23+ hour, 11+ min ago   (616+ words) Japan’s utility faces a leadership crisis after allegations that earthquake-risk data was falsified during regulatory reviews for the restart of two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear plant. Chubu Electric Power Co.’s top two executives are set to step down…...

22+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1073+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, urging governments to develop the technology “for the positive and for good” while accelerating…...

23+ hour, 39+ min ago   (563+ words) Exports face a five-to-seven-day stockpile window as damage to a vital Red Sea route deepens an already severe global supply crunch. Saudi Arabia could run out of oil stocks available for export if it does not restart its major east-west…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (337+ words) The countries of the Global South have a particular interest in the success of this visit. President Xi Jinping’s forthcoming visit to the United States must be understood as more than an encounter between two heads of state, but it…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1400+ words) A British ban on imports from Israeli settlements collides with a deeply entrenched religious and political conviction in the occupied West Bank The Jewish New Year being marked this weekend, followed by the approaching Sukkot holiday, would normally be a…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (769+ words) Our imperial overreach began 25 years ago with the War on Terror. It is being brought to a grim conclusion by Donald Trump’s war on Iran. Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (736+ words) Saima Wazed steps down as WHO Southeast Asia chief after nearly a year on unpaid leave, as investigations by the UN agency and Bangladeshi authorities continue Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia regional director and daughter of ousted…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (689+ words) President Mohamed Muizzu urges Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reopen talks, saying Malé was excluded from last year’s decision to transfer sovereignty to Mauritius Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has asked British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reopen discussions over the…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (704+ words) President Abelardo de la Espriella has ended a suspension in force since 2015, reigniting a national debate over public safety, individual rights and the risks of wider firearm access. Colombia’s President, Abelardo de la Espriella, has lifted the general suspension on…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (362+ words) The little-known intelligence trail of C. Easwaramoorthy before Sri Lanka's 2019 Easter attacks by Our Special Correspondent in Colombo He also carried the institutional credibility that came with senior recognition. He received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2014, the Tamil Nadu…...