by Tyler Durden

Russia has just wrapped up hosting mass military drills involving troops and defense technology from eight countries which state media hailed as applying lessons learned from the Ukraine war.

The Tsentr-2026, or Centre-2026, drills ran throughout all last week into Saturday, located in the central western Chelyabinsk region, which is situated in the southern Ural Mountains - with on Friday President Putin being on hand to observe the exercise.

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos,  responsiblestatescraft.org

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Focus has been on the resulting rise in oil prices, but it is potential food shortages the world should be paying attention to, said ICC secretary-general John Denton.

About one-third of global fertilizer shipments pass through the narrow waterway, creating potentially catastrophic knock-on effects for agricultural producers.

Posted by Tyler Durden; Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,

The new "cordon sanitaire" that Trump 2.0 assembled around Russia, the difficulty in maintaining its Sino-Indo balancing act, and the broken feedback loops that afflict its Foreign Ministry are the main strategic risks that must be urgently addressed in order to most effectively ensure Russia's future.

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The Israel military's Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has canceled a planned trip to the US due to a "sensitive security situation," Israeli news outlet i24 reported on 30 September. 

By VICTORIA CHURCHILL, US POLITICAL REPORTER, dailymail.co.uk

Tech billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has offered a chilling warning on the rapid development of artificial intelligence.

by Michael Snyder, themostimportantnews.com

But expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan and who knows on tech when US-China leaders meet in Washington

by Rana Mitter , asiatimes.com

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan.

Trump-Xi summit won’t determine who dominates 21st century, but could decide how much their competition helps or hurts the rest of the world

by Swaran Singh , asiatimes.com

Indonesia just put a 41-year-old aircraft carrier into service to patrol key sea lanes and respond to disasters across its islands, signaling a new military reach in the Indo-Pacific.