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Attenuazione dell'instabilità al Sud: weekend con sole prevalente e valori massimi fino a 28-29°C Meteo, caldo anomalo in arrivo sull’Italia: tra fine settembre e l’inizio di ottobre l’alta pressione subtropicale favorirà una fase di stabilità e temperature sopra la media, con punte fino a 31°C. Possibile nuovo peggioramento nei primi giorni di ottobre. Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologo responsabile media de iLMeteo.it, conferma che la struttura determinerà marcate anomalie termiche positive sull'Europa centro-occidentale, con scarti fino a +8-10°C oltre le medie del periodo tra Francia e Germania. In Italia l'afflusso d'aria calda porterà i valori massimi diurni su livelli superiori di 3-4°C…

A Palazzo Te "una delle esposizioni più interessanti a livello internazionale" “La mostra ‘Inventare la natura’ è certamente un orgoglio, ma anche il simbolo di una visione coerente e continua, che fa di Mantova non solo una bellissima città che deve custodire il proprio patrimonio, ma una realtà in cui la cultura è qualcosa di vivo, che continua a produrre ragionamento, domande e, auspichiamo, anche qualche risposta”. Andrea Murari, Sindaco di Mantova, racconta così il significato dell’esposizione ‘Inventare la natura. Leonardo, Arcimboldo, Caravaggio’, presentata da Fondazione Palazzo Te, a compimento dell’anno del Cinquecentenario. La mostra, visitabile dal 26 settembre 2026 al 10…

Il curatore dell'esposizione: "Cos'era la natura nell'epoca in cui il palazzo che la ospita è stato costruito?" “La mostra Inventare la natura affronta e risponde alla domanda: cos'era la natura nel Cinquecento, nell'epoca in cui il palazzo che la ospita è stato costruito? E affronta il tema da due punti di vista. Da un lato mostra ciò che si pensava della natura come potenza incontrollabile, una forza sia creatrice sia distruttrice, esaminandola attraverso grandi concetti. Dall'altro, approfondisce specifici approcci che caratterizzano la cultura e l'arte del Cinquecento, cercando di far capire come gli uomini di quell'epoca si siano appropriati della natura, cercando di comprenderne i…

La curatrice della mostra di Mantova: “Questa era una zona suburbana un'area verde in cui il duca e la sua corte andavano a cacciare, a pescare e a intrattenersi. Palazzo Te è nato come un luogo profondamente radicato nel rapporto con la natura” “Non ci sarebbe stato un posto migliore dove organizzare una mostra sul tema della natura, perché Palazzo Te è un luogo nato in profondo dialogo con essa. Quando fu progettato da Giulio Romano e pensato in stretto raccordo con il suo committente, Federico II Gonzaga, fu concepito come uno spazio molto aperto verso lo scenario naturale circostante e la campagna, caratterizzato da logge con grandi finestre e fortemente aperto anche sulle acque che…

Zanettin (Fi): "Tutto fermo". Zaffini (Fdi): "Manca dispositivo". Bazoli (Pd): "Non c'è bisogno di un macchinario per fare una legge" Dopo la Toscana e la Sardegna, tocca all'Emilia Romagna. Ancora una volta le leggi regionali sul suicidio medicalmente assistito, al momento solo il Veneto viene risparmiato, finiscono sotto la scure del governo, con la decisione di Palazzo Chigi di impugnarle davanti alla Corte costituzionale. Una battaglia tra poteri che si combatte sullo sfondo dell'assenza di un legge nazionale. A sette anni di distanza dalla storica sentenza della Consulta, la 242/2019, che sancì che non è punibile chi aiuta a morire una persona affetta da patologia irreversibile, fatte…

Via libera Ue all'ensitrelvir per la profilassi post-esposizione. Bassetti: "Svolta nell'uso degli antivirali". Pregliasco: "Non sostituisce il vaccino" Arriva la Pep contro il Covid. Nei giorni scorsi la Commissione europea ha approvato ensitrelvir (Zokovea*) per la profilassi post-esposizione a Covid-19 negli adulti e negli adolescenti dai 12 anni in su. Si tratta della prima terapia antivirale orale autorizzata in Ue per la Pep nel Covid, una pillola da assumere dopo essere entrati in contatto con persone infettate dal virus Sars-CoV-2. Un farmaco che "aggiunge una nuova opzione alla gamma di misure disponibili per la preparazione alle future emergenze sanitarie da Covid-19", ha…

Lo ricorda il Codacons, che sottolinea come lo sconto fiscale resterà in vigore fino al prossimo 5 ottobre. L'allarme dell'Assotir: "Così l'autotrasporto si fermerà". Urso e Pichetto convocano l'8 ottobre al Mimit gli operatori della raffinazione. L'Eni mette un tetto massimo ai prezzi di benzina e gasolio Scatta oggi, sabato 26 settembre, il dimezzamento del taglio delle accise, che porterà un pieno di gasolio a costare 3 euro in più su strade e autostrade, indipendentemente dall’andamento dei listini alla pompa. Lo ricorda il Codacons, che sottolinea come lo sconto fiscale resterà in vigore fino al prossimo 5 ottobre. Per effetto del decreto-legge 17 settembre 2026, n. 162, recante…

La concorrente ha ricorda oggi in diretta l'amico e collega, scomparso nel 2010 Un minuto di applausi per ricordare Pietro Taricone. Nel corso della puntata del Grande Fratello Vip, Ilary Blasi ha voluto dedicare un momento speciale all'ex concorrente della prima edizione del reality show di Canale 5, andata in onda nel 2000. Pietro Taricone è scomparso il 29 giugno 2010 a 35 anni, a seguito di un tragico incidente con il paracadute a Terni. La conduttrice ha chiamato in disparte Marina La Rosa che nei giorni scorsi ha ricordato l'amico e compagno di avventura. Tra i due, all'interno della Casa, si era creato un legame profondo proseguito anche dopo la fine del programma. "Pietro veniva a…

Il presidente russo: "Non ci stiamo preparando a combattere con l'Europa, in nessun modo". Kiev: "Trump non ha chiesto a Zelensky di andare a Mosca" "La Russia non sta pianificando alcuna azione militare contro l'Europa, perché non ci sono né motivi né basi per farlo". Vladimir Putin non ha l'Europa nel mirino. Il presidente russo smentisce le tesi secondo cui Mosca potrebbe compiere un'azione, anche in tempi relativamente brevi, contro un paese della Nato in un quadro internazionale ad altissima tensione. Con la guerra in Ucraina lontana da un epilogo negoziale, il timore è che la Russia cerchi un'escalation all'esterno del teatro bellico principale. "Molti in Europa affermano di…

