AUSTIN, Texas — America’s electric utilities are at a crossroads, balancing environmental goals with escalating electricity demand due to seasonal climate extremes and a wave of data-center buildouts. A new power plant approved by the city of Austin provides a sneak peek at how the push and pull between city-ownedContinue Reading
Two straits, six thousand kilometers apart, are defining the global balance of power in 2026. The first, Hormuz, is closed by force and heavily impacting the world economy. The second, the Øresund, is open, and through it passes 60% of the oil that funds Russia’s war in Ukraine. One chokepointContinue Reading
OPINION — Warfare has always operated at human speed, but we now have the capability to operate at machine speed. The risks are high, but so are the risks of failing to adapt. Our adversaries are moving toward machine speed faster than we are, and the gap is widening fasterContinue Reading
Ankara court overturns results of leadership election won by Republican People’s Party head Ozgur Ozel., Ankara court overturns results of leadership election won by Republican People’s Party head Ozgur Ozel. A court in Turkiye has annulled the 2023 leadership election of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in a sharp escalation against theContinue Reading
The Senate delayed a vote on immigration enforcement funds in a rare show of dissent ahead of its Memorial Day recess., The Senate delayed a vote on immigration enforcement funds in a rare show of dissent ahead of its Memorial Day recess. Senate Republicans in the United States have puntedContinue Reading
SpaceX scrubbed their Starship V3 launch in Brownsville, Texas at the last minute. Former NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson discusses the changes in the prototype rocket and the conditions that could have caused the postponement., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
The three men killed in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego were remembered as heroes at the memorial., The three men killed in Monday’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego were remembered as heroes at the memorial. More than 2,000 people have gathered in aContinue Reading
One attack involved a police raid, while the other took place on a palm farm, killing rural labourers., One attack involved a police raid, while the other took place on a palm farm, killing rural labourers. Two incidents of gun violence have shaken Honduras, killing at least 16 people inContinue Reading
A Buddhist hall on Japan’s Miyajima Island that housed an “eternal flame” believed to have burned for more than 1,000 years was destroyed in a fire, with aerial footage showing the building engulfed in flames.Continue Reading
Governments must treat migration as a permanent feature of urban planning, not an emergency, the IOM deputy director general told Euronews at the World Urban Forum in Baku.Continue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine is lofting its AI drones 8,000 meters up—then letting them glide into Russia. With help from a balloon, a Hornet AI drone could double its striking range. Ukraine threw out the international rulebook after firefighters stood helpless against burning mined forests. The international demining playbook does not coverContinue Reading
Ukraine submitted a new package of materials to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the forced deportation and illegal detention in Russia. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko says the cases concern more than 1,800 Ukrainian prisoners from the Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts. The evidentiary base ofContinue Reading
UN Security Council urged to press for Israeli obligations and Hamas disarmament under Gaza ‘ceasefire’ roadmap., UN Security Council urged to press for Israeli obligations and Hamas disarmament under Gaza ‘ceasefire’ roadmap. The high representative overseeing the United States-founded Board of Peace for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, has warned that theContinue Reading