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Sara Daniele ha condiviso alcuni scatti sui social della sorella Sofia La figlia di Pino Daniele si è laureata e ha voluto dedicare la propria tesi al padre, morto nel 2015. A pubblicare e condividere la laurea di Sofia Daniele è stata la sorella maggiore Sara, che ha postato le immagini su Instagram scrivendo: "Fiera di te". Nel carosello di foto condivise sui social si legge la commovente dedica al padre Pino: "A mio papà, custode dei miei sogni, ispirazione di ogni mio traguardo e, per sempre, la mia più grande fortuna. Perché 'la musica è una cosa seria' e io, come mi hai insegnato, la custodirò con cura e amore".

Fuoriuscita di miasmi da una cisterna nell'area in provincia di Napoli: l'ordinanza del sindaco Una nube tossica si è sprigionata nella serata di ieri da una delle cisterne già interessate da un incendio nei giorni scorsi presso la zona industriale di Caivano (Napoli). I carabinieri della compagnia di Caivano sono intervenuti nuovamente nella zona Asi Pascarola, presso la sede di un’azienda che produce vernici e rivestimenti. Poco prima, una reazione chimica sulla quale sono in corso approfondimenti, ha causato la fuoriuscita di miasmi irritanti da una delle cisterne già sottoposte a sequestro. In fiamme anche del materiale plastico presente fuori i silos. L'incendio è stato subito domato…

Il segretario alla Difesa americano ha avvertito Teheran: "L'Iran vuole giocare con lo Stretto, ma non lo controllano loro" Continua il blocco americano dello Stretto di Hormuz, mentre la Russia si propone come mediatore nella guerra tra Iran e Stati Uniti. "Il nostro blocco è ferreo", ha dichiarato il segretario alla Difesa americano Pete Hegseth, assicurando che gli Stati Uniti mantengono il controllo dello Stretto di Hormuz e avvertendo Teheran delle possibili conseguenze se continuerà a "giocare" con il passaggio marittimo strategico. "L'Iran vuole giocare con cose come lo Stretto di Hormuz. Non lo controllano loro, lo controlliamo noi. Non sono riusciti a far passare letteralmente…

È quanto emerge dai dati dell'Ufficio dell'Alto commissario delle Nazioni Unite per i diritti umani. Turk: "Pace prima che situazione peggiori" Oltre 15mila civili sono stati uccisi o feriti in Ucraina nei primi otto mesi del 2026, con una media di oltre 400 vittime a settimana e un aumento del 55% rispetto allo stesso periodo dello scorso anno. È quanto emerge dai dati dell'Ufficio dell'Alto commissario delle Nazioni Unite per i diritti umani, che ha documentato complessivamente 15.280 vittime civili. Quasi 2.500 persone sono state uccise o ferite dall'impiego di bombe plananti russe nelle aree del fronte, il 62% in più rispetto al 2025. "La guerra in Ucraina è una catastrofe per i diritti…

Marc Marquez trionfa a Motegi e si porta a due punti da Martin Marc Marquez è a soli due punti dalla testa del Mondiale di MotoGp. Il pilota spagnolo della Ducati ha vinto il Gran Premio del Giappone, tagliando per primo il traguardo davanti alle due Aprilia di Jorge Martin, leader della classifica Piloti che partiva dalla pole position, e di Marco Bezzecchi. Marquez, dopo aver vinto la Sprint di ieri, si ripete quindi nella gara lunga, riuscendo a piazzare il sorpasso decisivo a metà gara, al giro 12. Quarto posto per Bastianini, quinto Fernandez con Ogura sesto. Ecco l'ordine d'arrivo del Gp del Giappone e la classifica del Mondiale Piloti. Ecco l'ordine d'arrivo del Gp del Giappone: 1…

Nessuna coppia eliminata e nessun ballottaggio nella prima puntata dello show di Rai 1 condotto da Milly Carlucci La coppia formata da Aurora Ramazzotti e Nikita Perotti trionfa nella prima puntata dell'edizione 2026 di Ballando con le Stelle. Ad annunciarlo è stata come sempre la padrona di casa, Milly Carlucci. La coppia, che si era esibita con un Jive, pur non avendo ottenuto alcun tesoretto, è stata premiata dalla giuria, composta da Ivan Zazzaroni, Carolyn Smith, Guillermo Mariotto e le new entry Alberto Matano e Barbara D'Urso, soprattutto per le loro potenzialità, e dal pubblico. Al secondo posto della classifica generale c'è la coppia composta da Andy Diaz e Gioia Giovanatti, mentre…

Si torna a correre a Lubiana Si torna in strada a Lubiana, in Slovenia, per gli Europei di ciclismo. Oggi, domenica 4 ottobre, i migliori corridori del mondo tornano a correre per l'evento principale della rassegna continentale per la prova su strada della categoria elite maschile - in diretta tv e streaming - a una settimana dal trionfo dell'americano McNulty ai Mondiali. La frazione sarà quella che andrà da Lubiana a Sencur, per un totale di 196,3 chilometri. Assente il campione in carica Tadej Pogacar, reduce dall'infortunio rimediato nella Vuelta. Partenza 'morbida' per i ciclisti, che dopo il via di Lubiana affronteranno un tratto in linea fino ad arrivare nel circuito di Sencur, lungo…

Big match nei quarti di finale Big match all'Atp 500 di Pechino. Oggi, domenica 4 ottobre, Alexander Zverev sfida Novak Djokovic - in diretta tv e streaming - nei quarti di finale del torneo cinese, a cui il campione in carica Jannik Sinner ha dato forfait a causa dell'infortunio al ginocchio. La sfida tra Zverev e Djokovic è in programma oggi, domenica 4 ottobre, alle ore 13. I due tennisti si sono sfidati in 14 precedenti, con il serbo che guida il parziale con nove vittorie contro le cinque del tedesco. Zverev-Djokovic, come tutte le partite dell'Atp di Pechino, sarà trasmessa in diretta televisiva e in esclusiva sui canali SkySport. Il match si potrà vedere anche in streaming sull'app…

È andata in onda ieri la prima puntata del dance show di Rai1 Era il debutto più atteso della nuova edizione di Ballando con le stelle e Barbara D’Urso non ha lasciato a bocca asciutta. Dopo mesi di attesa e indiscrezioni sulla sua partecipazione come giurata, l’ex regina di Canale 5 è arrivata nello studio di Ballando con le stelle, attirando fin dai primi minuti l’attenzione del pubblico. Tra un ingresso trionfale, una paletta scomparsa, qualche frecciatina e i primi fischi, per Barbara D’Urso la prima serata è stata sicuramente frizzante. Sorridente, perfettamente a suo agio e già entrata nel ruolo da giurata 'severa', D'Urso è tornata nel team del dance show di Rai1 a distanza di un…

La conduttrice sarà ospite oggi nel salotto di Silvia Toffanin Licia Colò sarà ospite oggi, domenica 4 ottobre, a Verissimo. La conduttrice televisiva, in un’intervista a cuore aperto con Silvia Toffanin, tornerà a parlare dell’ondata di critiche ricevuta sui social questa estate dopo la promozione di un evento in Sardegna. "Vergognati, sei vecchia. Ti fai dare i soldi dallo Stato, guardati, sei messa malissimo. Vai in pensione, ritirati": sono solo alcune delle cattiverie che la conduttrice ha ricevuto sui social. Colò ha scelto di non restare in silenzio e ha denunciato sui social le offese ricevute. "Com'è possibile che le persone si sentano autorizzate a dare dei giudizi sul lavoro di…

I genitori, Rita e Giuseppe saranno ospiti oggi, domenica 4 ottobre, di Silvia Toffanin Caso Garlasco a Verissimo. A quasi vent'anni dall'omicidio di Chiara Poggi e dopo la chiusura, nei giorni scorsi, delle nuove indagini su Andrea Sempio, i genitori della giovane, Rita e Giuseppe Poggi, rompono il silenzio con un'intervista esclusiva a Silvia Toffanin, che andrà in onda oggi, domenica 4 ottobre, su Canale 5 a partire dalle 16.30. Al centro dell'intervista gli ultimi sviluppi giudiziari sul caso e la posizione della famiglia Poggi, che non intende costituirsi parte civile nei confronti dell'indagato Andrea Sempio nell'udienza preliminare che si profila dopo che la Procura di Pavia ha…

L’intitolazione di un nuovo spazio televisivo non compensa la dismissione del luogo simbolo di un’intera carriera. L’assenza di Tiziana e Alessandro Baudo all’inaugurazione dello “Studio Pippo Baudo” a Saxa Rubra, avvenuta il 1° ottobre, certifica la frattura tra la famiglia del conduttore, scomparso nel 2025, e i vertici Rai. Il perno della contestazione è la decisione dell’azienda di vendere il Teatro delle Vittorie. Al taglio del nastro del nuovo studio, destinato a ospitare le dirette di “Ballando con le stelle”, erano presenti l’amministratore delegato della Rai Giampaolo Rossi e Dina Minna, storica collaboratrice di Baudo. I figli del conduttore, che secondo indiscrezioni avrebbero…

Intorno all’alleanza, o meno, tra i partiti di governo e Futuro nazionale si giocherà verosimilmente l’esito delle prossime Politiche, dunque la composizione del Parlamento. Dunque, va da sé, il nuovo governo. E i tecnicismi, purtroppo, sono d’obbligo: con quale legge elettorale – le regole del gioco, di fatto – ci si troverà a fare i conti condizionerà le scelte dell’uno e dell’altro partito. In sintesi: col proporzionale puro previsto dal Melonellum, ammesso che non scatti il premio di maggioranza, è possibile costruire l’alleanza post voto; con una quota di maggioritario – compresa dal Rosatellum, ancora in vigore – l’accordo per vincere va fatto prima del voto. Premessa chiusa, chi nel…

L’obiettivo è accreditare Futuro nazionale sull’asse sovranista e dell’estrema destra internazionale. Con l’idea di porsi agli occhi dell’elettorato come alternativa a Giorgia Meloni, considerata troppo schiacciata su posizioni filoeuropeiste e, dunque, filoucraine. Una delegazione di una decina di persone ha incontrato il numero due del partito, Massimiliano Simoni, a casa di quest’ultimo, in Versilia. All’ordine del giorno i problemi di FnV in Lombardia, a Milano, ma anche in altre parti d’Italia, principalmente a causa delle nomine dei dirigenti regionali e provinciali che hanno scontentato più di un iscritto. Ma la riunione è servita per parlare di Mosca – anche se sarebbe più corretto…

Giorgia Meloni, nel tentativo di recuperare spazio di manovra per una legge di Bilancio pre elettorale che si preannuncia avara, ha chiesto a Bruxelles di considerare la nuova risalita dell’inflazione come “fattore rilevante” che fa aumentare automaticamente la spesa pubblica e di aprire all’utilizzo delle maggiori imposte indirette (Iva, accise) per finanziare aiuti a famiglie e imprese. Ma la lettera inviata giovedì a Ursula von der Leyen non menziona un altro effetto dell’aumento dei prezzi, tanto cruciale per i conti quanto politicamente impopolare: il drenaggio fiscale sull’Irpef. Cioè il meccanismo per cui, ad aliquote invariate e in presenza di inflazione, è sufficiente che scaglioni…