Simone Annicchiarico è stato allontanato dalla Casa del “Grande Fratello Vip” dopo aver pronunciato una bestemmia durante la diretta, un’espressione vietata dal regolamento del programma che ogni concorrente sottoscrive prima di entrare nel gioco. Il fatto ha scatenato malumori tra il pubblico, spingendo la produzione a un provvedimento immediato. Nel corso della quarta puntata, andata in onda venerdì 25 settembre in prima serata su Canale 5, la conduttrice Ilary Blasi ha aperto l’argomento chiarendo la gravità dell’accaduto prima di dare la parola ad Annicchiarico: “Simone Annicchiarico ha usato un’espressione che non è assolutamente ammessa nella Casa e al gioco del Grande Fratello…

Un appartamento perfetto, un annuncio credibile, un “agente” gentile e disponibile. È bastato questo per convincere due amiche a fidarsi e a versare migliaia di euro per una casa che, in realtà, non era mai stata in affitto. Dietro quella trattativa apparentemente normale si nascondeva una truffa costruita nei minimi dettagli, capace di ingannare non solo loro, ma decine di altre persone prima e dopo di loro. È la storia raccolta dal Daily Mail. Tutto sembrava filare liscio: la visita all’appartamento, i documenti, perfino il contratto. Così, quando è arrivato il momento di versare la caparra, l’equivalente di cinque settimane di affitto, più il primo mese, le due ragazze non ci hanno…

Roster rivoluzionati, tanti cambi in panchina, geografia del campionato ridisegnata: fuori Cremona e Brescia, dentro le due nuove società romane. Oggi riparte la Serie A di basket, con tante novità e tanta curiosità, ma con un’unica certezza: l’Olimpia Milano parte davanti a tutti ed è la strafavorita per il successo finale. La formazione allenata da Beppe Poeta arriva ai nastri di partenza con un inevitabile ruolo da protagonista dopo quattro scudetti negli ultimi cinque anni (l’ultimo nella passata stagione), cinque finali nelle ultime sei stagioni e tre Supercoppe consecutive, l’ultima conquistata appena una settimana fa. La formazione milanese, campione d’Italia in carica, ha cambiato…

Nuove regole, ma vecchi problemi. Se da un lato la Lega Serie A sorride per l’assenza di 0-0 e un gioco effettivo maggiore rispetto a quello degli anni precedenti, dall’altro fa i conti con il problema del basso utilizzo dei calciatori italiani. Sulla falsariga della passata stagione, le prime cinque giornate del campionato 2026/27 hanno confermato un dato preoccupante: la percentuale di stranieri presenti in Serie A è sempre più elevata. In queste prime cinque giornate di Serie A, sono stati utilizzati 454 calciatori. Il Torino è la squadra ad averne utilizzati di più, 26. Analizzando i dati forniti da Transfermarkt.it, però, si può notare che per il 71,9% si tratta di calciatori…

Niente più scritte generiche come ‘green’, ‘ecologico’, ‘amico dell’ambiente’, ‘climate friendly’, se l’azienda non è in grado di dimostrare quanto dichiara. Le asserzioni dovranno essere adeguatamente specificate e sostenute da elementi verificabili. E non sarà più possibile presentare un prodotto come ‘carbon neutral’, solo sulla base della compensazione delle sue emissioni. Da domenica, 27 settembre, parte una rivoluzione sugli scaffali dei supermercati. E potrebbe rivelarsi un terremoto per le aziende che, chiamate ora ad aggiornare packaging, siti web, campagne e volantini, dovessero farsi trovare impreparate rispetto ai divieti imposti dalle nuove norme contro il greenwashing. Sono…

Un tavolo largo ma non vario. C’è una foto che è stata scattata al termine di una riunione del campo largo in Sicilia, che ha provocato subito polemiche. E non poteva essere diversamente: a quel tavolo siede una sola donna (Palmira Mancuso di +Europa) in mezzo a 15 uomini. Anche le persone in piedi, vicino alla porta, sono uomini: insomma, neanche in quelle che sembrano le retrovie, si scorgono altre donne. “Ma ci sono“, assicura Cleo Li Calzi, presidente del Pd siciliano. E dove sono? “Non ha molto senso parlare di questa foto, se devo essere sincera”. Perché no? “Se fotografassi una riunione del governo, vedrei una donna alla guida del Paese, eppure la sua presenza nulla ha cambiato o…

Lasciata sola nel momento più difficile. L’Arabia Saudita si trova stretta in una doppia morsa, la minaccia iraniana da una parte e quella degli Houthi dall’altra, con un terzo pericolo rappresentato dalle milizie pro-Tehran sul confine iracheno. Messa sotto pressione su tre fronti, la monarchia non ha potuto fare affidamento sull’alleato più forte: gli Stati Uniti. Dopo aver scatenato insieme a Israele una guerra contro l’Iran di cui ancora non si vede la fine, Trump ha detto no a un intervento diretto in difesa di Riad, nonostante il Paese saudita stia pagando fin dall’inizio un prezzo molto alto dalle tensioni nell’area. Una frattura in un rapporto decennale. Eppure negli ultimi anni, il…

È arrivata a New York con grandi aspettative: un discorso da presentare all’Assemblea delle Nazioni Unite e un incontro privato di tutto rilievo, stabilito con il presidente Donald Trump. Ma com’è andata la trasferta della prima ministra Takaichi Sanae negli Stati Uniti? Il viaggio ha giovato al Giappone? Nonostante indossasse vestito e giacca blu royal, con al collo l’immancabile collana di perle bianche — in perfetto stile Margaret Thatcher — la delusione di chi in Giappone si aspettava assertività e garanzie è palpabile. Takaichi non ha speso che pochi secondi in difesa della Corte Penale Internazionale che Trump giudica una istituzione “fuori controllo, che minaccia la sovranità degli…

Poco prima che il presidente Trump e l’omologo cinese Xi Jinping si confrontassero sui temi più urgenti, compresi i conflitti in corso, Taiwan si impegnava in una esercitazione militare a fuoco mai vista prima. Se da un lato Washington e Pechino rilanciano la “diplomazia dei panda” – due esemplari saranno inviati allo zoo di Atlanta in segno di amicizia – Taipei teme invece la strategia dell’anaconda messa in atto dalla Cina nei confronti dell’isola. Il presidente Lai Ching-te e parte dei suoi connazionali hanno una sola preoccupazione: diventare moneta di scambio tra le superpotenze. Semplificando: gli Stati Uniti dell’amministrazione Trump potrebbero accettare la richiesta della Cina di…

