How the US-Israel war on Iran is affecting African economies
For some, the impact is already being felt but others remain in limbo over their energy security and are hostage to an unlikely de-escalation
EU-Forschungsabteilung: Ein Internet ohne schädliche Anreize ist möglich
Soziale Netzwerke und ihre auf Überwachung und Personalisierung basierenden Geschäftsmodelle schaffen Anreize, die letztlich die Demokratie gefährden.
Emails Reveal Space Force’s Hardest Mission Is Writing a Song
Internal Space Force emails obtained by 404 Media show the work it takes to have a government agency make a new theme song. A general even wanted to start the whole thing over again.
Radical Mothering
A woman is giving birth. Her hopes, fears, and pains are her own, but her experience is universal, shaped by the society in which she lives. She could be the wealthy wife of an Athenian citizen, or a Victorian ‘fallen woman’.
What Mexico Can Teach New York About Public Groceries
On a bright mid-February morning, the SuperISSSTE in Mexico City’s working-class Tacubaya district was already busy. The store sits along a major thoroughfare across from Parque Lira station, where passengers alight from crowded buses onto an already teeming sidewalk.
Kunst in Kontroversen: Das vitale Russland gegen das müde Europa?
Die Frage, ob Europa Russland einschließt oder nicht, wird bis heute kontrovers diskutiert. Der Streit zwischen Westlern und Slawophilen beherrschte schon früh die Musik.
Nato expansion ‘would provoke Russians’, UK understood
Britain’s military has stated hundreds of times that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked”, but declassified files tell a different story
Indonesia’s Islamists politically demobilised but ideologically steadfast
In early February 2026, President Prabowo Subianto offered to build the Indonesian Ulama Council a forty-storey headquarters in central Jakarta.
Sarkozy's appeal against Libyan funding conviction undermined by his former chief of staff
A statement provided by Nicolas Sarkozy’s long-serving right-hand man and chief of staff for nine years, Claude Guéant, has severely damaged the former French president’s defence arguments at his trial on appeal against a conviction of “criminal conspiracy” for seeking …
The process of justice must be observed in ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan’s case
The Judicial Panel’s conclusion on Mr Khan’s case should not be discarded because some parties find it inconvenient.
Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions
Climate lawsuits are a largely nonexistent threat to farmers in the state, but ethanol producers could benefit from the law.
AI Slop Is Making the Internet Fake-Happy
A new study examines the impact of the rise of AI-generated websites on the internet—and found some surprising results.
Hundeleben: Geschenktes halbes Jahr
Ein Hund kostet. Als junge Frau hatte ich nie viel Geld, eigentlich gar keins. Hundefutter, Hundesteuer und Tollwutimpfung liessen sich gerade noch kalkulieren. Bis Cizre kam, ein riesiger Bobtail, auch er aus dem Tierheim.
What’s the true cost of the world’s bestselling cancer drug?
We reveal how the bullish tactics of a pharma giant have left taxpayers spending over the odds for its life-saving medicine
Zoha Waseem: Creeping Digital Authoritarianism and (In)Security in Pakistan
Over the past decade, Pakistan has been steadily expanding its digital security, policing, and surveillance architecture, which is sensorially and materially altering how security is experienced and enacted.
The Erosion of Diplomacy, One Tweet at a Time
It is a foundational premise of international legal theory that law between states operates through consent, reciprocity, and the sustained practice of interaction that generates customary norms.
Anwalt von Erschossenem sieht »übermäßige Polizeigewalt«
Nach tödlichen Polizeischüssen auf einen 22-Jährigen in Saarbrücken liegen Obduktionsergebnisse vor – mit Parallelen zum Fall von »Jockel« von 2008
The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?
Finally, Democrats Are a United Antiwar Party
Conflicts with Vietnam and Iraq deeply divided the party. But now nearly all Democrats oppose Trump’s dangerous and unjust Iran war.