A Caivano, come abbiamo raccontato sul nostro sito nei giorni scorsi, un’impresa edile di Giugliano ha ricevuto minacce e richieste di pizzo dal clan Angelino nonostante avesse esposto il cartello antiracket nel cantiere. “Non significa che sia stato inutile – dice il presidente dell’associazione antiracket Sos Impresa, Luigi Cuomo – quel cartello esprime una scelta di campo: l’impresa dichiarava di voler lavorare nella legalità, di non voler cedere ai ricatti e di aver assunto un impegno insieme all’associazione. Ed infatti ha denunciato ai carabinieri”. Eppure gli estorsori si erano avvicinati ugualmente. Ma questo non dimostra l’inutilità del patto e del cartello. In questa vicenda…

Costi lievitati di 3 milioni, una documentazione opaca e, sullo sfondo, possibili disagi per i viaggiatori. Quello che sembrava essere il restauro di una piccola stazione sul Lago di Como, la Varenna-Esino-Perledo, è diventato un caso al punto che il 5Stelle Agostino Santillo ha depositato un’interrogazione per chiederne conto al ministro dei Trasporti Matteo Salvini. Parliamo dei lavori di Rfi per realizzare un nuovo sottopasso pedonale, costruire un marciapiede e innalzarne un altro, e poi riqualificare un fabbricato e alcune aree della stazione. Nel 2025 una prima stima dei lavori li quantifica in 7,4 milioni di euro, poi però – come spiega Santillo – “fanno seguito tre contratti…

Una mail di propaganda fa esplodere all’università La Sapienza di Roma un caso sulla correttezza della competizione elettorale e sulla privacy degli studenti. A poche settimane dalle elezioni per la rappresentanza studentesca, una comunicazione di Azione Universitaria, il gruppo studentesco di riferimento di Fratelli d’Italia, è arrivata sulle caselle istituzionali dell’Ateneo invitando gli studenti a candidarsi e a sostenere la lista. A denunciare l’accaduto sono state diverse organizzazioni studentesche. Ora la Sapienza ha avviato verifiche interne per capire come sia stato possibile utilizzare i propri canali per una comunicazione elettorale. Il regolamento dell’università prevede…

Nel 2023, in Italia, sono stati attivati 281.376 tirocini extracurricolari. Il quinto Rapporto INAPP ne ha individuati 8.400 irregolari, perché “nascondono la mera esecuzione di una prestazione lavorativa”: circa il 3 per cento. Un dato da leggere con cautela: non è la percentuale complessiva dei rapporti di lavoro mascherati da tirocinio, ma ciò che i dati amministrativi consentono di individuare direttamente. Un minimo osservabile, non la fotografia completa del fenomeno. Tra i 22.468 tirocini svolti nelle professioni non qualificate, nel 2023, l’11,4 per cento riguardava il commercio e il 10,8 per cento alloggio e ristorazione. Anche queste percentuali non descrivono gli 8.400…

1.La Slam poetry: sento spesso parlare di questa fantasmatica fattispecie di poesia che sarebbe quella che viene eseguita durante gli Slam. Ovviamente non esiste alcuna Slam poetry, durante gli slam viene eseguito ogni tipo di poesia: lirica, di ricerca, neosimbolista, sperimentale, comica, orfica, e via così. Lo Slam è un contenitore. Dentro può starci di tutto e il contrario di tutto… Vero è, piuttosto, che, vista la deriva ‘competitiva’ che sta prendendo lo Slam, se agli Slam ci vai per vincerli, allora farai di tutto per imitare chi ha già vinto. Si sta formando così una specie di marmellata formale, piuttosto omogenea, risultato del mix tra stand-up, declamazione para-politica e…

Il 22 novembre 2023 nel quartiere al-Sabra di Gaza City l’Idf bombardò due edifici. I testimoni: “C’erano molte donne e bambini”. Ad agosto estratti i resti di 112 corpi

Altro che sussurri e voci negli ariosi corridoi Rai di via Teulada. A Report, si sa, piace sbattere tutta la verità davanti agli occhi dei telespettatori. E cosa, più del “Ranuccigate”, è ora alla pubblica attenzione? Caso di Stato, forse. Sicuramente è un caso intricato per la tv di Stato. I cui contorni oscuri, tra oblique bombette dimostrative e pagine di «un libro schifoso» – quello di Ranucci – divenuto alla stregua ormai di un romanzo popolare postmoderno, che da soli hanno fatto il resto. Si badi bene, però: il copyright sulla definizione non lusinghiera del romanzo-verità firmato da Sigfrido non è farina del sacco di Libero ma di Alberto Nerazzini, già autore e inviato storico di…

Nona puntata della serie “Piccoli salari”. Davide Torchia continua a guadagnare la stessa cifra di dieci anni fa. “Nel frattempo tutto è raddoppiato e mia moglie ha perso il lavoro”

A sinistra ci girano attorno, fanno finta di dimenticarsene, ma poi tornano sempre lì, alla patrimoniale. Sanno che è una pillola difficilmente digeribile per gli italiani che lavorano, producono, fanno impresa (piccola o grande che sia), e quindi cercano di indorare la pillola quanto più possibile. Con ragionamenti che sembrano facili ma che in fondo non sono altro che trucchi da prestigiatore di second’ordine. Questa curiosa ossessione, che, contro ogni buon senso, aveva portato a dire all’ex ministro Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa che «pagare le tasse è bello», si riaffaccia, ancora una volta contro ogni buon senso, ora che la scadenza della legislatura e quindi le elezioni politiche si…

Nella redazione di Otto e mezzo la riunione dev’essere andata più o meno così: chiamiamo un professore, un tecnico e facciamolo bastonare il governo. Lilli Gruber avrà annuito. Poi in collegamento con lo studio di La7 si ritrova l’esimio Tito Boeri, e il piano va a ramengo. «È di oggi il dato Istat sull'inflazione, a settembre in Italia l’inflazione è salita al 4,2% in un anno. Che responsabilità ha il governo e chi paga il prezzo più alto?», domanda la padrona di casa al celebre economista. La risposta, però, delude le sue attese: «L’inflazione al 4,2% è molto preoccupante ma credo non si possa darne colpa al governo perché è un'inflazione importata legata alla crisi energetica successiva…

È che forse siamo arrivati al punto in cui la misura è colma. Ché non è neanche più un “fenomeno di statistica” (per carità, c’è anche quello e non è marginale: ma dopo ci arriviamo), relegato in qualche rapporto ufficiale buono per una conferenza stampa o l’onnipresente campagna elettorale: no no, qui la faccenda è grave. Seria, serissima, diffusissima e pure un filino troppo concreta. Basta vedere quel che è successo a Col Lonc, che è una frazioncina del Comune di Segusino, nel Trevigiano preso di mira dai ladri d’appartamento e dagli svaligiatori seriali di villette, circa cento abitanti in tutto e circa cento persone che son scese in strada, un mercoledì sera a cavallo tra settembre o…

Dramma durante un ricevimento di nozze a Vieste. Un uomo di 40 anni e il figlio di 10 anni sono rimasti feriti dopo essere precipitati in momenti diversi da un terrazzino all'interno di una sala ricevimenti. Il 40enne sarebbe caduto nel tentativo di soccorrere il figlio e sarebbe in gravi condizioni. Entrambi sono stati trasportati d'urgenza con l'elisoccorso in strutture sanitarie. Il minore avrebbe riportato la frattura di un arto inferiore e non sarebbe in gravi condizioni, mentre il padre è in prognosi riservata, in condizioni ritenute molto gravi. Secondo le prime informazioni, intorno alle 15, mentre giocava con alcuni coetanei su un terrazzino, il bambino sarebbe precipitato per…

Altro che sussurri e voci negli ariosi corridoi Rai di via Teulada. A Report, si sa, piace sbattere tutta la verità davanti agli occhi dei telespettatori. E cosa, più del “Ranuccigate”, è ora alla pubblica attenzione? Caso di Stato, forse. Sicuramente è un caso intricato per la tv di Stato. I cui contorni oscuri, tra oblique bombette dimostrative e pagine di «un libro schifoso» – quello di Ranucci – divenuto alla stregua ormai di un romanzo popolare postmoderno, che da soli hanno fatto il resto. Si badi bene, però: il copyright sulla definizione non lusinghiera del romanzo-verità firmato da Sigfrido non è farina del sacco di Libero ma di Alberto Nerazzini, già autore e inviato storico di…

"Il carrello della spesa vi è più nemico di Conte e Schlein?", è la domanda che Tommaso Labate rivolge direttamente a Galeazzo Bignami. Ospite di Realpolitik in onda sabato 3 ottobre su Rete4, il deputato di Fratelli d'Italia non si tira indietro: "Beh, c'è sicuramente amarezza perché sono tutti fattori, soprattutto l'inflazione che voi avete appena mostrato, che non dipendono da fenomeni interni alla dinamica nazionale, ma derivano da situazioni che nascono altrove. E dispiace - prosegue - perché giustamente voi oggi date conto del 4 per cento a cui è giunta l'inflazione perché il governo era riuscito a portarla dal 12,6 di ottobre 2022 ai valori del 4 che è sempre sotto il valore medio…

Ue, Sberna "Coesione e agricoltura sono due pilastri fondamentali"

Ue, Fitto "La Commissione lavora su semplificazione e flessibilità"

"Non solo prudenti: dobbiamo essere attenti sul piano gestionale. Spingere la crescita e allo stesso tempo non dimenticare il sociale. Dobbiamo essere attenti a ottimizzare le risorse verso la produttività e il tessuto sociale". È la linea di Forza Italia sulla manovra indicata dal deputato Maurizio Casasco, responsabile del dipartimento economico. "Finora siamo stati prudenti, abbiamo sostanzialmente centrato i parametri europei un anno prima, avuto in Europa un primato con un avanzo primario, migliorato i rating e toccato il record di occupazione", sottolinea, indicando che per Fi le risorse devono essere concentrate su "pochi settori destinati alla crescita e sulle fasce più in…

Si svolge domani, domenica 4 ottobre, presso il Campo Sportivo di Martellago, la quarta edizione della Coppa Alkeemia, la giornata di sport e inclusione dedicata a calciatori e calciatrici con disabilità intellettiva relazionale, promossa da Alkeemia, leader europeo della chimica del fluoro con sede a Porto Marghera. Giunta alla sua quarta edizione, la Coppa Alkeemia prosegue il proprio percorso itinerante e, dopo le tappe degli anni precedenti a Mestre e Dolo, è approdata quest’anno a Martellago, coinvolgendo quattro realtà sportive impegnate quotidianamente nella promozione dello sport per le persone con disabilità: FC Vigontina San Paolo, ForMeDAbili, Sport Life Montebelluna e ALA…