Doccia fredda per Javier Milei che rientra in Argentina a mani vuote. Era volato a New York sperando di arruolare Donald Trump nella rivendicazione territoriale delle Falkland/Malvine. Ma il tycoon, che aveva vagamente accennato alla “revisione” del dossier, non lo ha ricevuto. Anzi, ha preferito incontrare la sua controparte, il primo ministro del Regno Unito, Andy Burnham, definendolo un “negoziatore naturale” che “capisce quello che deve fare”. L’incontro è avvenuto il 22 settembre in una sala commissione del Palazzo di Vetro, a margine dell’81esima Assemblea Generale dell’Onu. “Abbiamo parlato di commercio e delle Falkland – ha detto Trump – è stato geniale”. A tal punto che, il giorno…

La fine delle vacanze e il ritorno alla routine viene vissuto da molte persone come un momento di penitenza: palestra, digiuno punitivo e restrizioni per “compensare” l’indulgenza delle vacanze. Diete che però, in molti casi, non vengono messe a punto da un nutrizionista: ci si affida ai consigli degli influencer online, si taglia un po’ a caso o addirittura si saltano i pasti. “Non fatelo – ammonisce il professor Valter Longo, uno dei maggiori esperti di nutrizione e longevità -. Dal punto di vista metabolico, la restrizione calorica marcata porta a un rallentamento del consumo energetico. Dopo lunghi periodi di restrizione calorica, il metabolismo rallenta e ci condanna a riprendere tutto…

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Tik Tok patteggia in Alabama l’accusa di creare dipendenza e fissa un limite giornaliero di 2 ore per gli adolescenti Tik Tok ha accettato di pagare fino a 300 milioni di dollari Il procuratore generale dell’Alabama ha dichiarato che Tik Tok ha accettato di pagare fino a 300 milioni di dollari e di adottare nuove misure di tutela degli utenti per risolvere la causa intentata dallo Stato in materia di sicurezza dei minori, il cui processo con giuria avrebbe dovuto iniziare lunedì. Chiedilo al Sole L’accordo annunciato dall’Alabama eviterà il primo confronto in aula nell’ambito di una serie di cause intentate dagli Stati contro la popolare piattaforma di social media. L’accordo arriva appena…

Infrazione Ue all’Italia e altri 17 Paesi sul diritto alla riparazione La Commissione europea ha deciso di avviare procedure di infrazione contro l’Italia e altri 17 Stati membri per non aver comunicato il recepimento completo della direttiva sul diritto alla riparazione. La Commissione europea ha deciso di avviare procedure di infrazione contro l’Italia e altri 17 Stati membri Ue per non aver comunicato il recepimento completo della direttiva sul diritto alla riparazione e di una direttiva delegata ad essa collegata. Lo annuncia Bruxelles in una nota, ricordando che gli Stati membri Ue avevano tempo fino al 31 luglio per recepire entrambe. Le 18 capitali, inclusa Roma, hanno ora due mesi…

Incidente durante esercitazione Nato in Lettonia: quattro militari italiani feriti da fuoco amico Un veicolo militare italiano ha accidentalmente sparato su un altro durante un addestramento a Ādaži, causando feriti trasportati a Riga per cure urgenti. Incidente per i militari italiani durante un addestramento Nato in Lettonia. Durante un’esercitazione a fuoco a Ādaži un veicolo con quattro militari dell’Esercito italiano è stato colpito da un’arma da fuoco non automatizzata installata su un altro veicolo militare italiano. Chiedilo al Sole I quattro, di cui uno in condizioni più serie, sono stati immediatamente soccorsi e trasferiti in una struttura sanitaria di Riga, dove sono attualmente…

Il Papa in Francia: la guerra non è inevitabile, promuovere dialogo e diplomazia La visita di un pontefice nel Paese dopo 18 anni riafferma la centralità dell’Europa per la Chiesa. Pace e difesa della vita al centro del suo messaggio Un Papa torna in Francia dopo diciotto anni, e nella patria della laicità dello Stato viene accolto con tutti gli onori, e anche da una vasta partecipazione popolare. Leone XIV ha scelto la Francia (dopo la Spagna) per riaffermare la centralità dell’Europa per la Chiesa: «Da secoli la Francia risplende come un faro culturale, artistico e spirituale, non solo in Europa, ma anche nel mondo» ha detto nel discorso alle autorità all’Eliseo, dopo il saluto del…

Usa-Cina, accordo su prodotti agricoli, dispositivi medici e beni di consumo. Lunedì i dettagli Dopo l’incontro tra Trump e Xi, Washington annuncia nuove intese commerciali con Pechino. Greer: condizioni più favorevoli per una serie di scambi. Restano i nodi su chip e terre rare Un altro passo nella tregua commerciale. accordi su una serie di prodotti che potranno essere scambiati a condizioni più favorevoli. Greer ha indicato per ora soltanto alcune categorie: prodotti agricoli e dispositivi medici americani e beni di consumo cinesi considerati non sensibili. I dettagli saranno resi pubblici lunedì. Chiedilo al Sole Ad annunciarlo è stato il rappresentante americano per il Commercio…

Mini pacchi extra Ue, la tassa di gestione sarà di 2 euro: si aggiungerà al dazio da 3 euro Dazio e handling fee restano misure distinte. Il primo è un prelievo sulle merci. La seconda serve a coprire i costi sostenuti dalle dogane per gestire il flusso di spedizioni: raccolta e verifica dei dati, analisi dei rischi, controlli sulle merci e infrastrutture I punti chiave Il tassello mancante è arrivato. La Commissione europea ha fissato a due euro per articolo l’importo della handling fee, la tassa di gestione sui beni acquistati online e importati da Paesi extra Ue con un valore fino a 150 euro. La cifra è contenuta nell’atto delegato pubblicato il 21 settembre, anticipato dall’Ansa, e si…

Icop rilancia su Trevi, offerta migliorata del 24,1% La nuova offerta pubblica di scambio prevede 0,165 nuove azioni per ogni titolo Trevi in adesione Arriva il rilancio su Trevi. Il consiglio di amministrazione di Icop ha assunto la decisione di effettuare un rilancio mediante incremento del corrispettivo offerto nell’ambito dell’offerta pubblica di scambio per Trevi-Finanziaria Industriale. Il rilancio prevede un incremento del corrispettivo originariamente offerto a 0,165 azioni ordinarie Icop per ciascuna azione ordinaria Trevi portata in adesione all’offerta. Chiedilo al Sole La nuova proposta Questo corrispettivo risulta superiore del 24,1% rispetto al corrispettivo originariamente…

