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Lula is formally on the ballot, Flávio Bolsonaro is consolidating the opposition, and Brazil’s institutions are bracing for a volatile campaign.

From record conflict levels to cyber-accelerated risk, the security picture in 2026 is defined less by isolated incidents than by overlapping crises.

From quantum computing to AI, biotech, and spacetech, the newest startup milestones show that innovation is shifting from spectacle to proof.

A fragmented continent is heading into a year of decisive votes, institutional tests and political recalibration

A nuclear “renaissance” is finally arriving—just as renewables seize the global lead. The real story is not either/or, but how both together are starting to crowd out fossil fuels.

As synthetic media scales and social platforms become the world’s primary news source, the fight against fake news is shifting from fact‑checking individual lies to mapping and regulating the systems that produce them.

AI adoption, semiconductor ambition and fast-growing tech revenues are turning India into a decisive digital power, even as the pace of growth begins to normalise.

From the USA’s collapse to drone crackdowns and presidential meddling, World Cup 2026 is exposing football’s fault lines.

Why the latest breakthroughs in microbial “Achilles’ heels” and immune‑cell engineering should force a rethink of how we fight disease

China is tightening the screws around the island, not with a dramatic invasion, but with a calibrated campaign of pressure, normalization, and political bypass

Why a 4% recovery risks becoming Africa’s new ceiling rather than its launchpad

From FSB spyware to AI-driven ransomware, the digital battlefield is shifting faster than our defences