Caos a Campo Marzo, dove in migliaia si sono presentati per l'appuntamento lanciato sui social da Il Vucumprà. L’influencer di origini marocchine Hamza Messaf aveva dichiarato sui social: "Verremo a Vicenza a regalare vestiti regaleremo un casino di roba, se abitate anche a Padova e dintorni dovete venire perché più gente ci sarà e più cose verranno regalate". Il suo arrivo nella città del Palladio era previsto per le 16 in punto, aveva invitato i giovani a presentarsi all'Aura Battle, una sfida nella quale venivano messi in palio diversi capi griffati. La situazione però è ben presto degenerata. Secondo una prima ricostruzione fornita da VicenzaToday i presenti, soprattutto minorenni, si…

Viene da Città di Castello la prima guida turistica ai Cammini di San Francesco realizzata con la Comunicazione Aumentativa Alternativa (C.A.A.). Si chiama “In Caammino con Francesco” ed è uno strumento per tutti, immediato e di piacevole consultazione. Attraverso la scrittura in simboli ha il potere di abbattere le barriere comunicative, che, anche sui sentieri religiosi, si possono frapporre alle persone con difficoltà legate al linguaggio, alla relazione e alla scrittura, impedendo loro di sperimentare esperienze con consapevolezza e autonomia. La sua particolarità è quella di essere il frutto del lavoro di un team di giovani con disabilità che vivono esattamente i bisogni alle quali la…

Sofia Goggia racconta il dramma vissuto in Argentina. "A Ushuaia ho iniziato a sciare - ha detto la campionessa azzurra - sciavo anche bene e forte come al solito, felice di essere in Argentina a sciare per la mia quattordicesima volta". Poi qualcosa è cambiato: "Ho iniziato ad accusare dolori articolari particolarmente forti, intensi e strani, rispetto ai soliti dolorini che ho e riesco a gestire con gli antinfiammatori". Ai microfoni di Sky Sport, a margine a Trento del Festival dello Sport, la sportiva racconta i due virus che l'hanno debilitata e che rischiano di comprometterle l'inizio della stagione agonistica. "Ho avuto una debolezza di gambe, come se non fosse coordinata, dei…

Merz a Kiev promette altre armi: «In futuro Russia contro di noi» Visita del cancelliere tedesco nella capitale mentre si intensificano gli attacchi di Mosca Il cancelliere tedesco Friedrich Merz è arrivato a Kiev con la promessa di altri aiuti militari ed economici all’Ucraina nel momento in cui Mosca intensifica gli attacchi contro la capitale e in vista dell’arrivo dell’inverno. In particolare, come anticipa l’agenzia di stampa tedesca Dpa, il cancelliere arriva in Ucraina con l’impegno a fornire migliaia di droni intercettori e accelerare la produzione di sistemi a lungo raggio. Chiedilo al Sole «Se la Russia non viene fermata, la sua macchina da guerra prima o poi si rivolgerà contro…

Italgas avanza sul mercato estero: firmato accordo per il 22,5% della portoghese Floene Deal da 120 milioni di euro che si inserisce lungo il percorso tratteggiato dall’ultimo piano industriale del gruppo I punti chiave Dopo la Grecia, Italgas sbarca anche in Portogallo dove il gruppo guidato da Paolo Gallo ha rilevato il 22,5% del capitale di Floene, il principale operatore della distribuzione gas. L’azienda italiana ha firmato un accordo vincolante con Marubeni Corporation e Toho Gas Co. Ltd. per l’acquisto del 100% di Meet Europe Natural Gas, società che detiene il pacchetto nell’azionariato del primo player del mercato portoghese. Chiedilo al Sole Un passo del percorso di crescita…

Spagna, mezzo milione di inquilini in piazza alza le chiavi: «Ora sciopero generale» Proteste per il «diritto a un tetto» a Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia, alle Canarie e in altre 50 città. Scontri a «Cap i casal»: 5 arresti e 9 poliziotti feriti I punti chiave Decine di migliaia di persone, circa 70mila secondo la delegazione del governo, sono scese in piazza nel centro della capitale spagnola Madrid in un fronte comune contro tutti i settori che ostacolano l’accesso alla casa e favoriscono gli sfratti, includendo tra i responsabili la classe politica e i fondi speculativi internazionali, presentati come «i veri invasori». Chiedilo al Sole «Diritto a un tetto»; «serve subito uno sciopero…

Ucraina: incursioni droni, la Moldova convoca l’ambasciatore russo Lituania: «Drone nello spazio aereo». Poi l’allerta rientra La Moldova ha convocato l’ambasciatore russo in seguito alle ultime incursioni di missili e droni nel proprio spazio aereo. È la seconda volta in pochi giorni che Chisinau convoca il rappresentante russo. Secondo le autorità, l’ultima incursione ha visto cinque tra droni e missili sconfinare in territorio moldavo ed esplodere nei pressi di alcuni centri abitati, causando danni materiali ma nessuna vittima. Al Ministero degli Esteri l’ambasciatore russo è stato esortato a prevenire tali incidenti, si legge in una nota ufficiale. Chiedilo al Sole La presidenteMaia…

Volo Flydubai, l’indagine: copilota ha usato un’ascia per aggredire comandante L’attentatore ha utilizzato l’ascia d’emergenza presente nella cabina di pilotaggio L’inchiesta condotta negli Emirati Arabi Uniti sul volo Flydubai Fz1073 da Dubai a Tel Aviv di mercoledì ha rivelato che il copilota stava pianificando un «atto terroristico» e che ha utilizzato l’ascia d’emergenza presente nella cabina di pilotaggio per aggredire il comandante, tentando di «prendere i comandi dell’aereo«: è quanto affermato dal procuratore generale emiratino Al Shamsi, citato dall’agenzia di stampa ufficiale Wam. Chiedilo al Sole Le indagini sull’accaduto a bordo del volo proseguono. Il copilota sospettato di…

Ecco come trarre profitto dalla crescita delle azioni Non è necessario prevedere l’andamento futuro del Pil, evitare i ribassi di Borsa o essere efficienti nella selezione dei titoli. Basta avere pazienza, disciplina e tempo Per investire con successo in Borsa servono i poteri paranormali di Gustavo Rol? Conoscenze specialistiche? Oppure relazioni influenti? Chiedilo al Sole Niente affatto. Accumulare ricchezza investendo in azioni può essere facile, perché consente di partecipare all’innovazione e alla crescita globale. Non è necessario prevedere l’andamento futuro del Pil, evitare i ribassi di Borsa o essere efficienti nella selezione dei titoli. Basta avere pazienza, disciplina e tempo.…

VATICAN CITY – When the Vatican opened the safe after the death of Pope Benedict XV in 1922, they discovered it was empty. “So who is going to pay for the Conclave now?” they asked, with some concern. They decided to turn to the young and wealthy American Church. A generous cheque promptly arrived from across the Atlantic, covering the entire cost of the papal election. Now that a Chicago-born pontiff occupies the See of St Peter, the flow of American money to the Vatican has picked up again — but this time with a different purpose: to help the new Pope, or to influence him. “There is a great deal of enthusiasm in the United States, and that enthusiasm translates into financial support for…

Kiev sotto assedio: Mosca intensifica attacchi a ponti e centrali energetiche in vista dell’inverno Secondo un documento citato dal New York Times, l’obiettivo è causare il crollo del sistema energetico di Kiev. Intanto Zelensky denuncia: Putin ha ordinato ai generali di non obbedire più ad alcuna regola di guerra I punti chiave La paralisi del traffico di Kiev è l’ennesima prova imposta alla capitale ucraina dagli attacchi dei russi, che negli ultimi giorni hanno oltrepassato una nuova linea rossa accanendosi sul Pivdennyi, il Ponte Sud, nella parte meridionale della città: un’infrastruttura cruciale per i collegamenti automobilistici tra le due rive del Dnipro e per la metro, costretta a…

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, capo negoziatore e presidente del parlamento iraniano, ha affermato che Washington ha avanzato "alcune proposte tramite un mediatore" dopo che Teheran aveva proposto una tabella di marcia di 7 giorni per la riapertura dello Stretto di Hormuz. Tuttavia, ha sottolineato, gli Usa devono sapere "che l'epoca in cui si perdeva tempo e si imponevano richieste unilaterali è finita", che la posizione dell'Iran rimane "chiara e definita" e che "lo Stretto di Hormuz non verrà riaperto finché non saranno soddisfatte le nostre sette condizioni basate sul Memorandum di Islamabad". Lo riporta Al Jazeera. …

Le elezioni parlamentari in Lettonia hanno sancito oggi una netta conferma dell'orientamento filo-occidentale del Paese baltico. Secondo gli exit poll, la Lista Unita del primo ministro Andris Kulbergs avrebbe ottenuto una vittoria schiacciante con il 35,6% dei voti, registrando un incremento di 24 punti percentuali rispetto alla precedente tornata elettorale.     Kulbergs sostiene il potenziamento militare della Lettonia e il continuo sostegno all'Ucraina.     La Reuters scrive sul suo sito che il risultato era ampiamente previsto…

Un "atto terroristico" compiuto con l'ascia di emergenza (obbligatoria) in dotazione alla cabina di pilotaggio: così il procuratore generale emiratino, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, ha definito l'aggressione avvenuta mercoledì scorso a bordo di un aereo FlyDubai diretto in Israele e costretto ad un atterraggio di emergenza in Arabia Saudita dopo che il copilota ha ferito il comandante, prima di essere immobilizzato da altri passeggeri. Le indagini hanno rivelato che il copilota "aveva iniziato a realizzare un atto terroristico", ha spiegato l'alto magistrato, precisando che il sospettato ha "aggredito il comandante nella cabina di pilotaggio usando l'ascia di emergenza" ivi custodita e ha tentato…

L'Ucraina intensificherà gli attacchi contro le raffinerie di petrolio russe in risposta alla nuova politica di raid aerei di Mosca, volta a costringere la popolazione ad abbandonare Kiev e altre città: lo ha dichiarato il presidente Volodymyr Zelensky in un'intervista a Reuters.     Zelensky ha affermato che l'intelligence ucraina ha ottenuto documenti che dimostrano come Vladimir Putin abbia emanato una "nuova dottrina" di attacchi militari contro una gamma molto più ampia di obiettivi civili in vista di questo inverno. "I documenti consentono loro di attaccare le strade, le scuole, gli ospedali, per far…

Il sottosegretario di Stato agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Massimo Dell'Utri, nella sua visita a San Paolo, in Brasile, ha incontrato dirigenti scolastici, docenti, personale e studenti dell'Istituto Eugenio Montale e del Colegio Dante Alighieri, le due scuole italiane paritarie presenti nella città. "È stato un incontro particolarmente significativo perché ho potuto conoscere da vicino due realtà che rappresentano concretamente il valore della formazione italiana nel mondo. Ma soprattutto mi ha colpito il confronto con gli studenti e il loro interesse per l'Italia", ha dichiarato Dell'Utri. "Alcuni ragazzi mi hanno chiesto informazioni sulla possibilità di venire a…

