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  • Return Without Safety?

    Malaysia plans to repatriate 1,476 Myanmar nationals on September 29, 2026, describing the process as voluntary and safe. The United Nations High Commissioner for…

  • When the Himalaya Gives Way

    On August 26, 2026, a rapid ice-and-rock slope failure near Nepal’s border with China unleashed a debris flow and flash flood through the Lhende,…

  • Hormuz Under Fire

    U.S. strikes on Iranian military and maritime targets have triggered renewed Iranian attacks across the region, while disputed civilian-casualty reports and sharply reduced Strait…

  • Slow Growth, Hot Prices

    As summer 2026 ends, the U.S. economy shows resilient private demand but weakening momentum: second-quarter growth was modest, July real spending barely rose, inflation…

  • The Group of Twenty’s Fractured Economic Front

    At the August 31–September 1, 2026 Group of Twenty, or G20, finance meeting in Asheville, the United States invited Russia’s finance minister, pressed partners…

  • India’s Growth Test: Can It Outrun Oil?

    India’s 7.8% quarterly real-growth estimate is strong, but households, domestic investors and foreign investors experience and evaluate that growth differently. Prices, jobs, savings, earnings,…

  • The Tariff Authority Test

    A 50% U.S. tariff on selected Canadian imports is now in force under a largely dormant 1930 law. The measure threatens integrated North American…

  • The Dollar Test: Bessent’s Group of Twenty (G20) Iran Campaign

    At the August 31–September 1 Group of Twenty (G20) finance meeting in Asheville, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is seeking international cooperation to restrict Iran’s…

  • A Ceasefire Under Strain

    The Gaza ceasefire remains formally in place, but Israeli strikes in Gaza, an airstrike near Jenin and sustained settler violence around Qusra are testing…

  • Freedom Edge: Deterrence or Mixed Signal?

    The United States, South Korea and Japan are preparing their fourth Freedom Edge exercise for early September 2026, even as Washington and Seoul reduce…