Ifis, cambio al vertice: Zingone nuovo Ceo. Da Bankitalia ok alla fusione con illimity Via Nazionale chiude l’ispezione con esiti «parzialmente sfavorevoli»: chiesti correttivi su controlli e rischi. Il titolo giù in Borsa Cambio al vertice di Banca Ifis, che dà così il via a una fase di profondo riassetto manageriale, pur nella continuità, in vista dell’incorporazione di illimity che Banca d’Italia ha appena autorizzato. Il passaggio di rilievo è quello al timone: Raffaele Zingone prende il posto di Frederik Geertman come amministratore delegato. E ciò accade proprio mentre la banca, che è entrata nella seconda fase la gara per la cessione del business Npl, ha ricevuto l’atteso rapporto…

Boeing, la svolta resta ancora lontana: ritardi e produzione sotto pressione Alla vigilia dell’incontro tra il presidente cinese Xi Jinping e il presidente americano Donald Trump si spera in un maxi ordine di aerei. Rallenta la produzione del 737 e del 787 Il vertice tra il presidente cinese Xi Jinping e il presidente americano Donald Trump, previsto per giovedì 24 settembre a Washington, avrà tra i temi sul tavolo anche il dossier Boeing. Gli ordini cinesi per il costruttore americano restano fermi ai 200 «grandi» aerei annunciati dallo stesso Trump durante la sua ultima visita in Cina, lo scorso maggio. L’intesa si era rivelata fin da subito meno ampia rispetto alle aspettative della…

- Published A flood emergency disaster has been declared across Bangkok after 48 hours of heavy rain left roads in the Thai capital submerged. People have been urged to stay at home and those living close to the city's network of canals have been advised to move their belongings to upper floors. Thunderstorms are common in Thailand at this time of year but extreme weather in recent days has inundated Bangkok's drainage system, causing traffic chaos on roads that are already famously congested. The rain is expected to continue into Sunday, raising fears that more canals could burst their banks. Somkid Pheuk-ngam, a 67-year-old who lives near a canal just north of central Bangkok, told the…

- Published Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country has proposed a deal to the US that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened within a week. Araghchi told reporters at the UN in New York that this could be done "if the necessary conditions are met" and said these were contained within the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in June. "The choice now rests with the United States," he said, adding the plan was delivered to the US via Qatar. Asked about the Iranian offer, a US official told the BBC positive discussions were taking place through mediators, including about nuclear issues. While the US has yet to deliver its official response to the proposal, the Wall Street…

Gulf States Are Hedging and Suffering Neither appealing to Washington nor diversifying security partners nor back-channeling with Tehran is insulating the region from the consequences of war. As the Iran war drags on, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—face an acute paradox. They still depend on the United States for protection from Iran. But that protection has proved its limits while simultaneously increasing the risk of Iranian attacks. In response, the GCC states have adopted several overlapping strategies. They continue to cooperate with the United States, particularly to defend militarily against…

- Published OpenAI has acknowledged that it alerted "dozens" of global institutions that their websites may have been meddled with by its AI bots acting improperly. AI agents attempted to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions", including the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Census Bureau and Education Department, the company said. The disclosures come days after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that OpenAI agents had breached non-public files on the website of its government-run health care scheme. Since August, public fears have grown over the potentially serious, even life-threatening, impacts of AI tools…

- Published Warning: This story contains distressing details Police in the US state of Mississippi have said that they believe a black woman was already dead before her body was "staged" and placed hanging in a tree. The disclosure was made in court by a detective on Friday, who also said they believed Tasia Fortune, a mother of four, had been killed in a dispute related to drugs. The 29-year-old's body was found hanging from a tree at an abandoned home in Jackson in August. The discovery sparked widespread fears in the majority-black city, due to the state's deep history of racial violence and lynchings. After weeks of speculation and demands for information, police made multiple…

Watch: Karaoke and butterflies - US cities celebrate Dolly Parton Day States across the US celebrated Dolly Parton Day with karaoke, pink lights, live music and book drives. The day is observed on 25 September, or 9/25, as a nod to the late Queen of Country's hit song 9 to 5.

- Published Fighting has erupted in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray between regional forces and the national army. Tigray residents, who have been trying to recover from a brutal two-year war that ended in 2022, fear a return to full-scale conflict. There are reports of panic buying - and now internet and call services have been disrupted. This means people cannot get access to their money via digital apps in what has become a largely cashless society after ATMs stopped working several months ago. Why has fighting broken out now? It follows more than six months of worsening relations between the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that runs Tigray. The…

- Published South Africa's new ambassador to Washington has a personal reason to challenge Donald Trump's assertion that there is a genocide against white Afrikaners - he is "a born Afrikaner" himself. "Is he talking about us?", Roelf Meyer remembers thinking, when he first heard President Trump say it. His response to the US president's claim is blunt. The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa does not exist, he told the BBC, adding that his identity gave him the legitimacy to say so. Meyer was one of the chief mediators to end white-minority rule known as apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s. He was appointed ambassador to the US in April, after…

- Published Current and former FBI agents have spoken to BBC News of their shock, fear and anger following a hack that appears to have exposed the private and personal information of the agency's entire workforce. "This is really bad for our undercover agents," says one former FBI agent, who fears for the safety of his colleagues. The former cyber investigator is in a group chat with current agents who are worried their personal information could soon be freely available online to criminals and hostile nation-state hackers. He says staff fear they could be targeted, or that criminals could use the data to create highly convincing phishing attempts, scams or demands for bribes. The hacking…

- Published The mountains of Papua are not far from the equator, but they've been topped with "eternal snow" for centuries. The peaks in this Indonesian region on the world's second-largest island, just north of Australia, have offered scientists countless insights into the Earth's climate history. They're also the epicentre of the spiritual universe for many Papuans - a Mecca or a Vatican, as one activist puts it. But now, nearly all the snow is gone. A century ago, the 300km (190-mile) stretch of the Sudirman Range had snow and permanent ice on all four of its major peaks. But now there are only small areas around Puncak Jaya, also known as Carstensz Pyramid, with any snow at all. These…

- Published President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has widened its attacks to target Ukraine's data centres and internet providers, seeking to cause maximum disruption for ordinary people. "All this affects people's ability to stay connected, study, work," he said. On Friday a Russian drone hit a business centre in the capital Kyiv, killing four people and damaging a data centre. A separate attack killed a 14-year-old boy. Israel's foreign ministry said he was an Israeli citizen. Russia confirmed it had targeted a data centre site, saying it was being used by Ukrainian military intelligence. About 100,000 households in Kyiv and the region suffered internet outages on Wednesday due to…

- Published The US Supreme Court has lifted restrictions on the Trump administration to use a controversial federal database that uses citizenship information and other sensitive data to identify voters suspected of being non-citizens. Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls. In June, a federal judge ruled that the system was illegal and violated the privacy rights of Americans. But the top court's conservative majority ruled that the National Voter Registration Act prohibits broad purges of voter rolls in the weeks before an election, which limits any "potential impact" of the decision ahead of…

Why an international arrest warrant didn't stop Netanyahu's US trip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country's military campaigns in Iran, Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East in a speech to the UN General Assembly on 24 September. His speech occurred while an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes is in effect. The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains why Netanyahu was not arrested after speaking at the UN General Assembly.

Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal. President Donald Trump informed congressional leaders Friday that he has unilaterally canceled almost $1 billion in federal funding without Congress’ consent — employing a budget maneuver many lawmakers consider illegal. In a move that will almost certainly set up an ugly government funding battle after the midterms, Trump has again claimed the power to execute a so-called “pocket rescission” to nix money Congress has already enacted. The funding the president declared canceled is for immigration services, support to foreign…

Trump will hit several deep-red states in October campaign blitz His visits come as the GOP rushes to shore up their own territory amid sky-high costs, an unpopular Iran war and some backlash to mass deportations. President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail — and a series of his stops are in deep-red states he comfortably won in 2024. Trump will campaign in Iowa, Florida, Texas and Alaska ahead of Election Day, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who were granted anonymity to discuss not-yet-public plans. That’s on top of his scheduled stop in Oklahoma next week, as the RNC announced, and his visit to Alabama, which POLITICO first reported. While the president has…

Trump’s ‘magic words’: National security The president's attempts to link pet projects and policies to life-and-death matters of national security are increasingly being met with eye rolls from federal judges. President Donald Trump isn’t building a ballroom. He’s building a “military complex” with a ballroom on top. He also isn’t building a triumphal arch. He’s building a “military complex” decorated like an arch, with rooftop drones and snipers. And the president isn’t kicking reporters out of the White House because he disagrees with their coverage — even though he said so repeatedly. He’s doing it to prevent “a threat to our national security” and blocking those who “violate our…

House Dems to Jeffries: Woo RFK Jr.’s followers If they win in November, Democrats want to roll back Trump’s megabill, expand access to care, and win over the Make America Healthy Again movement. House Democrats’ health policy wishlist, should the party have a majority next year, includes winning over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s followers, alongside rolling back what Republicans have done to reduce government health care funding. It also includes the traditional Democratic priorities like expanding health insurance coverage and protecting abortion access. But the 84-page agenda obtained by POLITICO acknowledges there’s no consensus on “Medicare for All.” The agenda is the…

Trump’s do-no-harm summit with Xi The president's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping maintained the status quo between the world's two largest economies. But it did little to change the economic picture heading into the midterms. President Donald Trump’s lavish summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping bought the White House time — and little else. Shortly after Xi touched down in Washington Wednesday night, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced he and his Chinese counterpart had agreed to a short-term extension of the two countries’ trade truce, ensuring the world’s most consequential economic relationship will remain stable until well after the U.S. midterms. But after a day of…

Poll: A crack is emerging in Trump’s coalition over deportations The president’s most loyal supporters are more inclined than other Trump voters to support a tough immigration posture — but new POLITICO Poll results show there are limits. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign is running into resistance within his own voter coalition, as more and more Republican candidates publicly break with him ahead of the November election. New results from The POLITICO Poll help explain why: Non-MAGA Trump voters are more than twice as likely as self-identified MAGA Trump voters to say his mass deportation campaign is too aggressive, 31% to 14%. While roughly similar shares of both groups…

With Republicans under pressure, Trump’s White House starts bending The White House’s posture represents a remarkable change for an administration that has often put Trump’s priorities ahead of what would be politically advantageous to Republicans in tight elections. The White House is in triage mode. Six weeks until the midterm elections, administration officials are pulling policy levers they otherwise might not to help vulnerable Republicans in key congressional races. They’re weighing a 90-day ban on diesel exports in an effort to drive down energy prices, considering backpedaling on a plan to import foreign beef and giving candidates wiggle room to criticize a war with Iran that…

‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races. It’s no secret that AI has become an explosive factor in American politics. Even before the latest concerns that AI poses existential risks to humanity, many people had soured on the rapid growth of data centers used to support the technology. Meanwhile, tens of millions of AI industry dollars are sloshing around the midterm campaign in support of candidates on both sides of the aisle. But the increasing ubiquity of AI is also quietly shaping the perceptions of voters who are simply trying to educate themselves about the…

Russia Said These Foreigners Wouldn’t Have to Fight. Then It Sent Them to the Frontlines. One wounded Peruvian escaped and made his way home. Relatives of Peruvians sent to Russia gather outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold a vigil demanding their safe return in Lima, Peru, on on May 7, 2026. | Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu via Getty Images Eva Hartog is the Latin America correspondent for the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which includes POLITICO. PUCALLPA, Peru — Carlos Lenski Davila Vela cannot name the Ukrainian village that Russia sent him to capture as part of a storm assault, nor a single town nearby. But with a crumpled napkin and a glass, he easily reconstructs where…

Ethiopia Returns to Civil War The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, now allied with six other armed groups, hopes to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at violent clashes across Ethiopia, the Vatican courting France, and a seven-day proposal to end the Iran war. Threats to Addis Ababa For nearly four years, Ethiopia has clung to a state of precarious peace, afraid to reignite a civil war that became one of the world’s deadliest conflicts in this century. But the country’s 2022 truce ultimately shattered this week, when the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)—a powerful ethno-nationalist political and paramilitary organization that ruled…

Growing up in early 2000s Russia, when President Vladimir Putin was strengthening his grip on the country, we watched firsthand as a stillborn democracy was trampled—by riot police in faceless helmets, sleek media operatives, greasy oligarchs, and a cabal of supporting characters who helped Putin centralize power and smother civic life. It can be difficult to recognize one’s home country drifting toward authoritarianism while living through it. Today’s dictators don’t necessarily wear military uniforms. In public speeches, they talk about freedom and democracy. Their subjects often have access to world class technology, visa free travel, and middle class comforts. Growing up in early 2000s…

‘Furious’ Is an Angry Show for the World of Epstein and Trump A tumultuous TV thriller delves into damage and revenge. Furious, the first season of which finished on Hulu in late August, made me pay close attention to its characters’ eyes. They may not be a window into the soul, but they offer a glimpse into the incandescent anger that propels most of the main characters. On several occasions, the camera lingers on a close-up of FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) as she contemplates whether, this time, she can face getting in the shower—the place where, for years, beatings from her former boyfriend and fellow cop (Jake Lacy) often began. In episode four of eight, it cuts to Sex Crimes Unit…

