Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
The US made three bets on China. All backfired.
For more than 50 years, what appeared to be smart policy at the time had troubling consequences for the US.
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Chris Hedges • Oct 30, 2025
The Death House
The genocide in Gaza is not a freakish anomaly. It is a harbinger of what awaits us as the ecosystem disintegrates and governments embrace climate fascism.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Ukraine needs urgent investment to avoid blackouts: IEA
A seven-year-old girl was among the fatalities of the latest bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid by Russia on Thursday.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Trump-Xi trade deal brings rare earths reprieve
Over the past week, Trump has engineered a flurry of trade deals with Asian countries and Australia to supply the US with rare earth minerals.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Nigeria's petrol import tax risks new inflation spike
Fuel price rises have spiked inflation in Nigeria in recent years.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Global climate diplomacy is shifting focus
Climate adaptation is moving up the agenda, but a ‘yawning’ finance gap remains.
Zeteo • Oct 30, 2025
🚨🇸🇩 The Blood is Visible From Space
Peter Rothpletz on the genocide in Sudan, Trump’s latest weaponization of the DOJ, and 'journalists' from The Free Press wreaking havoc on both sides of the Atlantic.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Japanese military dispatched to halt major bear incursion
More than 100 people have been injured and 11 killed, by bears in Japan this year, a record.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
UN risks becoming collection of ‘zombie’ bodies, Canberra says
Six of the top 10 UN donors looked set to cut their commitments, one think tank said.
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Donald Trump’s Plan to Be King of the World
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An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries
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The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it
Scheer Post •
NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
The Conversation •
How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
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Kidnapping a President: Leonardo Flores on Trump’s War Against Venezuela
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The Grammys Actually Acknowledged What’s Going on in the World
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Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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