Global news & Tech world (9 giugno 2026)

Global news (Sebastian Sprenger-Defense News/Germany) German defense leaders will go back to the drawing board in their quest for a next-generation fighter jet following the end of the once-ambitious French-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System. As...

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Swedish Crime Group Foxtrot Adds Fuel to Iran’s Proxy War in Europe

(The Soufan Center) As the threat level emanating from Iran and Iran-backed networks increases amidst escalation between the U.S., Iran, and Israel, Iran-sponsored militias...

The seabed doesn’t end at Southeast Asia

(Christopher Burke - Lowy The Interpreter) The 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue helped bring much-needed attention to the digital infrastructure of undersea cables, landing stations, pipelines...

Xi’s visit to Pyongyang did not revive denuclearisation diplomacy – it buried it

(Seong-Hyon Lee - Lowy The Interpreter) When Air China One touched down at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport on 8 June, it signalled a profound...
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The Clock Is Ticking: Fertilizer, Food, and the Fragility of Global Agriculture

(Máximo Torero Cullen - Council on Foreign Relations) The conflict in the Middle East has turned the Strait of...

Russia: Schools have turned into “factories of compliance” through state indoctrination and surveillance of children

(Amnesy International) The Russian authorities are denying children their right to quality education by using propaganda-filled textbooks and lectures...

Diamond Hands, War Plans

(Timothy Minter - Lawfare) In the predawn hours of Jan. 3, U.S. Special Operations Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. Hours later,...

The Search for the Missing in Syria: Learning from the Past

(Karla I. Quintana O. - Just Security) Syria faces one of the largest missing persons crises in the world. Estimates from the Syrian government...

Global: Enormous data pipelines powering major generative AI systems are rooted in mass invasions of privacy by design

(Amnesty International) Companies are extracting vast troves of online data through unlawful web scraping to build their generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in a...

Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil workers in private tea estates suffer serious labour abuses – new report

(Amnesty International) Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses that meet many of the...

From favelas to informal settlements, new UN report points to housing solutions that work

(UN News) From Thailand to Jordan, from Brazil to Germany, new approaches to housing are quietly taking shape. Residents of informal settlements once facing...

Hong Kong: Activists’ unjust trial for peaceful Tiananmen commemoration resumes

(Amnesty International) Responding to the resumption of the trial of activists who organized Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s spokesperson Fernando...

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Swedish Crime Group Foxtrot Adds Fuel to Iran’s Proxy War in Europe

(The Soufan Center) As the threat level emanating from Iran and Iran-backed networks increases amidst escalation between the U.S., Iran, and Israel, Iran-sponsored militias...

The seabed doesn’t end at Southeast Asia

(Christopher Burke - Lowy The Interpreter) The 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue helped bring much-needed attention to the digital infrastructure of undersea cables, landing stations, pipelines...

Xi’s visit to Pyongyang did not revive denuclearisation diplomacy – it buried it

(Seong-Hyon Lee - Lowy The Interpreter) When Air China One touched down at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport on 8 June, it signalled a profound...

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Women leaders unite to advance gender equality, defend multilateralism amid growing global pushback

(UN News) The Secretary-General’s commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognized at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty, economic volatility...

Justice for Women and Girls: An Assessment of the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women

(Emma Ulvin, Noël James - Council on Foreign Relations) This year, at the UN’s largest annual gathering on women’s rights, the 70th Session of...

How Trump’s New Global Gag Rules Will Undermine US Interests Abroad

(Ari Shaw and Laurel Sprague - Just Security) For four decades, the Mexico City Policy—commonly known as the Global Gag Rule—has been a political...

Ecuador: Court Affirms Adolescents’ Right to Gender Recognition

(Human Rights Watch) Ecuador’s Constitutional Court’s ruling, made public on March 10, 2026, that people under 18 cannot automatically be refused a request to...

AU Should Strengthen its Framework to Curb Violence Against Women

(Juliana Nnoko - Human Rights Watch) Violence against women and girls in Africa demands urgent action. As of 2023, it is estimated that one...

If NATO Cannot Protect Everyone, It Cannot Defend Anyone

(Diana Morais, Samantha Turner and Katharine A.M. Wright - RUSI) This International Women’s Day falls during a moment of profound geopolitical challenge. The US...

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China’s AI ambitions face a capital constraint

(Hadley Spadaccini - East Asia Forum) China is producing competitive artificial intelligence, but its financial system may become a major constraint. Strict capital controls...

AI: ONU lancia allarme su impatto ambientale e disuguaglianze

(Maria Eva Pedrerol) L’intelligenza artificiale continua a rimanere al centro del dibattito internazionale e l’Onu ora lancia l’allarme sull’impatto ambientale ed energetico e le disuguaglianze...

In the face of growing AI cyber threats, do middle powers have agency?

(Isabella Wilkinson - Chatham House) Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on AI and cyber defence. It asks AI...

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