China’s Communist Party began a secretive four-day meeting that will likely pave the way for Xi Jinping to secure a new term as the country’s leader, further a long-running anti-corruption drive, and intensify his transformation of the world’s second-largest economy. The Fifth Plenum of the party’s Central Committee — gatherings ...
Month: October 2026
Israel’s leading parties tied ahead of Tuesday voteIsrael’s leading parties tied ahead of Tuesday vote
Israel’s parliamentary polls looked neck-and-neck ahead of voting on Tuesday, with opposing camps painting apocalyptic images of what the future holds if they lost. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who won a renewed endorsement from US President Donald Trump over the weekend, on Sunday posted an AI-generated image of a ...
US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El NiñoUS forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño
Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres ...
US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El NiñoUS forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño
Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres ...
Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern statesSudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese army Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a government official said. The drones hit two power stations each in the ...
Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern statesSudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese army Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a government official said. The drones hit two power stations each in the ...
‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far
As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump With the midterm elections fast approaching, many Americans have the economy on their minds. US voters are exhausted by years of higher prices. Donald Trump won the ...
‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far
As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump With the midterm elections fast approaching, many Americans have the economy on their minds. US voters are exhausted by years of higher prices. Donald Trump won the ...
All About the Money review – confusion and compelling weirdness of wealthy leftwing heirAll About the Money review – confusion and compelling weirdness of wealthy leftwing heir
This profile of James ‘Fergie’ Chambers, who set up a commune in rural Massachusetts and is fighting extradition from Spain, is a brave attempt to package a complex character and story For a film that dispenses a lot of backstory information via intertitles, you are left with a lot of ...
The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine MalikThe UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine Malik
Lana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered Over the past few years, you can plot the plunge into global instability not only through the unchecked assaults on international law and ...