Monthly Archives: August 2026

In his latest Quick Take, Ian Bremmer asks whether the United States should be pushing countries to choose between American and Chinese technology as the AI race accelerates

@danobrien20 The (correct) decision of European governments to roll out massive supports for businesses and consumers during Covid lockdowns was always going to come at a cost. Many companies that would have shuttered in the normal course of events continued … Continue reading →

Russia has reportedly built a network of drone bases close enough to strike deep inside NATO territory. A Telegraph investigation identified 10 Russian bases with newly constructed launch pads for Moscow’s most advanced long-range attack drones, using leaked documents and … Continue reading →

Clash Report @clashreport · 50m China Launches First Regular Arctic Cargo Route to Europe A Chinese logistics firm has launched the first regular cargo service connecting Asia and Europe via the Arctic, taking advantage of melting polar ice and avoiding … Continue reading →

Anja Koch in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany08/15/2026August 15, 2026 For decades, coal was the lifeblood of the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. But in 2020 the German government decided to phase out coal. To cushion the impact, the government approved a massive support … Continue reading →

BREAKING: The 60-day US-Iran deadline just ran out with no deal. The Islamabad MoU gave both sides until today to lock in a final agreement. Nothing got signed. They can’t even agree on what the expiry means. Washington calls it … Continue reading →

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 Scoop: Trump’s secret Iran backchannel   Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, receives an award in Erbil, the region’s capital, last month. Photo: Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal … Continue reading →

 Part 3: The future, reimagined   Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images   The only way to pull or push people to a different place or worldview is to show them what better looks like. So Jim sketched this out, … Continue reading →

  Part 2: Scaling Mayo   Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images   It’s the power of AI that could make the biggest difference and scale this further, the fastest, Farrugia argues. Mayo’s scarcest asset — coordinated diagnostic brilliance based on real data, … Continue reading →