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Democrats Shouldn’t Squander Their Chance to Launch a Foreign Policy Revolution

The imperative of ambition in a new Congress.

Calogena awarded EU funding for SMR deployment

French small modular reactor developer Calogena has been awarded EUR40 million (USD44.6 million) through the European Co...

Microsoft Paint RCE Fix Now Available, but Windows Update Won't Deliver It

A fix for CVE-2026-83844, a remote code execution flaw in Windows Paint, is now in the Microsoft Store. Paint gets this ...

Malicious Browser Extensions Could Use Claude Dispatch to Run Code on Users' Computers

A browser extension that can run scripts on claude.ai could make Claude Desktop run code on a person's computer, researc...

NAC to supply used fuel storage solution for Norway

NAC International of the USA has been contracted to deliver casks for the dry storage of Norway's used nuclear fuel from...

‘No Escape’ for refugees on the frontlines of the climate crisis

The climate emergency is an immediate crisis for refugees, with three in four – nearly 90 million people – living in cou...

Sudan’s suffering is plain for all to see say aid teams, as brutal war continues

Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more internatio...

From a ship frozen into Arctic ice, a warning to world leaders: Trust the science

Drifting through the polar darkness, a team of scientists is documenting a rapidly changing Arctic. As sea ice retreats ...

World News in Brief: Civilians killed in DR Congo, Ukrainians wrestle with return, Guterres calls out ‘normalisation’ of force

At least 30 civilians were killed overnight on Thursday in Beni Territory, North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Afghanistan faces deepening humanitarian crisis amid sweeping rights restrictions

Afghanistan stands at a “difficult crossroad” more than five years after the Taliban returned to power, a senior UN offi...

CISA, FBI Urge Action to Protect Industrial Refrigeration Networks

The CISA advisory follows a swathe of attacks in which hackers have tampered with the temperatures of internet-exposed s...

X-energy selects Fluor for second Xe-100 project

Fluor Corporation is to provide design and engineering services to support the second-of-a-kind US project featuring X-e...

Worley on EPC duty at Venture Global's US LNG expansion project

This award comes ahead of a final investment decision (FID) for Venture Global's LNG expansion project in Louisiana, whi...

Reactor components completed for El Dabaa 1

All the key components have now been manufactured for the first unit’s reactor at Egypt's El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.

A series of cyber attacks rattles France

A French bank said hackers stole €100 million, following attacks on a blood bank and supermarket fridges.

Midterms spark calls for White House shakeups

Senior Republican lawmakers and strategists have reportedly pressed the Trump administration to fire the Pentagon chief ...

Renewed US-Iran war fears drive oil prices higher

US President Donald Trump spoke with the emir of Qatar, which has sought to mediate a truce, but Washington and Tehran h...

Paraguay crisis threatens emerging uranium ambitions

Political upheaval clouds the outlook for foreign exploration capital as the South American nation courts US investment.

Kremlin Accuses Europe of Struggling to Decide Who Will Represent It in Future Security Talks

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said messaging from officials in Brussels suggests that Europe is still unwilling to engage with...

Turkish marine survey specialist secures work on country’s first offshore wind site investigation program

DenAr Ocean Engineering Services has been awarded a contract by Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR...

Democrats weigh future of House China panel

One option for overhauling the committee could be broadening its focus beyond China to explore issues related to other b...

China's Return to One-Man Rule

The U.S. will be holding mid-term elections on November 3, to elect the people’s representatives to enact laws, provide ...

Virtualization security: attack layers and misconfiguration impact

A detailed breakdown of misconfigurations in virtual environment cybersecurity as shown by examples of ransomware cases ...

TotalEnergies locks in LNG supply from ADNOC and offtake deal with Chinese firm

TotalEnergies is deepening its LNG footprint on both sides of its supply chain with new supply from the UAE and a long-t...

Ukraine and Russia Trade Volley of Strikes Against Each Other’s Energy Infrastructure

In the southern Krasnodar region, drone debris was reported to have crashed into the Afipsky oil refinery and sparked a ...

Why a road link to Russia is North Korea’s newest ‘bridge to nowhere’

For over a decade, the New Yalu River Bridge linking China and North Korea was known as the “bridge to nowhere” on accou...

Fugro nets multi-year offshore wind contract in Germany

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fugro a multi-year framework agreement to carry out...

Brazilian field revitalization inches closer with green light for Petrobras’ FPSO concept

Petrobras has received the go-ahead from Lloyd’s Register for the conceptual design of its proposed FPSO destined for a ...

Half of Security Leaders Report Sensitive Data Exposure Through AI Tools

BlackFog found a lack of visibility into data being shared with AI tools, even those approved for use in the enterprise

UK Warns Its Critical Infrastructure Faces Grave Risk

Britain's new Labour-led government is making a concerted push to get ahead of the AI risks to its national networks and...

The True Meaning of Power

What the godfather of realism can teach Trump.

ECB publishes consolidated banking data for end-June 2026

Vietnam's top leader calls for preparations to study comprehensive constitutional amendments

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam has called for a thorough review of the 2013 Constitution's imple...

Trump Meets Privately With Putin Envoy After White House Event Marking Oleshky Ceasefire

The U.S. president did not disclose what he discussed with envoy Kirill Dmitriev, but he predicted a deal to end the war...

Can Washington and China Build Confidence Around AI and Stability?

In the lead-up to General Secretary Xi Jinping’s September 2026 visit to the White House to discuss, among other topics,...

Thai PM urges public not to hoard food despite 72-hour emergency kit advice

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has urged residents not to panic or stockpile food, saying supplies remain suffi...

Chainalysis Breach Exposes All Users' Credentials, Forces Shutdown of Key Services

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has revealed that its ongoing investigation into the agentic cyber attack targeting...

Defense Business Brief: The DIB vs. 2027’s Democrat-led Congress

Avio Scales Back Demonstrator Programme Amid Technical Challenges

Italian rocket manufacturer Avio has scaled back plans to develop two liquid-fuelled rocket demonstrators intended to va...

New partnership looking to bring wave energy into AI data centers

Eco Wave Power's wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary has entered into a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with quant...