Otto Drakenberg is challenging Alisher Usmanov for the leadership of the International Fencing Federation – Usmanov is the heavy favorite despite international sanctions ~sports Article 796 words 3 votes
Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke ~society politics Link 27 votes
Vladimir Putin approves changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine ~society politics Article 338 words 18 votes
Joe Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with US long-range missiles ~society politics Article 413 words 50 votes
The war in Ukraine after the US election - Joe Biden's final moves, President Donald Trump and Ukraine ~society politics Video 1:04:35 4 votes
Protesters storm parliament in breakaway Georgian region Abkhazia over deal with Russia ~society politics Article 532 words 17 votes
Donald Trump's team mulls postponing Ukraine's NATO membership for at least twenty years, WSJ reports ~society politics Article 416 words 30 votes
British government urged to pause financial cooperation with Egypt until UK national Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed ~society politics Article 1560 words 5 votes
Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ~society politics Article 428 words 57 votes
The latest in North Korea’s fake IT worker scheme: Extorting the employers ~tech Article 1032 words 17 votes
Moldova narrowly votes to secure path toward EU membership after accusing Russia of interference ~society politics Article 46 votes
Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen ~society politics Article 597 words 7 votes
West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts ~society politics Article 672 words 21 votes
Ukraine to receive aging Abrams tanks in latest Australian military aid package ~news ukraine russia australia politics Article 595 words 19 votes
Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader ~society politics Article 935 words 30 votes
Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem ~society politics Article 1084 words 16 votes
Kyiv will not extend gas transit deal, Ukraine tells Slovakia ~enviro energy Article 437 words 10 votes
Sweden to issue another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet later this month – new version adapted to better reflect today's security policy reality ~society politics Article 321 words 8 votes
Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold ~society politics Video 1:01:03 18 votes
A year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, four Americans are still being held hostage ~society politics Article 995 words 11 votes
China is ready for war (and thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not) ~society politics Article 2729 words 20 votes
Emotions are running high in EU foreign policy – and that's ok ~society politics Article 886 words 6 votes
Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border ~enviro climate change Article 399 words 11 votes
Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland ~society politics Article 490 words 17 votes
Mexico’s snub to King Felipe rekindles colonialism row with Spain: President-elect refuses to invite Spanish king to her inauguration after lack of apology for crimes of conquest ~society politics Article 576 words 27 votes
Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU capitals puts strain on bloc’s unity. From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zone. ~society politics Article 1325 words 13 votes
Russia and Iran plot to arm Houthis with advanced anti-ship cruise missiles – Reuters ~news yemen russia iran politics usa Article 263 words 17 votes
How the Islamic State weaponizes imitation in its propaganda ~society politics Article 8464 words 4 votes
Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the UN Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “illegal war” ~society politics Article 546 words 41 votes
US and British citizens among thirty-seven sentenced to death in DR Congo coup trial ~society politics Article 123 words 23 votes
Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity ~society politics Article 1000 words 12 votes
Post-Positivism is not yet normalized in international relations ~society politics Article 3913 words 6 votes
China's Arctic dreams make the Norwegian port of Kirkenes a global prize – and an unlikely hotbed of East-West rivalry ~transport Article 77 words 6 votes
The Russian economy at war (2024) - Sanctions, growth, inflation and mounting risks ~finance economics Video 1:05:17 13 votes
Unexceptional exceptionalism: The use of force by great powers and international instability ~society politics Article 5590 words 4 votes
Challenge or opportunity? EU-China economic cooperation and the Belt and Road initiative. ~society politics Article 4949 words 4 votes
Laboratories at home and abroad: Russian information operations pre-deployment ~society politics Article 10 177 words 9 votes
Russian banks say yuan coffers empty, urge central bank action, while Chinese banks in Russia are avoiding currency trading for fear of secondary Western sanctions ~finance banking Article 410 words 21 votes
America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China ~society politics Article 2727 words 19 votes
China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate ~society politics Article 795 words 25 votes
Finland's Fortum starts using US nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence ~enviro Article 400 words 7 votes
Mexico ‘pauses’ diplomatic relations with US and Canadian embassies ~society politics Article 17 votes
Kamala Harris's speech killed any hope she would end the Gaza genocide ~society politics Article 1157 words 22 votes
Polish leader urges Nord Stream patrons to ‘apologize and keep quiet’ as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight ~society politics Article 534 words 25 votes