Yves here. This post continues an analysis of how tech advances, and now AI, are deployed as vehicles for extraction from ordinary workers. Capitalism in the Anglosphere has increasingly become shareholder capitalism, as in placing stock owners first, when legally, equity is a residual claim. It gets what is left when all other obligations, to…
ProPublica is examining U.S. military budgeting, spending and contracting, and we’re asking for your help. We’ve spent years talking to people who’ve worked in the defense industry, the Pentagon and the armed services, so we know that these topics are critically important. Every day, Pentagon contracting officers, defense industry workers, congressional staffers and others make…
أعربت وزارة الخارجية الكويتية، بمناسبة اليوم العالمي للعمل الإنساني، عن إشادة دولة الكويت بالدور المهم الذي تضطلع به المنظمات الإنسانية، والإسهامات الكبيرة التي يقدمها العاملون في المجال الإنساني، وما يبذلونه من جهود في سبيل إيصال المساعدات الإنسانية إلى مستحقيها، وإنقاذ الأرواح، والتخفيف من معاناة المتضررين من النزاعات والكوارث في مختلف بقاع العالم، في وقت تتزايد…
August 19, 2026 — 3:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon policy chief, has just completed a tour of South-east Asia where he tried to assure America’s allies that the US is still with them and dissuade…
By Liz Terry 18 Aug 2026 India tipped to become a top-three Hyrox market within five years Christian Toetzke sees potential for more than €100 million in annual revenues. India currently contributes an estimated €4–5 million September’s Mumbai event expected to attract around 15,000 athletes and Hyrox is expanding beyond Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru…
Manchester United begin their Premier League campaign when they visit newly-promoted Hull City on Saturday. The Red Devils were beaten 4-2 by Italian side AC Milan in their final friendly of the summer, with former United manager Ruben Amorim getting revenge on his former side. New manager Michael Carrick oversaw vast improvement when taking charge…
[Today’s Iran war post launched before complete because I had to run out. It should be done by 8:00 AM EDT. Please return or refresh this page then for the final version] As the MOU expires, Trump is doubling down on his bad form of needing to dominate at any price. He made a threat…
Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. An expert on international affairs and US politics, she is an award-winning columnist and frequent contributor to The Guardian. Vanden Heuvel is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in…
Egypt is advancing technical and economic studies to apply horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing across petroleum and gas fields, aiming to boost production and reduce operating expenses. The initiative follows discussions between Petroleum Minister Karim Badawy and a senior Halliburton delegation led by Ahmed Helmy, Vice President for North Africa. Badawy emphasised that maximising Egypt’s…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A legal environmental group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday to halt the Trump administration’s plans announced last month to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining. Earthjustice filed the federal lawsuit against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard…