The Twilight of the Francis Fukuyama Era The famous thinker’s new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot. Have we reached the “end of history”? A little-known former RAND analyst, Francis Fukuyama, asked that provocative question in a lecture he delivered at the University of Chicago in February 1989. Invited by his mentor, Allan Bloom, Fukuyama presented his analysis in a series on the perennial topic of the “Decline of the West.” But he offered a more optimistic verdict. He pointed to the worldwide spread of liberal democracy, and the obvious failure of communist alternatives, especially in the Soviet Union, and suggested that the West had won. Drawing on the…

Big Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here’s How to Fight Back. A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. It is now well-known that some of the world’s biggest technology companies have built their strategies around monetizing the attention of consumers while simultaneously eroding the revenue models of news media. Maria Ressa, a Filipino American journalist and media leader who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, argues that Big Tech is destroying democracy. But what can ordinary citizens do in response? This is a question that Ressa attempts to answer in her forthcoming book, The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators.…

Gulf States Are Hedging and Suffering Neither appealing to Washington nor diversifying security partners nor back-channeling with Tehran is insulating the region from the consequences of war. As the Iran war drags on, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—face an acute paradox. They still depend on the United States for protection from Iran. But that protection has proved its limits while simultaneously increasing the risk of Iranian attacks. In response, the GCC states have adopted several overlapping strategies. They continue to cooperate with the United States, particularly to defend militarily against…

The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Carries Proliferation Risks Congress should add extra safeguards to prevent Riyadh from obtaining nuclear weapons. The new U.S.-Saudi Arabia nuclear cooperation agreement, which is now with Congress for its mandatory review, upholds “the highest standards of nuclear safety and nonproliferation,” at least according to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media that there will be “no enrichment” in Saudi Arabia under the deal. But anyone reading the agreement would be surprised to learn that it includes a two-year study on the feasibility of uranium enrichment in the kingdom—a technology that can be used to produce…

What Arab Israelis Really Think About Israel’s Election Ethnic Arabs could decide Israel's coming election—and its democratic future. What is the biggest election issue for Arab citizens of Israel? An end to violent crime on their streets, they say—not, in other words, the future of Palestine. Seventy-four percent of respondents said violence and crime was their biggest concern, while 7.6 percent noted the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestine crisis, according to a recent survey conducted on behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at the Moshe Dayan Center in Tel Aviv. What is the biggest election issue for Arab citizens of Israel? An end to violent crime…

Venezuela’s Acting Leader Makes Her U.N. Debut Delcy Rodríguez played stateswoman in New York—but gave no timeline for elections. Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez attends the United Nations General Assembly, oil-rich Guyana prepares to launch a development bank, and a Bolivian biologist discovers a new cat species. Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez attends the United Nations General Assembly, oil-rich Guyana prepares to launch a development bank, and a Bolivian biologist discovers a new cat species. Venezuela…

The Woman Remaking Brazil’s Far Right Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro is playing a key role in her stepson’s presidential campaign. Brazil’s Oct. 4 presidential election is set to pit two men against each other. Far-right Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is challenging leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with both expected to advance to a runoff. But a woman may play a key role in that contest: former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, Flávio’s stepmother and the third wife of his father, convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro. According to opinion polls, more Brazilian women prefer Lula over Flávio. Michelle’s influence could change that—and set an example for how far-right groups can…

I’ll admit it: I’ve been a longtime Away apologist. Travel makes me anxious, and my coping mechanism is apparently color coordination. There’s something comforting about seeing my matching suitcases at baggage claim (after frantically tracking them through Find My). So, I was skeptical when I swapped my beloved Away set for Quince’s Expandable Small Carry-On and Large Check-In Suitcase Set ($270). But my first thought when I opened the box was that Quince had made a compelling Away dupe. Side by side, they have the same shape, proportions, and minimalist look. And honestly, this tracks for Quince. The brand has a talent for producing relatively affordable versions of the things I love…

On Thursday morning, a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance. “I have been proud of you for your adventure and success at Plus. Just saw two of your trucks near my work place! :)” the message said. But PlusAI’s trucks weren’t supposed to be near this person’s office, in Newark, California. As of the last the company knew, the trailers were docked outside its warehouse, half a mile away. Soon, according to a police statement, cops were on the scene to help recover the two trailers, emblazoned with logos for PlusAI and Nvidia, the most valuable company in the world. The two companies are working together on…

Anthropic lost a legal battle to overturn one of the supply-chain risk labels that the US Department of Defense slapped on the company, as a federal appeals court in DC on Friday refused to second-guess the Trump administration. “The department had ample support for its conclusion that the continued integration of Claude into the department’s information systems, by the department or its contractors, presented a statutorily covered national-security risk,” the judges wrote in a majority opinion. “As Anthropic admits, the company encodes restrictions into Claude that prevent the model from performing tasks that Anthropic wishes to prevent.” Anthropic spokesperson Danielle Cohen says the…

In September 2015, the Founders Fund hosted a retreat at an eco-resort in British Columbia. Most of the attendees were VCs and people from the companies the firm was backing, but they also invited a few outsiders, including computer pioneer Alan Kay, writer Neal Stephenson, and me. One morning at breakfast I was sitting across from Kay at a long table. The man who conceived the Dynabook—basically the modern computer that we all use—was expounding on his exploits when Founders Fund leader Peter Thiel plopped down next to him. As Kay, in full raconteur mode, spun stories of optimizing the mouse and advising Steve Jobs, Thiel listened with increasingly visible incredulity. Finally, he couldn’t…

The US government is trying to get Elon Musk and his social media platform X out of a $137 million fine by the European Union in an escalation of its criticism of the bloc’s tech rules. The US Department of Justice said it had filed an application with the help of the Department of State to support a legal challenge by Musk to annul the case in the EU’s General Court. The Luxembourg-based court will now decide whether the US has a right to intervene. The US government is arguing that it should be involved in the case to protect American companies. The fine is precedent-setting as the bloc’s first sanction under the Digital Services Act, which requires online platforms to do more to tackle…

I’ve been reviewing laptops for well over a decade, sometimes testing more than 30 devices per year. Not all are winners, and many should be avoided, no matter how slick the marketing or how cheap the discount. Good news: It’s my job to recommend laptops that fit your budget and won’t make you regret your purchase six months later. These are my favorite laptops that I’ve tested myself and would highly recommend you buy. For more guidance, also see my recommendations in specific categories, such as the Best MacBooks, Best Gaming Laptops, Best Chromebooks, Best Budget Laptops, Best Windows Laptops, and Best 2-in-1 Laptops. My guide on How to Choose a Laptop may also help if you’re…