Il governo di Cuba riconosce le difficoltà della popolazione alle prese con blackout frequenti e prolungati. "C'è una grande e comprensibile insoddisfazione", ha dichiarato il primo ministro Manuel Marrero, attribuendo le difficoltà soprattutto al "blocco petrolifero" degli Stati Uniti. Intervenendo nel podcast del presidente Miguel Diaz-Canel, il premier ha ammesso che le misure adottate finora non sono sufficienti a ottenere il consenso dei cittadini. "Non otterremo ancora riconoscimento finché questo non si tradurrà in una riduzione delle ore di blackout", ha affermato, sottolineando che il governo ha avviato un programma di trasformazioni per cercare di migliorare la…

Il ritorno volontario e il reinserimento nella società dei migranti venezuelani rifugiatisi all'estero negli ultimi anni per sfuggire alla crisi economica e sociale sono stati al centro dei colloqui tra la presidente ad interim Delcy Rodriguez e l'alto commissario delle Nazioni unite per i rifugiati (Unhcr), Barham Salih, in visita per la prima volta in Venezuela. L'incontro segue l'appello lanciato da Rodriguez all'Assemblea generale dell'Onu a settembre, quando ha invitato i venezuelani all'estero a rientrare nel Paese. Nel resoconto dell'incontro con Rodriguez, Salih ha indicato il piano per un ritorno volontario e il reinserimento come "un nuovo capitolo di cooperazione". "Una visione…

Il ministero degli Esteri russo ammette di aver colpito durante la notte il ponte stradale Severny sul fiume Dnieper a Kiev, chiamato il ponte nord della capitale. "Le forze armate russe continuano a colpire le infrastrutture ucraine e le navi utilizzate a beneficio delle forze armate ucraine. Durante la notte, attacchi con velivoli senza pilota hanno colpito il ponte stradale Severny sul fiume Dnieper a Kiev, che facilita gli spostamenti delle truppe e le consegne di rifornimenti militari per le forze armate ucraine", ha dichiarato il ministero, come riporta Tass.     …

- Published A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine's capital. The attack on Saturday morning injured two people, and damaged the road surface and overhead trolleybus wires on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, Klitschko said, causing traffic jams. It comes after the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge was hit multiple times by Russian drones this week, with Klitschko warning that "the enemy is tearing Kyiv apart". Russia said its drones had hit the two bridges used to transfer Ukrainian troops and military cargo. Moscow again urged foreign citizens, including diplomats, to leave…

L'Ucraina - a quanto apprende l'ANSA - potrebbe avere bisogno nel 2027 "fino a 70 miliardi di euro" in più di quanto preventivato per poter continuare a resistere all'invasione russa (in aggiunta dunque ai 45 miliardi già previsti dal prestito Ue). Al momento sarebbero in corso contatti approfonditi tra Bruxelles e Kiev per definire le esigenze con precisione e produrre un report da sottoporre ai 27, forse già al consiglio europeo di ottobre. Per quanto riguarda il 2026, invece, non ci sono 'buchi' nell'assistenza ma è "fondamentale" che la Rada approvi le riforme previste. P Al netto del fatto che gli Usa di Donald Trump si tireranno fuori, restano Paesi amici come Canada, Regno Unito…

I candidati alla presidenza del Brasile hanno dichiarato spese per complessivi 27,4 milioni di euro (160,7 milioni di real) nella campagna elettorale per il primo turno del 4 ottobre. Circa l'80% del totale è stato speso dai due principali concorrenti: il presidente uscente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva e il senatore Flavio Bolsonaro. Secondo i dati del Tribunale superiore elettorale (Tse), raccolti dal portale Poder360 fino alle 14 di venerdì 2 ottobre, Lula ha dichiarato spese per 11,2 milioni di euro (65,7 milioni di real), seguito da Bolsonaro con 10,7 milioni di euro (63 milioni di real). Gli altri candidati hanno registrato complessivamente spese per circa 5,5 milioni di euro (32 milioni…

Why has Brazil accused the US of election interference? In Brazil’s upcoming presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is facing right-wing challenger and ally of Donald Trump, Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Washington has backed closer ties with Brazil’s right wing, while Lula da Silva has accused Bolsonaro’s camp of encouraging foreign interference. The election has raised questions about US influence, trade tariffs, organised crime and Brazil’s sovereignty. The BBC's Ione Wells explains.

- Published Australian authorities are investigating the links between the country and a Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to take control of a plane travelling to Israel. The co-pilot is alleged to have attacked the captain with a crash axe during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv before passengers managed to overpower him and successfully take control of the plane. The Australian authorities have not identified the co-pilot, who has been named by multiple media outlets including Reuters, CNN and The New York Times as Hamam al-Hammami. The prosecutor in the UAE has said it is investigating the incident and any possible motives. In a statement to the BBC, the Australian Federal Police (AFP)…

Rare tornado whips through small Australian town Several people in Ulladulla, New South Wales, filmed the moment a rare tornado came through the town on 3 October. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the phenomenon was caused by "severe" thunderstorms and that it was "very uncommon to see one in such a populated place". The weather incident caused damage to properties and knocked over some trees, it added.

- Published US authorities have found debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing with six people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane just after 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, while it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston, Massachusetts. The search for survivors continues off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island, the US Coast Guard said. Authorities have notified the next of kin of those on the flight, four Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals. "Search crews located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket," the US Coast Guard said in…

- Published Tens of thousands of people have protested across Spain calling for greater protections for tenants after the government failed to pass emergency housing legislation. About 50 marches took place on Saturday in cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. "There is a lot of anger in the streets," a spokesperson for the Valencia Tenants' Union said. Clashes have taken place between some protesters and police in the city. The measures put forward by Pedro Sánchez's leftist coalition government on Friday followed public outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home last month after she was unable to afford a sharp rent increase. Her eviction triggered nationwide…

Will Spain's housing crisis lead to a snap election? Thousands of people are continuing protests across Spain, after Congress rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis. Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home. Abascal was evicted after she was unable to pay a rent increase by the company that owns her flat. The case triggered a broader movement across the country demanding affordable rentals, which have soared in recent years. The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is at one of the protests in Madrid and looks at whether the government's defeat…

- Published Before the morning rush begins, the sound of praise and worship fills the Neoplan bus station in Ghana's capital, Accra, as a group of Christians gather to prepare to evangelise on vehicles taking travellers across the country. Amid drumming and dancing, Boateng Bismark James leads 13 worshippers, nine men and four women, in prayer for drivers and passengers travelling to destinations across Ghana. Ghana is a predominantly Christian country where preaching on public transport is widespread. On long-distance buses, pastors can often be seen - and heard - preaching the gospel. Sometimes they stand in the stairwell next to the driver, at others they walk up and down the aisle…

- Published Prime Minister Mark Carney admitted last week that he has prepared for a once-unthinkable scenario - a US invasion. Noting the risk was low and the likelihood highly improbable, he told the New York Times he had a responsibility to consider all possibilities as the US-Canada relationship is redefined under the Donald Trump presidency. "That's just risk management," Carney said. Trump's global tariffs and his often-repeated desire to make Canada the 51st state has led Canada to war game an attack by the Americans. In 2025, the US president said it was "highly unlikely" that the US would ever use force against Canada. Instead he said, he would continue to exert economic pressures…

The head of Tennessee's prison system is resigning after the state's failed lethal injection of convicted murderer Christa Pike left her hospitalized and on a ventilator. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this month, Gov. Bill Lee said Saturday. In a statement distributed by the governor's office, Strada said stepping aside was "in the best interest of Tennesseans" while an independent review examines what went wrong during the botched execution. "I believe this review is entirely appropriate and necessary, and I look forward to doing everything I can to help determine exactly what occurred," Strada said. At Lee's request, the Tennessee Attorney…

- Published A UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident at RAF Fairford has been released on bail. The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday. Searches of two properties in the same area have now finished. A major incident was declared and dozens of homes were evacuated after police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase in Gloucestershire last weekend. Five other men in their twenties were arrested and were subsequently released on police bail. All five were UK nationals from London. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the events are continuing…

- Published Asian Games - final round -18 T Kim (Kor); -15 K Higa (Jpn), W Ding (Chn), S Kaewkanjana (Tha); -11 W-H Wang (Tpe) Tom Kim won gold at the Asian Games to secure an exemption from mandatory service in South Korea's military. The 24-year-old led going into the final round and produced a brilliant six-under-par 64 to finish 18 under and claim victory by three strokes. There were signs of nerves with a bogey on the 17th but, after five birdies and an eagle prior to that, Kim had the margin for error and tapped in for par on the last before letting out a roar, his relief clear to see. South Korean males are, in most circumstances, required to undertake between 18 and 21 months of…

Ted Cruz blasts JD Vance as ‘insecure,’ says he’s focused on helping GOP win midterms A clash between two potential candidates for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination spilled into public this week. Sen. Ted Cruz fired back at JD Vance for suggesting he’s already focused on a 2028 presidential bid, calling the vice president “insecure” while insisting he’s focused on the 2026 midterms. “In my experience, people engage in political bomb-throwing when they’re feeling insecure,” Cruz said in a phone interview Saturday. “So he’s welcome to make whatever comments he likes. I’m going to keep focusing on the midterms and helping us win on Election Day in the next 30 days.” Cruz’s comments…

Republicans don’t have a clear boogeyman for this year’s midterms Some of Democrats’ once-hateable figures are out of the picture. And emerging democratic socialists haven’t made for strong lines of attack nationwide. Republicans have tried to find a new boogeyman this year as they rail against Democratic socialism and the “radical” left: Zohran Mamdani. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Bernie Sanders. Still more mentioned than all of them, at least in campaign ads: former President Joe Biden. A POLITICO review of hundreds of ads running in battleground House and Senate races in recent months shows Republicans largely haven’t seized on progressive icons in paid media. Instead, Biden is the…

Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze. The political bill for Republicans’ health care agenda is coming due earlier than they’d hoped. Republicans’ signature legislation from Trump 2.0 — 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — ensured that its tax cuts were immediate while its controversial cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs wouldn’t take effect until after the midterm elections. Democrats worried last year that this delayed implementation would defang their attacks on the…

Trump promises another round of checks before the midterms The president said he’ll send “nearly $100” checks to 20 million seniors. President Donald Trump on Friday announced plans to send “nearly $100" checks to more than 20 million seniors on Medicare, his latest pledge to send voters money before a critical slate of midterm elections in November. “I pledged to protect and preserve Medicare and Social Security, which were on the verge of RUIN by Joe Biden, who foolishly and maliciously let tens of millions of Illegal Aliens into our Country, and we are doing just that for America’s Seniors,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. The checks, Trump said, would “help pay for their Medicare…

