Geopolitics & Policy
Geopolitics & Policy news — Saturday 10 October 2026
19 stories from 2 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Tiger kills man who entered big cat enclosure at UK wildlife park
South China Morning Post Tech
A man died on Saturday after he entered the tiger enclosure at a wildlife park in northern England and was attacked by one of the animals, police said. Emergency medical personnel responded to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park near the city of…
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9 dead, including children and pregnant woman, in shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania
South China Morning Post Tech
A man killed eight people including a pregnant woman, children and other relatives at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, before taking his own life as well, authorities said on Saturday. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the 45-year-old man…
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Indonesia’s Energy Investment Potential
Too big to ignore
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Indian Family Offices Eye Southeast Asia’s Startups
Patient capital, real risk.
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Isaias kills 4 in US, leaves 670,000 without power
South China Morning Post Tech
Four people died after Hurricane Isaias made landfall early on Saturday, and about 670,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi were still without power as the storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, according to local…
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China’s Bid to Define the ‘Global South’
Beijing has adopted its own, quite different, definition of the term.
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Whither Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles?
A highly contentious debate is in the offing.
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Beyond Ideological Blocs: The ICDPP’s New Intercontinental Political Dialogue
Insights from an Interview with Chung Eui-yong on the Origins, Principles, and Future of the ICDPP
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Trump demands Ukraine get new president, lashes out at Zelensky
South China Morning Post Tech
US President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine to replace President Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing him of rejecting multiple opportunities to end the war with Russia. “I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,” Trump told…
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Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison after surviving US execution attempt
South China Morning Post Tech
Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, her lawyers said on Saturday. Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation…
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Palestinian leader Abbas postpones elections to September 2027
South China Morning Post Tech
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian…
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Loud blast at Riyadh airport as travellers evacuated, airlines cancel flights
South China Morning Post Tech
At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, as the Iran-backed Houthis escalate a campaign they launched this…
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Russian attacks kill 15 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin
South China Morning Post Tech
Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s…
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Poland’s police detain 76, check 50,000 schools after 2 attacks
South China Morning Post Tech
Three people were injured in a stabbing attack at a further education college in Warsaw on Saturday, police said, the latest in a series of incidents that have stoked concerns in Poland about copycat violence among young people. On…
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Chinese nickel investors brace for headwinds as Indonesia weighs smelter freeze
South China Morning Post Tech
Chinese investors could face significant disruption if Indonesia imposes a moratorium on new nickel smelters to curb global overproduction and protect local industries across its vast minerals sector, analysts said. Indonesia was weighing…
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Trump casts doubt on Pentagon plan to live stream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
South China Morning Post Tech
US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Friday on whether authorities will live-stream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator of a deadly attack on American soldiers, a plan that has drawn broad and bipartisan condemnation. Nidal…
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Australia says it won’t buy Russian fuel despite Trump’s diesel agreement
South China Morning Post Tech
Australia has no need to buy fuel from Russia and said that purchases from there would remain barred so that the country did not benefit from the invasion of Ukraine. “We don’t need or want Russian fuel in Australia,” Chris Bowen…
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Trump slams Norway and Nobel committee after missing out on Peace Prize
South China Morning Post Tech
US President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a stain on Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee. “The United…
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Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to US police, hit government sites
South China Morning Post Tech
An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved murder to Philadelphia police, authorities said on Friday, criticising the company for taking two months to report the incident. It is the…