The relationship between fossil fuel funding and climate science is once again under the spotlight in Washington, as questions emerge over financial ties between major oil and gas companies and some of the nation’s most influential scientific institutions. According to recent reporting by POLITICO, lawmakers and climate advocates are raising
TOKYO — The quantum industry has entered a new phase. At Q2B Tokyo 2026, the world’s leading conference focused on the commercialization of quantum technologies, the conversation was no longer centered on whether quantum computing will work. Instead, leaders focused on a more immediate question: how to create value from
Death Toll Expected to Rise After Powerful Quake Strikes Mindanao Hundreds of aftershocks continue to rattle the southern Philippines as rescue teams race to reach survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings following a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Mindanao. Officials have warned that the death toll is
A New Frontier for AI Infrastructure As artificial intelligence drives a global race to build more computing power, China has unveiled one of the most unconventional solutions yet: the world’s first offshore wind-powered underwater data center. The Shanghai Lingang Undersea Data Center, which entered operation in May, is located more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on artificial intelligence has reignited a global debate that governments around the world are struggling to answer: How should humanity govern one of the most powerful technologies ever created? The order, signed this week, encourages America’s leading AI companies to
TIVAT, Montenegro — More than two decades after the European Union first promised a future within the bloc for the Western Balkans, European leaders gathered in Montenegro this week to deliver a renewed message: enlargement is back on the agenda. At a high-level summit in the coastal city of Tivat,
LIMA, Peru — Peruvians will return to the polls this weekend in one of the most consequential elections in the country’s recent history, choosing between two sharply different visions for the future as conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori faces leftist challenger Roberto Sánchez in a closely contested presidential runoff. The election
A new milestone in nature finance is reshaping how governments, investors, and conservation leaders think about restoring ecosystems. Finance Earth has announced a £64.6 million first close (~$87 million USD) for the Big Nature Impact Fund (BNIF), surpassing its initial £50 million target (~$67 million USD) and creating one of
As cases rise in Central Africa, the world is racing to develop vaccines and treatments for a strain of Ebola that has none. A growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighboring Uganda is exposing a critical vulnerability in the world’s pandemic defense system: despite
Powered by COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway has become the ninth European country to join France’s emerging nuclear deterrence initiative, marking another significant step in Europe’s effort to strengthen its own security architecture amid growing uncertainty about the future role of the United States in continental defense. The agreement was announced