The price tag on the Ken Paxton rescue mission has Republicans panicking Some Republicans want MAGA Inc. to take over spending in the final few weeks. Republicans know they have to spend big to save Ken Paxton. They’re increasingly worried MAGA Inc. won’t throw down in time. In private conversations over recent weeks, senior Hill Republicans and GOP officials have nudged President Donald Trump’s team to start spending more on the Texas Senate race before it’s too late, according to three people with direct knowledge of those conversations, who were granted anonymity to discuss them. Those fears escalated after audio leaked of Paxton privately trashing Trump’s midterm convention, with some…

People ride their motorbikes under a billboard showing Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi with a phrase in Arabic that reads, "master of words and deeds," in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 21, 2026. | Osamah Abdulrahman/AP Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Her reported column delves into the decision-making of the global national security and foreign policy establishment — and the fallout that comes from it. President Donald Trump has done a lot this year to live up to the criticism that he is reckless. But in a faceoff with a heavily armed, religiously driven regime…

Democrats Are Underfunding the Races That Could Remake the Map Democratic donors are pouring money into Senate races as Republicans build an advantage in gubernatorial contests that could shape the party’s future. Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly speaks in front of supporters during a primary election night watch party Aug. 18, 2026, in Miami Lakes, Florida. | Rebecca Blackwell/AP Jonathan Martin is POLITICO’s senior political columnist and politics bureau chief. He’s covered elections in every corner of America and co-authored a best-selling book about Donald Trump and Joe Biden. His reported column chronicles the inside conversations and major trends shaping U.S.…

The Fall of Roe Changed Doctors. Now They’re Changing Politics. State-level abortion debates have activated physicians as a political force like never before. A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on on April 24, 2024, as it heard oral arguments on Moyle v. U.S. and Idaho v. U.S. to decide if Idaho emergency rooms could provide abortions to pregnant women during an emergency. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A gaggle of doctors in white coats gathered at the Virginia state capitol in Richmond on Friday to make their case that the safety of their patients and their ability to practice medicine is threatened by an upcoming…

G-7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels of Reserve Diesel The White House had threatened to ban U.S. diesel exports if Europe did not step up. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at global efforts to rein in high fuel costs, violent student protests across France, and Ebola’s rising death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pain at the Pump Some of the world’s wealthiest nations agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude from their reserve stockpiles over the next four months in an effort to rein in runaway fuel prices. That amounts to around one day’s worth of global oil demand and includes a “frontloaded substantial diesel release” within…

Four and a half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has conquered no more than a slice of Ukrainian territory. In return, half a million Russian soldiers are dead, the economy is running on fumes, Moscow’s relationship with the West is in tatters, and the country’s reliance on China grows ever stronger. Yet there is no sign of Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking peace. His army continues its bombardment of Ukraine. The frontline voraciously consumes more Russian troops than he can recruit. What is it that drives Russia to wage this hugely costly and apparently irrational war? Could it be the individualist greed, lawless capitalism, and corruption for which…

On an August afternoon in 2017, former U.S. Border Patrol agent Cesar Daleo attempted to smuggle what he thought was a kilogram of illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals from San Ysidro, California, across the border into Mexico. He did not know that weeks earlier, a customs agent at Los Angeles International Airport had intercepted the package en route from China. Homeland Security Investigations agents then swapped the controlled substance, disguised as lotus root starch, for a harmless white powder and sent it along to its intended destination. Law enforcement intercepted Daleo just before he crossed the border and arrested him for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. He had…

What in the World? Test yourself on the week of Sept. 26: Trump pressures Zelensky, Venezuelans protest, and Morocco picks a new prime minister. It’s October! Before you start carving pumpkins, see if you kept up with (equally spooky) global headlines with this week’s international news quiz. Have feedback? Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts. It’s October! Before you start carving pumpkins, see if you kept up with (equally spooky) global headlines with this week’s international news quiz. 1. What did U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urge Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to do? The White House’s strategy of repeatedly shifting pressure to end the Russia-Ukraine…

The Trauma Plot to Destroy America A new book examines how narratives about psychological harm have come to dominate public life. The marriage plot was integral to the emergent middle-class novel. Consider how the pursuit of a spouse drives Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) or that the disappointments of married life shape George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1871). Our middle-class culture, in contrast, is organized around the trauma plot, stories in which a person’s behavior, identity, or relationships are understood through the lens of a formative past trauma. Narratives of personal suffering are everywhere, from memoirs (Tara Westover’s Educated) to novels (Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor…

What’s at Stake in Brazil’s Election Results would have broad implications on foreign policy. Brazilians go to the polls on Oct. 4 in what looks to be a very close presidential race between left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula, as he is known, is vying for his fourth nonconsecutive term in office. Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, now imprisoned for attempting a coup after losing to Lula in the 2022 election. Much is at stake in the contest—both domestically and in terms of Brazil’s foreign policy. What has Lula accomplished in office? What are the stakes of the election for Brazil’s relationship with the United…

‘What Is Happening Today Is Development in Reverse’ A conversation with UNDP chief Alexander De Croo about building infrastructure in active conflict zones. Development work is hard enough on its own, but how does one build infrastructure while a war is raging around you? According to Alexander De Croo, the administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), “if a crisis is ongoing, it doesn’t mean you should wait for the crisis to end before doing recovery work.” De Croo is a former Belgian prime minister—a role in which he was actively expanding his country’s defense budget—who is now finding ways to raise money for development work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Haiti, Ukraine, and…

Pashinyan Confronts the Karabakh Cause A crackdown on refugees pits peace against democracy in Armenia. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s official mission in Yerevan was part of a government presence that once employed 2,000 officials and administrators. Now, a plaque emblazoned with the vanished state’s emblem is overgrown with ivy. Next to it still hangs a large poster with the faces of Karabakh hostages captured by Azerbaijani forces in 2023. The office’s interior shows signs of a recent government raid, including a smashed safe—further evidence of the increasingly hostile relationship between the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and supporters of the Karabakh…

How China Managed the Oil Shock Beijing concentrated the impact on refiners, not the public. Since what the International Energy Agency called “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market” arrived in February, China—the world’s largest crude oil importer, with more than 90 percent of these imports arriving by sea—has not scrambled to bid for every replacement barrel. By June, four months into the supply disruption, China had cut crude imports to the lowest level in nearly a decade. China began cautiously restoring crude imports in July, but its purchase rebound remained weak through August and September and far below precrisis levels. China’s ability to endure the…

President Donald Trump swept into Ohio Saturday night promoting what he calls a new "golden age" for America, pointing to billions of dollars in investment and new jobs in the Buckeye State as he urged voters to help keep Republicans in power in November. For the third time in as many nights, Trump rallied supporters outside Dayton for Republicans Sen. Jon Husted and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, casting the midterms as a chance to extend the economic and political gains he said the GOP has delivered since his return to the White House. And with his own name absent from the ballot, Trump gave voters gathered a simple instruction. "Just pretend that I’m running," Trump said. "When…

President Donald Trump appeared to share the personal cell phone number of Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Truth Social amid his push to pass a bill which would end daylight savings time. Trump called out Cotton, who he describes as "a friend," for stopping the "Sunshine Protection Act" from going to a vote last October. "For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion," Trump posted on Truth Social. "So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE!" Trump doubled down on his pressure campaign Saturday while speaking with…

MAGA firebrand Congressman Randy Fine, R-Fla., warned the U.S. must stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons as he cautioned America is losing the battle against radical Islam. In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Digital, he weighed in on the debate over whether Rep. Ilhan Omar D-Minn., should be deported after the recent announcement by Tom Homan that the Department of Homeland Security was investigating the congresswoman. "If she engaged in immigration fraud, she should be deported. And by the way, as should anyone who engaged in immigration fraud. And look, the woman is enmeshed. She's bathed in fraud. I think the best example that we know is fraud is when she said she made 30…

As rapper Macklemore draws controversy for his activism against Israel, rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews headline a Power To The People music festival today that features a partisan network of nonprofits and activists mobilizing against President Donald Trump ahead of the midterms. Performers from a hip-hop band, The Neighborhood Kids, launched the festival with Macklemore's anthem of protest, chanting, "Free, free Palestine!" and continued with a declaration about protesting from "the belly of the beast" against the "funding of genocide" and the "terrorist organization" Immigration and Customs Enforcement." It dedicated its performance to "the martyrs" and railed against…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill earlier this week that would impose a 25% tax on private detention centers, a policy that would apply to all the facilities that partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Golden State. "If we can’t kick out private facilities, we’ll go after their profits," Newsom said in a press release. The move, which Newsom hailed as a way to push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and what he sees as the practice of privatizing federal enforcement, is raising concerns among immigration experts who believe the increased tax could force the government to explore alternative sites less suited to housing detainees. It…

The Supreme Court temporarily cleared the Trump administration to continue its third-country deportation policy this week as DHS’ top lawyer mounts a public defense of an immigration authority the administration says previous presidents largely left dormant. DHS has increasingly used so-called "third-country" removals when a removable alien cannot be returned to his home country or that country refuses to take him back, part of what agency General Counsel James Percival describes as a broader Trump strategy of reviving immigration authorities already on the books. "Imagine going to a country and saying, 'Hey, we've got a guy, he's not your guy, and he's a rapist, but can he please live…

A Biden-appointed judge is being labeled an "activist judge" by conservative critics after ruling the federal government's application of a law barring noncitizens from voting in elections violates the Constitution in a federal criminal case. In a 31-page ruling, U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz of the Southern District of Florida dismissed federal charges against Chelsea Cox, a woman originally from Jamaica who voted in the 2020 presidential election despite not being a U.S. citizen. The ruling comes as the Trump administration has intensified efforts to prevent noncitizens from voting, including through federal prosecutions and attempts to verify citizenship on state voter rolls…

Politicians from both parties had a rough week as slip-ups and unpopular messaging sent floods of unwanted attention their way. Chief among this week’s gaffes was Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s botched attempt to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury during Tuesday’s Senate testimony, a basketball mix-up that unraveled as cameras captured the stunned reaction of Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt seated beside him. Britt was seated beside Schmitt as he pressed Smith over whether he attended an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024, pointing to text messages he said showed Smith had been there. When Smith denied attending the NBA game, Schmitt accused him of lying under…

Newly uncovered documents reveal that one of former special counsel Jack Smith’s top deputies advocated for repealing a key constitutional protection for lawmakers. "I’m an advocate for repealing the clause but absent that, we’re stuck with it and the way it’s been interpreted," J.P. Cooney, who served as Smith’s principal deputy prosecutor, wrote in a 2021 exchange first obtained by the Washington Examiner. He was speaking with Molly Gaston, another prosecutor who would go on to join Smith, about the Constitution’s speech or debate clause. The speech or debate clause of the Constitution protects members of Congress from civil or criminal prosecution stemming from their legislative actions…

