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This Tiny Wildcat Was Mistaken for a House Cat and Turned Out to Be the First New Cat Species in More Than 100 Years ZME Science
Climate/Environment
The impacts of this year’s record-shattering El Niño The Climate Brink
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’ The Guardian
Climate-amplified wildland–urban interface disasters create persistent internal metal mixtures associated with pulmonary impairment PNAS
Without water, forests lose their ability to absorb CO2 The Conversation
Japan
Japanese government wary of China’s attempts to keep Japan in check after US-China summit Yomiuri Shimbun
US Army to temporarily store advanced missile systems on Okinawa Stars and Stripes
China?
Zhu Tian: China’s Employment Problem Is Closer Than It Appears Pekingnology
Taiwan Says US Arms Sales to Island Are Unchanged, but a $14B Package Remains on Hold AP
Southeast Asia
Are the Americans returning to Myanmar? They never really left Asia Times
Syraqistan
Netanyahu frames election as choice between right and Palestine Al Mayadeen. And warns of attacks before the vote.
Israel puts senior Hamas leaders abroad on assassination target list IRNA
IRGC Urges American People to Distance Themselves from Israel’s Occupation Tasnim
US Senate votes down motion to advance resolution on human rights practices in Israel Anadolu Agency
Exit and Exception Boston Review. “The Board of Peace’s model for governing Palestine reflects designs for a new world order.”
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QatarEnergy delays LNG cargoes to Italy and Asia into late 2026 Baird Maritime
Iraq Without America: A Time Bomb Ticking Away in Kurdistan Burhan JAF
Iran–China freight trade grows tenfold amid US naval blockade The Cradle
China Securities opens Dubai office to connect Chinese and Middle East investors Gulf News
China’s tech giant Alibaba to expand data centre footprint in UAE among other nations over next 12 months Gulf Today
Africa
Rebel alliance thunders across northern Ethiopia Geeska
Old Blighty
Suspect in RAF Fairford case called police to report incident The Guardian
Let’s talk about…RAF Fairford & the False Flag that never was OffGuardian
Why Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy? Grace Blakeley
Losing My Religion Craig Murray
Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Burnham BBC
European Disunion
No seat, no cards at the table: Europe fears being the loser in Trump-Xi deal-making Business Times
Commission to propose radical decision-making overhaul for larger EU Rapporteur
Tax cuts, handouts and blind hope: Europe finds few tools to fight a coming energy crisis Politico
EU pays $113bn extra for energy without ‘one extra molecule’ of gas or oil The Cradle
Rubén Díez García: The new protest camp in Madrid is not the same as 15M – it is its evolution The Conversation
Hundreds detained as student protests across France turn violent The Guardian
France borrowing costs rise as Vanguard warns of degrading credit Traders Union
France’s Le Pen vows to ‘counterattack’ after top ally Bardella hit by anti-Semitism claims France24
New Not-So-Cold War
Russian Embassy warns Moscow ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad TASS
Fires on the Home Front: What Europe’s Defense-Plant Incidents Could Mean for the War in Ukraine Larry Johnson
Estonia blames Russia in arson attack on military robotics firm Milrem Defense News
Israel’s Uvision, Estonia’s Lendurai to integrate systems for NATO military Breaking Defense
Europe’s big war? Events in Ukraine
Russia has begun deliberately targeting Kiev’s energy infrastructure.
Fire-tracking services are detecting multiple blazes in the vicinity of CHP-5, the Kiev Hydroelectric Power Plant in Vyshhorod, and the Trypillia Thermal Power Plant.
Additionally, fires have been spotted in… pic.twitter.com/eRsfQhQnxD
— Victor vicktop55 commentary (@vick55top) September 30, 2026
Russian crude exports boom blunted by Kremlin’s diesel sales ban Bloomberg
A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia The Atlantic
South of the Border
Trump, Rúbio and the Bolsonaros’ Electoral Fraud and Cyber Attacks PanAmerican Dispatch
Spook Country
The CIA Killed Him. The Navy Blamed My Friend. The After-Action Report
Trump 2.0
White House holds crunch talks on diesel export ban as midterms near FT
Hot take on a weak White House Accord on “Super Intelligence” Gary Marcus
Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul The Hill
Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge NBC News
DOGE vs. Civic Tech Can We Still Govern?
Imperial Collapse Watch
De-Dollarization? Ha, It’s Not Happening (If You Know Where $$$ Are Hiding) Mish Talk
Trump’s ‘Greater North America’ Is Fascist Geopolitics Foreign Policy
Can Washington Have It All? The Merchant’s News
Economy
US energy dept to release extra 40M barrels of crude, pushing reserves to historic low The Cradle
US consumer sentiment hits lowest level in more than a decade Semafor
Mr. Market
Hedge funds hold a record share of the $30 trillion Treasury market. What could go wrong? CNBC
AI
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security New York Times
Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac Reuters
Why Defying AI Corruption Requires a New Political Movement Les Leopold
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras 404 Media
Police State Watch
ICE Is Building A New Intelligence Component To Monitor Dissent Dan Boguslaw
ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company Project Salt Box
The Supremes
In reversal, Justice Samuel Alito steps aside from major climate case NBC News
US Supreme Court lifts restrictions on third-country deportations France24
Crapification
The Internet Has a Basement, And Nobody’s Given You The Key. Truth Decay
Book Nook
Palestinian Horror Fiction Is Having a Moment Inkstick
Class Warfare
New SNAP benefit amounts take effect Oct. 1: Here’s how much The Hill
Left Shouldering the Burden Working Class Stories
What Kind Of Hero Do You Want To Be? Peaceful Revolutionary
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