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Recently released satellite images from the British Ministry of Defence show that several bridges in Russia have been destroyed after attacks from Ukraine. Ukraine has targeted bridges in the Kursk region as part of its weeks-long invasion of Russia, apparently seeking to disrupt logistics and supply lines as Moscow increasingly moves resources there. The satellite […]

In 2025, the Ministry for the Future, an influential global organization that advocates for the rights of future generations, convinces bankers and economists to introduce broad-based policies that will finally reverse the effects of the devastating climate crisis and create a fairer, cleaner global economy. If that sounds like science fiction, it is: this is

One of Germany’s largest refineries will receive more crude oil from Kazakhstan for an extended period, the German Economics Ministry confirmed on Monday during a visit by Chancellor Scholz to the Central Asian country. The PCK refinery in Brandenburg sources some of its crude oil from Kazakhstan, but has been operating at reduced capacity since

A surge in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools is already improving lives, but it is also bringing new urgency to calls for regulation as more governments wake up to the risks. Effective global regulation to ensure AI is developed safely for the benefit of all is urgently needed. Read the full story,

Dozens of Muslim worshippers have been killed in an accident in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria. The victims were on their way to celebrate Eid-el-Maulud, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in the northern town of Saminaka. According to an Eid festival organizer, their bus collided with an oncoming truck near the town of Lere.

A catastrophic climate crisis, a glut of nuclear weapons, or unregulated AI: when it comes to potentially existential threats to humanity, there are plenty to choose from. When the United Nations was founded nearly 80 years ago, the world was shocked to emerge from a conflict so devastating that world leaders created institutions to ensure

New research shows that urban air transport (UAM) vehicles, such as electric air taxis that take off vertically, perform much worse than we might think in terms of travel times, costs and emissions. Researchers from the German Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim have studied the results of eleven studies on unmanned

The UN has described the current global situation as “uniquely dangerous,” with risks of major power conflict at the highest levels since the Cold War, the likelihood of nuclear war greater than in decades, and the climate crisis fueling migration and exacerbating tensions. “We are facing a collapse of international law obligations and a growing

(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is looking to Italy for lessons on how to tackle the flow of migrants in small boats to Britain’s south coast. Most read from Bloomberg Speaking after a bilateral meeting and working lunch with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome, Starmer indicated he would be watching

“The international financial architecture, designed in 1945 after World War II, is undergoing a stress test of historic proportions – and is failing,” the UN argues. Secretary-General António Guterres in a 2023 policy note. He points out that unsustainable debt levels are putting many poor countries in dire straits, preventing them from investing sufficiently in