Surging tensions across the Middle East strangled shipping traffic, driving energy prices higher and raising the specter of accelerating inflation worldwide. A 10th day of aerial attacks between the US and Iran meant just 53 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the week to July 20, a 66% drop ...
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Geopolitics shape Dems’ energy platformGeopolitics shape Dems’ energy platform
Tim’s view The two biggest themes in global geopolitics — the rollout of AI and the fallout from the Iran war — look set to benefit Democrats, and potentially reshape the US political landscape in a matter of months. Between the steady march of average US gasoline prices back above ...
Saudi men are drowning in debtSaudi men are drowning in debt
Wael’s view In 2025, Saudi courts received 1.6 million requests to collect on more than 165 billion riyals ($44 billion) in unpaid financial obligations. Justice Minister Walid Al-Samaani said the figure was evidence of a modern, responsive judicial process, but read differently, it is the mark of a society creaking ...
AI is driving geopolitical instability, officials warnAI is driving geopolitical instability, officials warn
AI is fast becoming a driver of geopolitical instability and competition, analysts, executives, and officials worldwide warned. The recent announcement of a relatively powerful, open-source Chinese AI model has crystallized US worries over Beijing’s growing capabilities: The bosses of Anthropic and OpenAI have asked Washington to better restrict the use ...
Chris Mason: Starmer ally takes swipe at Burnham’s first big policyChris Mason: Starmer ally takes swipe at Burnham’s first big policy
Sir Keir Starmer’s former right hand man Darren Jones says Andy Burnham’s VAT cut is unfunded. ...
Iran claims attacks on strait of Hormuz ships amid fresh US strikes – Middle East crisis liveIran claims attacks on strait of Hormuz ships amid fresh US strikes – Middle East crisis live
Revolutionary Guard claims attack on oil tanker and two other ships as US carries out tenth consecutive night of strikes Full report: Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, is due to meet Donald Trump for the ...
‘A partnership between settlers and the army’: two shot dead in latest West Bank raid‘A partnership between settlers and the army’: two shot dead in latest West Bank raid
Residents of Deir Jarir say raids late on Sunday, also involving security forces, are part of pattern of violence Even by the brutal standards of militant settler violence in the West Bank, the raid on Deir Jarir late on Sunday night that killed two Palestinians and left another in hospital ...
‘New Girl was so scary I had to stop smoking pot’: Jake Johnson on perseverance, pickleball and Prince‘New Girl was so scary I had to stop smoking pot’: Jake Johnson on perseverance, pickleball and Prince
As Nick in the blockbuster TV comedy, the actor was adored by millions. So will his new comedy The Dink, which he jokes is a ‘sexier Challengers’, make him even more popular? You might assume that Jake Johnson would know a little something about pickleball. The actor is starring in ...
Meta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?Meta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?
The company argues that it’s for individuals to ensure they don’t ‘actively exploit’ this technology. That won’t keep children safe It took me a while to realise what the man sitting next to me on the train was doing. He was flicking through pictures of a little girl on his ...
‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage
After her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far? When her son, Hugo, failed to answer his phone on the morning of 12 July 2005, Isabel Miranda de Wallace did not waste ...