This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod, Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night? The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing him. On deadline and already stressed about work, he checked his phone, where more messages inquired about a supposed Paperless Post invite he’d sent for a “Special Private Dinner Party” at 7 pm on May 2. Except Umansky hadn't sent the invite, and he wasn’t planning to host a party anytime soon. As it turned…

Child predators are arguably the most reviled demographic in society. So when someone like Chris Hansen, the former NBC Dateline journalist and host of the To Catch a Predator series, decides to take up the mantle of exposing them to the public, he is naturally praised as a hero. But, as is revealed in Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime—a dramatized snapshot of Hansen’s life at the show’s peak—it’s not as simple as that. Exposing allegedly bad people for public entertainment brings up a lot of ethical concerns and unintended consequences. And while many of the vigilantes carrying out these sting operations claim they are doing a public service, their motivations become a lot more suspect when fame…

There are numerous reasons why you might want to record what’s happening on your phone. Maybe you’re having a problem with an app and you want to share what’s going wrong with a tech-savvy friend; or maybe you're the tech-savvy friend, and you want to show someone else how to fix a bug. Perhaps you’re starting up a YouTube channel of smartphone tutorials. Or it could be that you want to capture evidence of a new high score in a mobile game—not just a screenshot of it, but the actual act of you achieving it. For these reasons and more, screen recordings are useful, and they’re not difficult to capture no matter what the make and model of your handset. You’ll find instructions below for the…

The offers had come in earlier that day. Paulina Borsook, 72, allowed herself a flash of excitement before returning to the question of what had ruined her life. “I don’t know what to make of it,” she said as we drove to lunch. I’d picked Borsook up outside her home near Oakland, California, a basement unit that she calls “Ice Station Zebra” on account of the cold and the color scheme and the isolation. At least that’s how I was encouraged to picture it. Borsook didn’t want me to come inside, lest I pull the old magazine hack’s scam of investing the decor with symbolic significance. She wrote enough stories of this kind in her heyday, back when she was landing bylines in WIRED and the like…

On September 15, Mongolia’s parliament, the State Great Khural, began its autumn session – and it started full throttle. The incumbent government headed by Prime Minister Uchral Nyam-Osor has an ambitious agenda that saw it propose one of the largest state budgets. Among its goals: establishing a sovereign wealth fund, securing energy from China, and building data centers. Parliament will likely scrutinize many of these big initiatives. The State Great Khural has much to decide, but it is operating within a highly politically divided environment. Mongolia is still wrangling with government instability that began with the ousting of Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai’s administration in June 2025.…

Following the destructive August 26 floods in Nepal, Lee Know of the K-pop boy band Stray Kids donated 100 million won (about $72,600) through World Vision. After Lee Know’s donation, his bandmate Felix donated 50 million won (about $37,000) to the Korean Committee for UNICEF, specifically for Nepal flood relief, on his birthday. Stray Kids’ leader Bang Chan followed with a 200 million won (about $144,000) donation, giving half to the Korean Committee for UNICEF for Nepal flood relief and half to Seoul Rehabilitation Hospital. The gestures echo acts of support for Nepal by other Korean personalities in the past. For example, figure skater Kim Yuna and actor Lee Min-ho (a different celebrity…

Beijing formally confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s September 23-25 visit to the United States on September 21, just two days before the trip began. The news had barely registered among many of the Chinese people I spoke with the following day. Official coverage began appearing online following the announcement, but visible discussion among ordinary users on platforms such as Weibo, WeChat, and Xiaohongshu (RedNote) remained scarce. That changed once Xi’s visit was underway. Chinese social media filled with reports about the summit, with much of the visible content coming from official outlets and accounts, emphasizing the diplomatic significance and choreography of the visit…

The immediate fate of two North Korean prisoners-of-war captured by Ukrainian forces is no longer in question, but the saga is not yet over. Ukraine has transferred custody of the pair to South Korea in what was perhaps a predictable outcome given their reported desire not to return to North Korea. However, the circumstances surrounding the disclosure have introduced new political dynamics to the situation. Now, both the South Korean government and the two former soldiers face an unprecedented resettlement process. Kyiv first announced that it had captured the two North Korean soldiers in January 2025, immediately prompting questions of what would come of the pair. The legal provisions…

The militarization of space encompasses not only the deployment of weapons in space but also the potential military use of the space domain, including ground-based infrastructure. Most studies on the militarization of space limit themselves to analyzing the actions of major powers in the space sector, primarily focusing on the space race between the United States and China. While it’s true that China’s space program has positioned the country as the second global power in space, it’s important to note that Beijing’s main strategies include investments, innovation, and expanding collaboration with countries in the Global South. This strategy generates commercial benefits and seeks to create…

In the latest episode of the Asia Geopolitics podcast, hosts Katie Putz and Ankit Panda are joined by Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat’s editor-in-chief, to discuss the outcomes – as we know them so far – from the latest Trump-Xi meeting, this time in Washington, DC. Xi’s state visit was heavy on vibes, as Tiezzi wrote in the aftermath, but light on substance. All the same, the meeting has implications for trade, tech, Taiwan, and more. You can subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; and watch the episode on YouTube.

In a recent article for The Diplomat, Mor Sobol offered an even-handed assessment of the debate set off by Simon Shuster’s piece in The Atlantic, which asked whether Taiwan might simply “give up” under growing pressure from China. Sobol argued that both Shuster’s pessimistic answer and his critics’ confident rebuttals rest on thinner evidence than either side recognizes. Sobol pointed out that telling a pollster “I would defend Taiwan” is very different from making that decision when missiles are falling, and that Taiwan is not a unitary actor. The question worth asking is how the trends in public opinion, military recruitment, defense spending and other metrics move over time, not what any…

On September 24, more than 3,000 Tibetans gathered in Washington to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the White House, in what organizers described as the largest-ever Tibetan rally in North America. The rally was organized by Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and supported by other Tibetan activist organizations. The protesters came with demands that they said should be part of the China-U.S. relationship: that Trump raise human rights with Xi, that China release political and religious prisoners, and that Tibetans be allowed to preserve their language and culture. The group also demanded the repeal of China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which took effect in July…

Oligarchy Is a Symptom, Not a Cause The deepening political dysfunction plaguing the US can be traced not to wealth inequality, as some argue, but to the fact that different groups of voters believe different facts. A political strategy that takes this into account might eventually lead to wealth redistribution, but it must begin with improved critical-thinking skills. CAMBRIDGE—It has become a common refrain among Americans that the US political system is broken. The question is how it reached this point—and how to get US politics back on track.

