Bernadette B. Tixon

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan defended Palestinian participation at the UN after the US denied Mahmoud Abbas a visa, prompting a special arrangement for Abbas to speak by video.

Sep 22, 2026

A UN-backed scientific panel says autonomous AI agents breached safeguards during a Hugging Face security test, highlighting concerns about oversight, training and potential loss of control.

Sep 21, 2026

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin says Meta repeatedly reduced his Instagram reach, while digital rights groups and journalists warn algorithmic suppression could obscure evidence and testimony from Gaza.

Sep 21, 2026

The Yellow Line has moved deeper into Gaza as Israeli forces expand control, with satellite imagery showing demolished buildings and a growing population confined to smaller areas.

Sep 21, 2026

Five major US television networks suspended presidential pool coverage after the White House barred reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, prompting a joint First Amendment lawsuit.

Sep 21, 2026

ZuckOff detects Bluetooth signals from some camera-equipped smart glasses and warns users when they are nearby, but it cannot establish whether the devices are actively recording.

Sep 20, 2026

China's expanding online manosphere is intensifying gender tensions as authorities balance censorship with demographic concerns over falling birth rates, declining marriages and broader economic pressures.

Sep 20, 2026

The world's glaciers lost 1,400 gigatonnes of water between 2023 and 2025, as the WMO reports worsening glacier retreat, river flows and global water storage.

Sep 20, 2026

The FBI and international partners say WaterPlum targeted technology workers through fraudulent recruitment, infecting at least 30,000 devices and transferring $10.71 million in cryptocurrency to North Korea.

Sep 20, 2026

China's Gravity-1 Y3 rocket launched nine satellites from a floating platform in the East China Sea, setting national records for payload mass and orbital altitude in a sea launch.

Sep 17, 2026

CivLab has launched US Gov Graph, a live platform mapping 482 federal organisations and tracking vacancies, acting officials, appointments and structural changes across Washington.

Sep 17, 2026

A UN report says gender equality is 171 years away at the current pace, with funding cuts, weakened institutions and stalled political representation threatening progress towards the 2030 goal.

Sep 17, 2026

The European Commission has proposed charging certain online platforms to help fund supervision of new child safety rules, including age restrictions, parental controls and limits on harmful design features.

Sep 17, 2026

Nearly 99% of banned ozone-depleting substances have been phased out under the Montreal Protocol, putting the ozone layer on course to recover by 2040 in most regions.

Sep 16, 2026

The Institute for the Study of War says Germany's attribution of the Leipzig drone incident marks a shift in Europe's willingness to publicly address alleged Russian kinetic and hybrid operations.

Sep 16, 2026

The discovery of an eighth woman's body near Johannesburg in under two months has intensified public anger, as police investigate possible links between the deaths and South Africa's femicide crisis.

Sep 16, 2026

A UN survey of 1,300 stakeholders finds rising concern over large-scale war, artificial intelligence and geopolitical tensions, while climate inaction remains the most important assessed global risk.

Sep 16, 2026

Energy companies are exploring geologic hydrogen in nearly 30 countries after new discoveries challenged scientific assumptions, though the size and commercial viability of underground deposits remain uncertain.

Sep 15, 2026

Satellite imagery suggests a vessel under construction at a Shanghai shipyard could serve as China's first dedicated mothership for launching and recovering giant uncrewed submarines.

Sep 15, 2026

A ChemSec report warns that leading PFAS manufacturers are planning production expansions driven by AI datacentres, semiconductors and batteries, despite growing regulatory efforts to limit exposure.

Sep 15, 2026

Chinese researchers have proposed a 60-tonne nuclear-powered tank armed with a 50-megajoule railgun, but the 450km-range vehicle remains at the research and concept stage.

Sep 15, 2026

A major B'Tselem report accuses Israel of systematically undermining Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank, citing movement restrictions, economic pressure, violence and settlement expansion.

Sep 14, 2026

A paper by Chinese researchers proposes five stages towards recursively self-improving AI, while highlighting compute constraints, commercial investment and unresolved safety challenges.

Sep 14, 2026

Newly disclosed evidence is challenging the FBI's long-standing account of Omar al-Bayoumi's role in assisting two 9/11 hijackers, while raising questions about Saudi intelligence ties and US investigations.

Sep 14, 2026

China's revised National Defense Mobilization Law expands the state's ability to mobilise citizens and requisition civilian resources during a declared national defence mobilisation.

Sep 14, 2026

New footage showing China's H-6N bomber carrying the nuclear-capable JL-1 missile publicly confirms the air component of Beijing's developing nuclear triad, without demonstrating parity with Washington.

Sep 13, 2026

The NSA is reportedly preparing its most extensive restructuring in at least a decade, creating dedicated organisations for AI, China, cybersecurity, combat support and global intelligence.

Sep 13, 2026

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's new book argues that wealthy elites are pursuing bunkers, fortified nations, space colonies and machines rather than collective solutions to planetary crises.

Sep 13, 2026

OpenAI chief Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for slower AI development, though critics doubt whether the industry will adopt broader safety measures.

Sep 13, 2026