.

marketwatch.com | 11 hrs. 46 min. ago

The price of almost everything on your dinner table is climbing at once — and Wall Street is taking notice

Rising crop prices are making the current inflation problem bigger than just oil and the Iran war.

al-monitor.com | 12 hrs. 44 min. ago

Iran's economic ties to Dubai hard to break despite war

kyivindependent.com | 12 hrs. 48 min. ago

How faith survives the war in Ukraine’s Donbas

In Sloviansk, a city in Donestk Oblast that has faced Russian attacks since 2014, residents continue to seek spiritual support as the threat of occupation and further destruction draws closer.

nbcnews.com | 12 hrs. 49 min. ago

Bessent dared the bond market to ‘bet against’ him. It did — and it appears to be winning.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears to be losing a tug-of-war with the bond markets he is also trying to influence.

kyivpost.com | 12 hrs. 59 min. ago

Territory Remains Main Obstacle to Ukraine-Russia Deal, Kushner Says

US special envoy Jared Kushner stated at the YES 2026 conference in Kyiv that territorial disputes remain the chief obstacle preventing a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Kushner explained that while Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow’s territorial demands, Ukraine firmly refuses to retreat, leaving mediators to craft a creative formula that satisfies Kyiv while compelling Russia to end hostilities. Kushner noted that trilateral discussions in Abu Dhabi finalized a military-backed monitoring mechanism to enforce any eventual frontline settlement, while promoting post-war economic investment as a lasting peace incentive.

thehindu.com | 13 hrs. 3 min. ago

Zelenskyy ready to meet Putin at Miami G20; Kremlin refuses

Russia will send officials to a G20 energy meeting in Houston next week; Trump’s special envoy said they hoped to announce the “next steps” of talks to end the war within “a couple of weeks”

bbc.co.uk | 13 hrs. 19 min. ago

Iran war reshapes Brics ties but also exposes divisions

Brics members agree they need a new global order but it's harder to answer what should replace it and how to get there.

livemint.com | 13 hrs. 39 min. ago

‘Neither War, Nor Peace:’ UAE Residents Return to a New Normal

Every year, a summer lull in the United Arab Emirates gives way to a September rush. Offices fill up, school buses ferry children through city streets once again, hotels prepare for tourists chasing winter sun while professionals swarm to conferences across the country.

bbc.co.uk | 13 hrs. 47 min. ago

'Slim chance' government will hit 1.5m new homes target, Rayner tells BBC

High construction costs and the Iran war are threatening the key manifesto pledge, the housing secretary says.

theguardian.com | 14 hrs. 2 min. ago

Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’

Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and experiencing a ‘tiny bit’ of clairvoyanceWhen Emily St John Mandel was a child she had a dream that would stay with her for decades. It was a nightmare in which “I was trying to find my dad in a crowd, and there were other people who looked like him but weren’t him”, she says. “It just kind of struck my imagination.”Forty-ish years later, Mandel’s seventh novel, Exit Party, opens with a gathering in Los Angeles, 2031, where bizarre things happen. Doubles of some guests appear. Someone else disappears altogether. The novel then alternates between two potential future Americas, one riven by the chaos of civil war, the other a surveillance state. Continue reading...

ft.com | 14 hrs. 9 min. ago

[$] ‘Trumpism’ spawns rare unity at Brics summit

Historically unruly bloc finds easy consensus amid worries over Gulf war, tariffs and US sanctions

theguardian.com | 14 hrs. 56 min. ago

‘I’ve lost everything – my child, my house, my money’: how Israel’s war on Gaza has changed men

The impact of the conflict on Palestinian men is a largely undiscussed topic. Four civilians talk about their lives and relationshipsBefore the war, Ahmed, 39, had a busy life. He was pursuing a PhD in factchecking and had three jobs: as a radio presenter, editor of a local factchecking website and researcher at an academic centre. He says he felt “happy” to be able to provide for his family while being intellectually stimulated. Continue reading...

defence-blog.com | 15 hrs. 9 min. ago

U.S. Army finished dismantling Cold War nuclear plant

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finished dismantling the SM-1 nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the Army’s first nuclear reactor and the first facility in the country to send nuclear-generated electricity into the commercial power grid. The Corps’ Baltimore District completed the last field work this year, closing out a project that […]

nytimes.com | 15 hrs. 57 min. ago

[$] A Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation

When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery.

kyivpost.com | 17 hrs. 8 min. ago

Putin Rejects Zelensky’s Proposal for Miami G20 Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal to hold direct talks on ending the war at the G20 summit in Miami, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov described a Florida meeting as “impossible,” stating Putin is willing to meet Zelensky exclusively in Moscow. Zelensky had stated that he was prepared to attend the Dec. 14-15 summit in Miami if Putin attended, stressing the need for concrete diplomatic results rather than rhetoric.

kyivpost.com | 18 hrs. 23 min. ago

Putin Rejects Zelensky’s Proposal for Miami G20 Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal to hold direct talks on ending the war at the G20 summit in Miami, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov described a Florida meeting as “impossible,” stating Putin is willing to meet Zelensky exclusively in Moscow. Zelensky had stated that he was prepared to attend the Dec. 14-15 summit in Miami if Putin attended, stressing the need for concrete diplomatic results rather than rhetoric.

kyivpost.com | 18 hrs. 59 min. ago

ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 12, 2026

War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on September 12, 2026.