The Immigrants Leading the Anti-Immigrant Far Right Right-wing populists have turned hypocrisy into a successful electoral strategy. But those voting for nativism in Europe and the United States should be careful what they wish for: They may end up expelling their own family members, if not their own political leaders. WARSAW—Earlier this month, Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, a state where foreign nationals make up 7.9% of the population—roughly half the national average. Yet because it fell three seats short of a majority, it needs to secure the support of another anti-immigrant party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, which is…

The Great AI Gamble As the two world leaders in AI development and adoption, the United States and China are each operating under assumptions that justify ever-faster progress, regardless of the risks. The current thinking is not unlike the rationale once given for Stalinist brutality in the name of rapid modernization. PRINCETON—The summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes at a time when both are gambling everything on AI—or “superintelligence,” as Trump now insists on calling it. Both leaders, viewing the technology as the key to economic, political, and military dominance, are trapped in a dangerous zero-sum logic.

The Un-Ordered UN Order As European leaders hobnob with their counterparts at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, they must think carefully about how to navigate a fast-changing multilateral landscape. The old world belonged to rule-makers and institution-builders, but the current one favors those who can improvise. BERLIN—As world leaders descend on New York City for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the international order they have ostensibly come to defend is in worse shape than at any point since 1945. China and Russia never fully accepted the post-Cold War international system, many newly assertive middle powers resent it, and its principal…

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage at the UN General Assembly yesterday, more than half of the delegates in the room stood up and walked out. In fact, some entered the assembly hall minutes beforehand only to walk out when Netanyahu began speaking. After the walkout, he proclaimed, “If there are any other moral cowards who haven't yet left this hall, please do so now.” Nearly three years after the Hamas October 7 attacks, Israel finds itself in an unusual position: extraordinarily powerful militarily, but increasingly isolated diplomatically. “Israel today is at one of the most isolated stages in its history,” says Yaakov Katz, author and former editor-in-chief of…

Historically low cattle numbers, combined with strong demand, have driven beef prices higher in the US. And it’s an issue clearly on President Donald Trump’s radar. This summer, he lowered tariffs on some beef imports to bring prices down. But prices have remained stubbornly high, and now he’s turning to Paraguay for help. The arrangement could benefit Paraguay, too: as the only South American country that recognizes Taiwan, it is effectively shut out of the massive Chinese beef market, making access to US consumers especially valuable. Will Fitzpatrick is a multimedia reporter and producer at GZERO, where he does a little bit of everything: writing for the GZERO Daily, creating social…

France offers troops to help secure Saudi Arabia’s energy sites French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that the country plans to help Saudi Arabia protect energy infrastructure from escalating Houthi attacks. Macron said he would send soldiers, radars, and defense systems, but that they would not “engage in” any direct conflict with the Houthis. The announcement, which Macron presented as a move to improve energy security and lower gas prices, comes after the US backed out of planned strikes against the Houthis in Yemen last weekend. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham also pledged his support in the conflict this week, announcing plans to provide aerial refueling support to the…

Groody says the discussions are intended to create space to consider other ways of being human beyond a world increasingly shaped by technology and what Pope Francis called a “technocratic paradigm.” He also highlights Borgo Laudato Si’ as a place to reconnect with nature, beauty and community. “I worry ... that we're reducing too much of what we are to algorithms and technology,” Groody says. He argues that humanity must not lose sight of “the mystery of love,” connection and communion as technology continues to evolve. This conversation is presented by GZERO Media in partnership with Microsoft. The Global Stage series convenes global leaders for critical conversations on the geopolitical…

"The pennies are dropping," says Cousens. But there won't be one simple solution. Governing AI, she argues, will require countries and institutions to move quickly and work across a complex mix of global frameworks. This conversation is presented by GZERO Media in partnership with Microsoft. The Global Stage series convenes global leaders for critical conversations on the geopolitical forces reshaping our world.

Monaco says AI is “lowering the barrier to entry,” allowing less capable actors to make phishing and ransomware campaigns more precise, scalable, and faster. But she says AI is also strengthening defenders by helping them process vast amounts of information and better understand the actions of threat actors. Monaco also discusses the growing debate over digital sovereignty, arguing that organizations should approach it as a question of risk management and resilience. Reflecting on Microsoft’s work with Ukraine, she highlights the importance of preparing governments and critical infrastructure to maintain operations during crises. This conversation is presented by GZERO Media in partnership…

Polvere di Stelle è l’osservatorio di Limes sulla geopolitica dello Spazio, terreno di conquista del XXI secolo, e sulle ripercussioni terrestri della nuova corsa al Cosmo. Rubrica curata e ideata da Marcello Spagnulo. Tutte le puntate a questo link. Il 9 e 10 settembre si è tenuto presso il Grand Palais di Parigi un summit sullo Spazio fortemente voluto dal presidente Emmanuel Macron.

La versione integrale della carta si trova alla fine dell'articolo. La carta inedita a colori della settimana è dedicata all'Italia. La mappa fotografa le vulnerabilità dei porti del nostro paese alle perturbazioni geopolitiche: dalla guerra dei dazi alla chiusura degli stretti, dalla concorrenza internazionale alle limitazioni dell'Emissions Trading System (Ets, sistema per lo scambio delle quote di emissione dell'Ue). Dell'importanza dei traffici mercantili e della necessità di disegnare una strategia marittima italiana hanno scritto Anna Arianna Buonfanti e Alessandro Panaro nel numero di Limes 7/2026 "Gli stretti indispensabili": ❝ Tra le principali forze del sistema portuale italiano…

“David Bowie è uno dei più importanti artisti di musica pop degli anni settanta. Ha anche un interesse particolare per la buona musica per bambini, perché ha un figlio di nome Zowie. E quando si è unito a questa registrazione della favola sinfonica di Prokof’ev pensava proprio a lui”. Le note di copertina di David Bowie narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the wolf lo nominano solo all’inizio, il resto dello spazio è giustamente dedicato alla Philadelphia orchestra diretta dal maestro ungherese Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985). Bowie è definito semplicemente come pop star e come padre di un bambino. È il 1977 ed è la prima volta che Zowie (oggi un regista di 56 anni di nome Duncan Jones) viene…

Questa mattina, mentre bambine e bambini stavano entrando nella scuola Giovanni Daneo, nel centro storico di Genova, due agenti della Digos in borghese, senza presentarsi né dare spiegazioni, si sono arrampicati sulla cancellata e hanno strappato un lungo striscione in cui c’era scritto: “Qui nessuno è straniero”. È il primo effetto, certo indiretto ma molto significativo, del decreto approvato ieri dal governo per imporre in ogni classe un limite del 30 per cento al numero di studenti che non parlano l’italiano. Giorgia Meloni lo aveva annunciato domenica 20 settembre, urlando alle ragazze e ai ragazzi del suo partito: “Non esiste, non e-si-ste, che in una classe italiana a sentirsi in un…