A large number of Asian countries have banned waste imports; in Europe, waste incineration is incompatible with climate policies because it emits large amounts of greenhouse gases.
Since the Industrial Revolution, the energy consumption has skyrocketed all over the world. Coal, oil, natural gas and other fossil energy resources have been consumed rapidly.
An undersea volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga, an island located in the South Pacific, has erupted several times since January 14, triggering tsunamis that have affected the entire Pacific region. Both Internet and communication networks in this country were shut down after fiber-optic cables were damaged in the eruption.
Since Kash Patel became FBI Director in 2025, the Bureau has portrayed its mission under the Trump administration as an aggressive, results-driven campaign against violent crime, transnational fraud, child exploitation, terrorism, and drug trafficking.
Over the past three decades, international and commercial negotiation theory has been driven by a prevailing premise: the pursuit of efficiency through market integration.
After two days of talks in Beijing, the European Union and China have reached an agreement that could reduce Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars by more than half over the next four years, preventing the arrival of several million vehicles.
RIYADH – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to commence a broader diplomatic mission in the Middle East, with a key focus on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza.
In the wake of a devastating terrorist attack in Moscow and subsequent reports of increasing xenophobia, the Tajikistan Foreign Office has issued an advisory urging its citizens to “temporarily refrain” from traveling to Russia.
In the heart of Paris, the serene academic atmosphere of Sciences Po, one of France’s most prestigious universities, was disrupted on Friday by a surge of political fervor as tensions flared over the ongoing war in Gaza.
Nicaragua has filed a lawsuit against Germany at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging the European country of aiding ”genocide” in Gaza, a move that surprised onlookers from around the world.
The European Union (EU) has announced a reduction of visa regulations for people of Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Bahrain, which is a noteworthy development, intended to boost ties between the EU and the Gulf countries.
British authorities have accused two men of espionage for China, a development that highlights the growing suspicion in Europe towards China’s intelligence operations.
A new social phenomenon, not discussed in Romania, but debated in all serious international publications, is political polarization among youth.
FBI Director Kash Patel arrived in Moscow on October 14, 2026, for a short, carefully scheduled visit running through October 15. The trip is built around judicial cooperation and intelligence dialogue, including meetings with senior FSB leadership
August Hanning once ran the BND, the agency charged with keeping Germany’s secrets. Now, at 80, he stands accused of trafficking in them.
On 2 October 2026, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth and the International Day of Non-Violence, Ambassador George Papadatos declined the usual rites of reverence.
Fifty-seven thousand people on the largest island on earth, sitting atop rare earths and astride the melting sea lanes of the Arctic. In 2026 Greenland found itself the object of an American president’s ambition, a Danish reckoning, and a great-power scramble it never asked to join. This is the country behind the headlines.
Kyrgyzstan is a small, mountainous country with a booming economy, a fading reputation for revolution, and a president quietly turning the region’s most open political system into something that looks increasingly like its neighbors.
A profile of the archipelago the world suddenly wants to know.
A history of South Korea I recently read is titled *Shrimp to Whale* by Ramon Pacheco Pardo. The title alludes to a Korean proverb stating that when whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken.
Let us turn, however, to the situation in East Asia. On August 12, Putin visited Iturup Island in the Kuril chain—touring a fish processing plant and some schools—an event that sparked quite a controversy, so to speak.
It began with one sentence a prime minister didn’t need to say. Ten months later, Japan and China are locked in their worst rupture in a generation.
In what observers are calling the most consequential election in Bangladesh’s recent history, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to a commanding parliamentary victory on Friday, ending nearly two decades in the political wilderness and setting the stage for a dramatic new chapter in the South Asian nation’s turbulent democratic journey.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – October 27, 2025 – In a significant diplomatic push, world leaders assembled in Malaysia on Monday to explore avenues for enhancing economic and trade relations, against the backdrop of impending U.S. tariffs.
Many global analysts predict that India will be the next great economic power: Goldman Sachs has predicted that it will become the world’s second-largest economy by 2075 and Martin Wolf of the Financial Times
On the 21st of October, the Takaichi has been selected as the 104th Prime Minister of Japan by the Japanese Parliament, which has stopped the persistent political deadlock situation after the resignation of Ishiba Shigeru on the September 7th.
The great-power struggle between China and the West now runs through a scattering of small island nations most Europeans know only from postcards.
Almost 98 percent of its people voted for independence. Its leaders have set a date: September 1, 2027.
For four and a half centuries, the world’s default map made Europe and North America look larger than they are and the global south smaller.
Nearly 800 people are dead in eastern DRC, American diplomats are barred from traveling, and the deal meant to loosen China’s grip on the world’s most important battery metals has quietly moved to conference rooms in London and Brussels.
