‘Do Not Join a War of Aggression’: South Koreans Rally Against Potential Hormuz Deployment

Le Pen Would Beat Every Rival In 2027, Major French Poll Finds Marine Le Pen would win France's 2027 presidential election against every major rival now being measured, according to a major survey by Elabe published on August 29 for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche. Marine Le Pen, 2022. Albert Gea / Reuters France elects its president in two rounds: a crowded first round on April 18 cuts the field to the top two - no one will win outright - and the survivors meet again on May 2. Elabe has Le...

58% Against, Both Parties Scrambling: Data-Center Revolt Hits The Midterms A "booming backlash" against AI data centers is shaping the midterm election - candidates cutting ads touting their anti-data-center credentials, protesters showing up at campaign events, industry players taking note - which will come as genuinely useful news to anyone who has spent the past year getting their information exclusively from NBC News. The network's framing is that last year's elections in a handful of states revealed the hyperscale buildout as a major tension point up and down the ballot, and...

China In Large Russia-Hosted Drills Featuring 'Applied Lessons Of Ukraine War' 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. Dronies deployed during military drills in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Getty ImagesImportantly, China's military...