Before raising millions of campaign dollars for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or breaking ranks with the Democratic Party to publish a tell-all political memoir, Lindy Li was trying to build a political career from the candidate’s podium. "I just knew," Li said. "I knew that I was supposed to run for Congress. But I didn’t know I was supposed to do it at twenty-four years old." In the lead-up to the 2024 election, that ambition crashed headlong into lifelong convictions about loyalty and stretched them to a breaking point. Li’s status as a top Democratic fundraiser would soon crumble as she switched her party affiliation over unheeded warning signs about President Joe Biden's decline in the…

A massive surge in cyberattacks on Americans' water supply in recent years has exposed a shift in hackers' focus from financially motivated ransomeware to attacks designed to disrupt one of the most essential pieces of civilian infrastructure, senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials told Fox News Digital. "Everyday life completely crumbles" when drinking water and wastewater systems are impacted, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Jess Kramer warned. "There is definitely been an increase, several fold on attacks recently," Kramer added in an interview with Fox News Digital. "You're seeing everything from failure to change password, leading to cyberattacks all the way to…

Texas Senate nominee James Talarico once proclaimed the Bible gives him a moral reason to fight for his progressive policies, but one expert is now accusing Talarico of spreading a "perverted version" of Christianity to justify his agenda. Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, set off a wave of criticism this week after saying his support for universal healthcare and rejection of "this corrupt system" are rooted in "biblical grounds." He pointed to the actions of Jesus and the Hebrew prophets as the rationale. "When Jesus healed the sick, he didn't ask for a deductible. So, when I fight for universal healthcare, I'm doing it on biblical grounds," he wrote in an X post viewed over 2 million…

Donald Trump can’t get Kaitlan Collins out of his head. The president took time out of a MAGA rally speech in Ohio on Saturday night to bash the CNN star, who was in attendance. Trump insisted that Collins “never smiles,” despite the countless hours of footage showing her doing exactly that on TV and at public events. “She’s such an unhappy person,” the 80-year-old president declared. “She never smiles. She’s a very unhappy person,” he repeated, eventually goading the crowd into booing the journalist. In the past, Trump has called Collins “stupid,” “nasty,” “crazy,” and “average.” Collins, 34, has seemed to shrug off Trump’s relentless attacks. She went on air this week with a mug placed…

Donald Trump’s ever-present aide Natalie Harp played a key role in helping the president turn taxpayer money into a vehicle for glorifying himself, a new report reveals. At a strategy meeting in the Oval Office, Trump instructed Harp to pull up footage of the kinds of flattering images of himself he wanted to see in the ads, The New York Times reported. Harp quickly obliged, showcasing clips of Trump before massive crowds and beneath fighter jets, among other footage. The 13 partisan ads (so far) praise Trump, 80, for his military prowess in Iran and Venezuela, extol his much-criticized tariffs, and declare repeatedly in one ad that “God made Trump” because he needed the president’s…

A top Russian official defended Jared Kushner after suggestions of potentially murky dealings in negotiations to end Putin’s war in Ukraine. Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the U.S. negotiators tasked with ending the war, allegedly have ties to business interests seeking to acquire Russian oil assets as part of a potential Ukraine peace deal. After Kushner refuted claims that he was involved in a similarly beneficial deal in Israel on X, Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev replied to the post, defending Kushner. “Jared is a Peacemaker. Peacemakers get attacked for peacemaking because warmongers lavishly fund those attacks. But Peacemakers will prevail and warmongers will lose. 🕊️,“ Dmitriev…

Saturday Night Live roasted the Republican Party for trying to hide Senator Mitch McConnell’s apparent health struggles. This week’s cold open centered around the GOP’s attempts to film an inspiring get-out-the-vote video for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections. “We need this next guy to get the Reagan Republicans out to the polls,” said one GOP operative, played by cast member Ashley Padilla. The guy she referred to, it turned out, was a barely conscious Mitch McConnell, played by cast member Mikey Day. This was Day’s first time playing the 84-year-old Kentucky senator; previously, James Austin Johnson played McConnell in 2022. The video quickly went off the rails, with Day’s McConnell…

Donald Trump can’t get Kaitlan Collins out of his head. The president took time out of a MAGA rally speech in Ohio on Saturday night to bash the CNN star, who was in attendance. Trump insisted that Collins “never smiles,” despite the countless hours of footage showing her doing exactly that on TV and at public events. “She’s such an unhappy person,” the 80-year-old president declared. “She never smiles. She’s a very unhappy person,” he repeated, eventually goading the crowd into booing the journalist. In the past, Trump has called Collins “stupid,” “nasty,” “crazy,” and “average.” Collins, 34, has seemed to shrug off Trump’s relentless attacks. She went on air this week with a mug placed…

Ohio’s MAGA gubernatorial candidate suffered a brutal humiliation in front of voters Saturday when he tried—and failed—to pull off the classic politician move of kissing a baby. Vivek Ramaswamy was working the crowd at a campaign event in Vandalia, Ohio, when he spotted a child holding a sign that read, according to Ramaswamy, “My dad is deployed—proud military kid for Trump.” The 10-year-old boy was exactly the kind of young voter a MAGA ally would want to spotlight at a Trump rally: a military kid, a Trump supporter, and an easy opportunity for a candidate to play up his patriotism. So Ramaswamy invited the child onstage. Then he decided to take things one step further. “I’m going to pick…

President Donald Trump’s biggest fear is the world finding out he is stupid, his longtime biographer alleges. Trump’s fear of this is so great, Michael Wolff tells the Inside Trump’s Head Podcast that the president’s college transcripts may very well be what Russian President Vladimir Putin holds over him. Wolff says the theory is not just his, adding that former Trump adviser Steve Bannon raised the same possibility. “Steve Bannon and I were talking about what Putin might have on Trump, and Bannon went through all the things dismissing them,” Wolff said. “He said, what I think he has on him are his college transcripts.” Trump’s transcripts from Fordham University and the University of…

Bill Maher has a warning for his new Skydance bosses ahead of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger closing. “Paramount now owns Warner Discovery, which owns HBO, which owns my a--,” the 70-year-old comedian said during Friday’s monologue on Real Time with Bill Maher. “Whoever owns me now, don’t believe what Trump is tweeting about me.” “Did you see what he said about me this weekend? He said my ratings are so low, ‘it’s just sad,’” he added. A federal judge cleared the way for the merger last week after approving a settlement between Paramount and a group of state attorneys general that sued to block the controversial deal. The deal is expected to close on Tuesday. On Friday…

Vladimir Putin is facing a fresh crisis at home while he ramps up his war against Ukraine: a freak lab accident involving pneumonic plague and a frantic campaign to cover it up. The dizzying turn of events began in the Irkutsk region of Siberia on Friday, when news broke of a 28-year-old woman dying of suspected pneumonic plague at a hospital in the town of Shelekhov. Several local reports say she worked as a lab technician at a research institute and accidentally broke a vial containing the plague pathogen; other reports say she had just returned from a work trip and may have contracted it elsewhere. Pneumonic plague is the most virulent form of plague, spreading from person to person…

Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people The U.S. Coast Guard says searchers have found debris off Nantucket, Mass., from a Canadian air ambulance that was carrying six people traveling from Bermuda to Boston when it disappeared early Saturday. The Gulfstream G100 had been carrying two Bermudans and four Canadians and their next of kin have been notified, according to the Coast Guard, which said it is continuing to search for those on board. Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing. The pilot declared an emergency, according to Nantucket Memorial Airport. During an exchange…

Can the Cornell lawsuit force changes that make students safer? Universities have responsibilities when students report sexual assault, even if prosecutors don't bring charges. Attorney Baine Kerr explains how those protections work. ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST: For more on this story, we called Baine Kerr. He's a retired Title IX attorney who gained national attention for litigating precedent-setting civil rights and Title IX campus sexual assault lawsuits. I asked him, what does Title IX require of colleges and universities? BAINE KERR: As soon as there is notice by a university, action must be taken, and that action requires investigation in coordination with law enforcement. If law…

Economist Betsey Stevenson breaks down the gender gap in recent hiring reports The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Labor Department reports that the economy added fewer new jobs last month than expected, and unemployment rose a bit. It's now at 4.2%. We're joined now by Betsey Stevenson, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. She was, of course, a member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Thanks so much for being with us. BETSEY STEVENSON: Oh, it's great talking with…

Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down PHILADELPHIA — Every weekend for the past month, the sidewalk in front of the Natural Academy of Sciences has simultaneously felt like a festival, a funeral, and a science fair. On the Museum's final Friday, there was a line of attendees waiting to get in; Activists circulating petitions and flyers to "Save the Academy"; and a museum educator showed off a giant salamander skull and a rare coat of pangolin scales. For Philly area kids, visiting this place has been a rite of passage for generations. So when word dropped on September 1st that the nearly 200-year-old museum was closing at the end of the month…

The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy The U.S. Supreme Court formally opens a new term on Monday, with big test cases on religion, bans on semi-automatic weapons, climate change, immigration and — waiting in the wings — election law cases. It used to be that the first Monday in October marked the beginning of a new Supreme Court term. And that's still true, technically. But for all practical purposes, the formerly quiet summer months after the court finishes its opinions in all argued cases no longer exists. Indeed, as Georgetown University law professor Stephen Vladeck observes, the number of emergency appeals has ballooned during the Trump administration, while…

President Donald Trump announced plans to send $90 payments to more than 20 million older Americans, with Trump tying the initiative to his broader push to lower health care costs. The money would be drawn from about $2 billion set aside to improve Medicare’s hospital and medical insurance programs, which has not been used for that purpose since the initiative’s inception in 2008, administration officials said Saturday. Both parties have used the money, held in the Medicare Improvement Fund, in congressional budget maneuvers.

President Donald Trump on Saturday urged the Senate to immediately pass legislation to enact year-round daylight saving time, giving out the personal cellphone number of the bill’s chief critic — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) — in a dramatic attempt to ramp up pressure. Democracy Dies in Darkness

A Native American woman has never held a governorship, or a seat in the U.S. Senate. That could change this year, if former interior secretary Deb Haaland wins the governor’s race in New Mexico, and if either former congresswoman Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) or Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) win their Senate bids.

MOBILE, Ala. — Eleven years ago, Donald Trump arrived in Mobile in his Boeing 757, strode onto a football field to “Sweet Home Alabama” and was greeted by a sight that revealed the scale of his fledging political movement: Tens of thousands of people had braved sweltering temperatures and snarled traffic to see him. Democracy Dies in Darkness

BRASÍLIA — For millions of voters, Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday is less about who inspires them most than who scares them least. The front-runners are, for many, wearyingly familiar. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is running for an unprecedented fourth four-year term; the left-wing leader has already served the most terms, albeit nonconsecutively, of any president in Brazil’s young democracy.

