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India seeks access to South Africa; China is already present

India Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 13, 2026.

On 12 August, India and the five countries of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreed to restart negotiations on a preferential trade agreement. After a...

Is China beginning to pump the brakes on its own AI rollout?

China Carl Benedikt Frey - August 13, 2026.

In late April, a Chinese court ruled that an AI firm could not legally dismiss an employee simply because his role had been automated. Shortly thereafter,...

Narratives of crisis boost Germany’s AfD

EU Ferry Biedermann - August 13, 2026.

Germany is in deep trouble, so goes the by now accepted narrative, economically and also, or hence, politically.  State-level elections in early September in Saxony-Anhalt and...

Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 12, 2026.

Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed...

Will the UK’s pending foreign policy choices pass PM Burnham’s ‘Makerfield Test’?

UK Harvey Morris - August 12, 2026.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has so far lived up to his promise to the northern voters who enabled his political elevation by pursuing a...

No anti-war parties in Russia’s parliamentary elections

Russia TA | AP Insight - August 11, 2026.

Russia’s highest court on Monday ordered the only party opposing the Kremlin’s military action in Ukraine to be removed from the ballot in next month’s...

On the campaign trail, data centers are the new American boogeyman

US James Oliphant - August 11, 2026.

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed vanquished rival Haley Stevens in the closely watched Democratic primary in Michigan last week for several reasons – but high...

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