At the U.S.-China summit in September 2026, both leaders spoke of the fact that the United States and China had been allies in World War II and had fought together. Of course, the United States and China (the Republic of China) were indeed Allied nations in WWII and fought together against Japan and others, and if the summit remarks were intended simply to reaffirm that historical fact and invoke shared memory, then they should give rise to no particular concern. It is also worth recalling that in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, U.S.-China relations were relatively stable, and China was emphasizing that it had fought alongside the United States and other major Western…

On September 28, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump to review progress in bilateral cooperation. In a post on X, Modi described the conversation as “productive.” “We reviewed our bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, critical technologies and other areas. We agreed to maintain close engagement to take our Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership forward,” he said. While Modi’s post about his conversation with Trump was not negative, it was far less effusive than in the past, even bland. As Yashraj Sharma observed in an article in Al Jazeera, it was a “cold and formal depiction far removed from his description of…

The Philippine government today rejected China’s assertion that it has sovereign rights and jurisdiction over waters off Batanes, the country’s northernmost province, a day after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drove away a Chinese research vessel operating in the area. The PCG said yesterday that it had deployed its largest vessel and an aircraft to challenge the Jia Ha Ke 7, a Chinese research ship, that had been “loitering” around 37 nautical miles northwest of Batanes for the past four days. During the confrontation, PCG spokesperson Jay Tarriela said that a China Coast Guard vessel also moved in and “repeatedly tried to shield the research vessel and block the PCG ship.” The…

The security environment in the Indo-Pacific is undergoing a profound transformation. Cooperation among revisionist powers, including China, Russia, and North Korea, is deepening, while the strategic priorities of the United States — the country that has long underpinned the regional order — are also changing. At the same time, technological advances in areas such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, unmanned platforms, quantum technologies, and cyber capabilities are fundamentally changing the character of warfare and the sources of military advantage. Against this backdrop, Japan and Australia have deepened their comprehensive security partnership across military and economic…

President Vladimir Putin’s mid-August visit to the Kuril Islands, his first as Russia’s leader, inflamed a decades-old territorial dispute with Japan and drew worldwide attention to the two countries’ border in the northern Pacific. But over the past several years, Russian forces have been increasingly active far to the south, around Japan’s southwestern-most islands, in a demonstration of the Russian military’s reach and its willingness to challenge its rivals on its own and alongside China. The dispute centers on the southernmost islands in the Kuril chain, which Japan calls its Northern Territories and says the Soviets seized illegally after Tokyo’s surrender at the end of World War II.…

Why Is the Global Economy So Resilient? With the global economy having weathered major trade and energy shocks over the past two years, growth should improve in 2027, and inflation should fall. Although various political and policy-driven risks could change the outlook, they remain less likely than the relatively benign baseline scenario. NEW YORK—Despite the rising risks, uncertainties, and large negative supply shocks of the last two years, stock markets and the overall global economy have held up quite well. Following the shock of US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” (April 2) tariffs in 2025 came this year’s Iran War, which caused the largest energy shock since the oil crises of…

Closing Europe’s Dynamism Deficit Europe has built an economic framework that protects yesterday’s champions at the expense of tomorrow’s potential winners. To remain competitive, sovereign, and secure in the 21st century, it will need a new model geared toward promoting domestic innovation and commercialization at scale. OXFORD—Technology has always been a source of power. During the centuries when China sat near the world’s frontier of invention, it was also a master of statecraft. But with the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the decisive technologies of steam, steel, railways, and rifled artillery shifted the balance of power westward, inaugurating a period embedded in China’s…

America’s Looming Debt Reckoning High debt levels become dangerous when rising interest rates push up borrowing costs and governments fail to respond. With little political appetite to rein in its federal deficit and ballooning debt, the United States risks finding itself with few options when the next war, recession, or financial crisis arrives. CAMBRIDGE—America’s fiscal position is increasingly looking like a train hurtling along a twisting mountain track. No one seems willing to slow down for fear of falling behind schedule and losing their job. Even if the train doesn’t crash, it is worth asking: Why keep pushing it? Despite solid growth, the federal deficit is about 6% of GDP. Yet the…

The US-China battle for global dominance October 02, 2026 On Ian Explains, host Ian Bremmer makes complex issues about global politics understandable. Ian Explains is a weekly segment on GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer, GZERO's weekly program about global news and current affairs.

Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday to take the first step in deciding the future of Latin America’s largest economy, and potentially the political direction of the entire continent. The field is crowded, but two major players stand out: left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term, and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro. The race has effectively become a rematch in Brazil’s long-running battle between two political establishments. Neither Bolsonaro nor Lula is likely to win outright Sunday. Brazil requires a presidential candidate to receive more than 50% of votes to avoid a runoff, and 12…

Republicans won’t be happy with the final jobs report before the midterms. Job market growth was weaker than expected, adding fewer than half of the jobs economists had predicted. It was particularly bad for Black Americans, for whom the unemployment rate rose a whole percentage point to 7% – nearly double that of white Americans. Overall unemployment remains historically low relative to the post-war average. But today’s report won’t help Republicans make their case to the 61% of Americans who are unhappy with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy before they head to the polls in November. Lottie is a reporter at GZERO, where she covers all things geopolitics for the website and…

Just three years ago, people around the world viewed the US more favorably than China. That is no longer the case. According to data published by the Pew Research Center this summer, China now receives more favorable ratings in most of the 36 countries surveyed. It’s a dramatic change from just a year ago, when 49% of those surveyed had a favorable view of the US, while 37% had a favorable view of China. Even Americans are warming to China, especially young Americans, embracing so-called “Chinamaxxing” on social media, a tongue-in-cheek trend where Americans adopt elements of Chinese culture. This shift is set against what’s happening inside the United States. President Donald Trump has…

Per la prima volta in 23 anni, non ci sono più militari statunitensi in Iraq. Concordato nel 2024, si completa il ritiro dal paese simbolo delle guerre astrategiche con cui l’America si è autozavorrata negli ultimi anni. Invadendolo nel 2003, gli Stati Uniti s’illudevano di compiere un gesto spettacolare con cui tornare a spaventare dopo lo schiaffo dell’11 settembre. Inoltre, erano convinti che i locali si sarebbero organizzati autonomamente in un regime amico una volta liberati dalla tirannia di Saddam Hussein. Entrambe le illusioni continuano a dipanare i loro effetti oggi. In particolare la seconda: il ritiro dimostra che gli Stati Uniti non sono riusciti a cooptare i dirigenti del…

Negli ultimi due anni, il Bangladesh ha vissuto un momento fondamentale della sua giovane storia: la cacciata di Sheikh Hasina dal paese e l’instaurazione di un governo più democratico. O almeno, queste sono le speranze della popolazione bangladese. Sheikh Hasina è stata dal 2009 al 2024 la leader indiscussa del paese, dopo essere stata già primo ministro tra il 1996 e il 2001.

Attenzione, l’informazione che segue potrebbe provocare angoscia e panico, ed è esattamente l’obiettivo di chi l’ha diffusa, ovvero la Russia di Vladimir Putin. Le notizie destabilizzanti arrivano una dopo l’altra: prima il drone carico di esplosivi scoperto in un aeroporto tedesco; poi, il 28 settembre, l’accusa di sabotaggio rivolta dall’Estonia a Mosca. Infine, è arrivato il turno della Nato, che ha rivelato di aver ricevuto un documento con cui il Cremlino minaccia addirittura una guerra nucleare se gli eserciti occidentali dovessero occupare il territorio russo di Kaliningrad, situato tra la Polonia, la Lituania e il mar Baltico. Kaliningrad è un’exclave, ovvero un pezzo di territorio…

A conservative political activist who has been deeply entrenched in right-wing politics for decades is calling on the government to implement safety guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to protecting children and ensuring that the booming technology doesn't displace American workers en masse. "If something happens with one of these companies, whether it's a child taking their own life due to suicide by manipulation with a chatbot, these companies are not required to report it to the federal government," Amy Kremer told Fox News Digital. Kremer is the chairwoman of Humans First, a group that advocates for government safeguards on technology and says it gives…

The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive. Even devices with years-old tech inside are still apparently subject to that unwritten rule. Nvidia has just announced that the Shield TV Pro is getting $100 more expensive, effective immediately. The most recent version of the Shield streaming box debuted in 2019, running Android TV with AI upscaling and hardware decoding for almost any type of media. While it ran an aging Tegra X1+ processor, that was (and still is) fast for a TV media streamer. The device launched at $199.99, with a non-Pro variant at $149.99. The non-Pro Shield…

Welcome to Kernel Panic!, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here. Meta’s new personal assistant, Muse, has become a viral hit, with millions downloading the AI agent, connecting it to bank accounts, messages, or health data, and allowing it to complete tasks for them. But as Muse takes off among consumers, data from inside the app is providing insight into how it organizes and presents information to users. In recent days, multiple researchers have extracted Muse’s internal files and dumped the agent’s operating instructions, providing a glimpse of how…

Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost landed perhaps the darkest joke of the night on this week’s “Weekend Update.” After Michael Che informed viewers that former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her cross-dressing husband Bryon—“I guess we’ll never know why,” joked Che, as a photo of Bryon wearing balloon boobs appeared on the screen—Jost offered his take on the story. “Kristi Noem said that she’s sad about the divorce, but is always happy to separate another family,” Jost said. As he told the joke, the screen showed a picture of Noem wearing an ICE vest. Jost’s line drew a mix of both groans and applause. Che told perhaps the second-darkest joke of the…

With A Statement, Tom McCarthy completes a Hollywood trilogy of preachy, humorless, and unenlightening climate-change films that also includes Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger. The story of a 1980 conference about the impacts of CO2 on the environment, the director’s latest—making its world premiere at the New York Film Festival—is a socially conscious drama (based on Nathaniel Richin’s book Losing Earth) in the vein of his Best Picture-winning Spotlight. Unfortunately, by hewing closely to the record, it’s as dry and ineffective as its subject, and no amount of understandable despair—or a John Turturro performance that’s light years better than its every…

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins has taken a subtle on-air dig at President Donald Trump. Collins went on air this week with a mug prominently placed on her desk during her thrice-weekly show, The Source, bearing a provocative message. “America Needs Nasty Women,” it reads. Collins has been a target of Trump’s ire towards the press, and in particular his habit of berating and criticizing female journalists. In a 2023 town hall during the Republican primaries, Collins grilled Trump over boxes of classified documents the FBI said he had sequestered away at Mar-a-Lago and refused to return, eventually leading to a raid. During the terse exchange, Trump told Collins, “You are a nasty person.” Since…

Opinion: A Hawk is not the same as a Hawkeye Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri may not have been exactly hawk-eyed at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week when he asked former special counsel Jack Smith if he had gone to an Atlanta Hawks basketball game in February 2024. Schmitt implied that Smith met up in Atlanta with the district attorney who was investigating election fraud charges against then-former President Trump. Smith said, "I definitely did not go to a Hawks game, I am sure of that," and Sen. Schmitt replied, "I think you've already perjured yourself." Then he called him a "villain" and more names I'd rather not repeat at breakfast time on a Saturday morning. Further…

Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. A cyber operator can spend a shift tracking an adversary halfway around the world, walk to the parking lot, and be home in time for dinner. There is no flight home, no demobilization, and no transition from an operational mission back to ordinary life. The war zone is a commute away. That arrangement looks like one of the advantages of cyber warfare. It is also becoming one of its human costs. Bloomberg reported in August that as many as five people working at or alongside U.S. Cyber Command took their own lives in a five-week period in June and July this year…

Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. In 2021, Michael Kimmage wrote, “Belarus and the Ukraine Trap,” where he argued the United States should adopt a realistic diplomatic relationship with Belarus that takes into account its strategic partnership with Russia and learns from overpromises made to Ukraine. Five years later, we asked Michael to revisit his arguments. Image: President of Belarus In your 2021 article, you named Belarus as one of the most likely places for a war to break out between Russia and the West. Belarus became a staging ground for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, yet a direct…

Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. During a recent training exercise in the western Pacific, a small group of engineers single-handedly saved the day. In the scenario, adversary covert forces used first-person view drones to intercept American helicopters that were shuttling between austere forward island airbases. Some helicopters were shot down, and the rest were forced to suspend flight operations, meaning the island bases were cut off from each other and from easy resupply. Fortunately, one of the U.S. bases included a small, forward-deployed team of military engineers and their equipment. They…

Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. In 1901, military analyst Jan Bloch declared that new military technologies had changed war so radically that the study of history had become useless. He castigated military officers who prepared for future war based on “musty precedents” and who failed to recognize that the past was as irrelevant to the future as the experiences of caterpillars were to butterflies. Some of his tactical predictions did prove prescient: He anticipated that modern firepower and entrenchments would make decisive battle impossible. But he was very wrong about the continued value of…

The arrival of the first pair of the 66 F-16C/D Block 70 aircraft on order to the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) has been a long time coming – and not just because of production delays. First sought as 66 F-16C/Ds under U.S. President George W. Bush, the request was blocked by his administration and remained unapproved under President Barack Obama, before the sale was signed off in 2019 during the first term of President Donald Trump. Yet their arrival comes after years of debate over whether Taiwan’s vulnerable air bases could sustain fighter operations in wartime, raising questions over what role the aircraft can realistically play. Taiwan’s F-16 story begins in the 1970s. During…

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is the key leader in ASEAN who can and should do better in haze management in the coming years. The current haze situation affecting Southeast Asia is, to a certain extent, a reflection of his leadership and management, given that most of it stems from fires happening in his country. Forests and peatlands in Indonesia have been burning substantially this year and millions of people in Southeast Asia are suffering as a result. In early September, Kuching had the worst air quality of any large city on earth. Malaysian authorities declared a state of emergency in the Serian district of Sarawak, as the Air Pollutant Index exceeded 500. The Philippines…

“What is the use of a fire brigade which vanishes from the scene as soon as the first smoke and flames appear?” asked Abba Eban, addressing an emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly soon after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War had ended. In a fiery speech, the foreign minister of Israel lashed out at the U.N. for pulling peacekeeping troops out of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip. The “disastrously swift” withdrawal, Eban argued, had endangered the “national survival” of the Jewish state. Israel’s Six-Day War was nevertheless a spectacular military success. The Israel Defense Forces neutralized three Arab armies (Egypt, Jordan, and Syria) within a week and occupied the Sinai…

Trump’s Great Oil Heist Venezuela’s hopes for a democratic transition are fading as the US works to take control of its vast oil wealth. Billions in US and foreign investment could strengthen the chavista regime and give future American presidents powerful incentives to preserve the political status quo. LONDON—When the United States ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year and put him in a New York jail cell, Venezuelans at home and abroad rejoiced. For the first time in 27 years, the country faced a real possibility of regime change. But removing an autocrat does not necessarily dismantle the authoritarian system that kept him in power, particularly when the man who…

Global AI Oversight Now AI is already concentrating enormous economic power and deepening existing inequalities, yet governments lack the institutions and expertise needed to govern it. They should establish an international AI body that can set standards and coordinate a collective response to threats no country can handle alone. PARIS—Several years ago, Mariana Mazzucato and I asked a simple question: Who is in charge if something goes wrong in the AI world? The question remains unanswered, even after the United Nations Security Council met last week to discuss the existential risks posed by AI.

Climate Resilience Starts With Care Caren Grown and Kendall Trelegan Climate shocks can disrupt services that millions of vulnerable people rely on, yet care is largely absent from adaptation plans and national funding estimates. Investing in climate-resilient care can prevent cascading health and economic crises while creating jobs and easing pressure on public budgets. WASHINGTON, DC—It is getting harder by the day to justify the slow pace of adaptation to climate change. Last year was one of the hottest on record, with economies and communities around the world disrupted by extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and tropical cyclones. As November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31)…

Conserving a Connected Ocean Marie-May Jeremie For Seychelles and other countries across the Western Indian Ocean region, marine conservation is a fundamental component of national development. But the ocean observes no national borders, which makes international cooperation and common financing instruments essential. VICTORIA—Every year, sea turtles return to the beaches of northern KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa, where they began life. Once they leave the shore, some travel north through the Mozambique Channel, using waters and coastal habitats off Mozambique and Madagascar, while others journey into the wider Indian Ocean. South Africa can protect their nesting beaches, but no country…

The OECD Should Be Reclaimed, Not Abandoned and In recent years, the OECD has strayed from its core mission of coordinating economic policy among the US and its allies, instead building programs around gender budgeting and environmental justice. The Trump administration should use its leverage at the organization to return its focus to economics and national security. NEW YORK—On September 30, the OECD marked the 65th anniversary of its founding. Like many other aging international organizations, it has developed a taste for mission creep, as we witnessed firsthand as former delegates there. That is why some US policymakers want to reduce or eliminate funding for the organization. But…

The great US-China superpower rivalry, with Elizabeth Economy No relationship matters more to the world than one between the US and China. Can the two superpowers keep it stable despite a deep divide between Washington and Beijing? Elizabeth Economy of the Hoover Insitution joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast. President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping traded handshakes, toasts, and pandas at a diplomatic summit at the White House last week, but beneath all the pageantry, the rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries is only getting more intense. Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Elizabeth Economy joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast for a look at what’s really…

EU vs. Russia on the ballot in Bosnia Bosnians will head to the polls this weekend for elections in one of the world’s most complicated political systems. Voters will elect three national presidents representing three main ethnic groups – one Bosniak, one Croat, and one Serb. Collectively, they serve as the country’s head of state. But the biggest race to watch is for the president of the Republic of Srpska, the Serb-majority region that, along with the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina makes up the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Confused yet? Bottom line: the outcome could shape Bosnia’s relationship with the EU and Russia. The race pits the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats…

One in, one out, all done: UK and France scrap migration pact Last year the two countries struck a landmark deal to reduce the number of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from France in small boats: for each undocumented migrant that the UK returned to France, British authorities would accept an asylum applicant with known family links in Britain. More than 1,400 people were officially returned to France under the scheme, which was criticized by some NGOs for alleged maltreatment of some detainees. But the deal has now collapsed. France says it prefers a wider agreement between the UK and the EU, rather than having to process all of the channel-crossing returnees itself. “Why do…

La versione integrale della carta si trova alla fine dell'articolo. La carta inedita a colori della settimana è dedicata al Medio Oriente. La mappa illustra la presente complessità geopolitica dell'instabile regione incastonata tra Mediterraneo orientale, Mar Caspio, Mar Rosso, Golfo Persico e Oceano Indiano. Dalle guerre di Israele ai successi degli huthi dello Yemen, dalle vulnerabilità dell'Arabia Saudita alla resistenza dell'Iran, dalla crisi degli stretti alla carenza di idrocarburi, le turbolenze del Levante allargato si ripercuotono su tutto il mondo. È un'anticipazione dal nuovo numero di Limes intitolato "La Guerra Unica", che trovate in edicola e libreria da sabato 10 ottobre.

La Svizzera ha detto no. Con il 70,15% dei voti e nessun cantone favorevole, l’iniziativa sulla neutralità è stata respinta con il referendum del 27 settembre. I dati significativi sono l’ampiezza della bocciatura e ciò che essa dice sulla concezione della neutralità che gli elettori intendono conservare: uno strumento da mantenere sufficientemente elastico per affrontare un sistema internazionale mutato. L’iniziativa, sostenuta da Pro Svizzera e dall’Unione democratica di centro (Udc), nasceva dalla convinzione che la Confederazione avesse progressivamente svuotato di significato la propria neutralità, soprattutto dopo l’invasione russa dell’Ucraina.

- Published US authorities have found debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing with six people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane just after 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, while it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston, Massachusetts. The search for survivors continues off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island, the US Coast Guard said. Authorities have notified the next of kin of those on the flight, four Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals. "Search crews located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft off the coast of Nantucket," the US Coast Guard said in…

A Boston-bound medical plane vanished off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, early Saturday morning. The plane, a Gulfstream G100 with six people aboard, was flying from Bermuda. It lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration around 2 a.m., the Coast Guard said in a statement. Officials said airplane, helicopter and lifeboat crews are now searching the area. The New York Times reports that the plane was operated by Canadian medical evacuation company Latitude Air Ambulance, which transports patients to and from medical facilities. According to the company’s website, it operates ten aircraft, equipped with onboard stretchers, oxygen, and ICU supplies. The plane took off from…

- Published The head of prisons in the US state of Tennessee is resigning after the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Governor Bill Lee announced the change on Saturday, sharing the news in a joint statement with Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada. Strada said that his stepping down is "in the best interests" of the state, and called the ongoing investigation into the incident "entirely appropriate and necessary". Pike, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer, survived two injections and is now in critical condition at a Tennessee hospital as her lawyers seek to commute her sentence. "Commissioner Strada…

The head of Tennessee's prison system is resigning after the state's failed lethal injection of convicted murderer Christa Pike left her hospitalized and on a ventilator. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this month, Gov. Bill Lee said Saturday. In a statement distributed by the governor's office, Strada said stepping aside was "in the best interest of Tennesseans" while an independent review examines what went wrong during the botched execution. "I believe this review is entirely appropriate and necessary, and I look forward to doing everything I can to help determine exactly what occurred," Strada said. At Lee's request, the Tennessee Attorney…

President Donald Trump appeared to share the personal cell phone number of Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Truth Social amid his push to pass a bill which would end daylight savings time. Trump called out Cotton, who he describes as "a friend," for stopping the "Sunshine Protection Act" from going to a vote last October. "For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it only takes one! It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion," Trump posted on Truth Social. "So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE!" Trump doubled down on his pressure campaign Saturday while speaking with…

President Donald Trump has made a Republican senator’s cell phone number public during a Truth Social temper tantrum. The bizarre move to post Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton’s number comes as Trump rages that he is blocking legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. Trump said Saturday that Cotton is “a friend of mine,” then told people to call him on his personal number, which became so inundated with calls that the Daily Beast could not leave a voicemail when a reporter rang him shortly after. “Call Tom on his cellphone,” Trump, 80, wrote as part of a 315-word screed. “Tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all.” The House passed “The Sunshine Protection Act” in July, but…