Geopolitics & Policy
Geopolitics & Policy news — Sunday 25 October 2026
21 stories from 4 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Why China Can’t Fix Its Broken Economy
China's economy has a huge problem: Chinese people aren’t spending enough money. And this is not just a problem for China.
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Trump cites 9/11 in urging Michigan voters to oppose Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed
South China Morning Post Tech
US President President Donald Trump at a Sunday campaign rally ratcheted up his push to link US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim extremists, comparing him to the 9/11 attackers while saying Democrats would let violent…
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Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours
South China Morning Post Tech
A Supreme Court justice in Brazil ordered polls in the presidential run-off to stay open for two more hours on Sunday, minutes after voting had officially ended at 5pm Brasilia time (4am on Monday in Hong Kong). The order left election…
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How Taiwan’s November Local Elections Could Change the World
The Wire China
If the DPP performs well next month it could boost President Lai Ching-te's re-election hopes — and stir Beijing into greater efforts at coercion. The post How Taiwan’s November Local Elections Could Change the World appeared first on The…
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Canada’s Arctic Gamble
The Wire China
A huge new infrastructure project in remote northern Canada could unlock Arctic mineral wealth and make a Chinese-owned mine viable, raising security risks. The post Canada’s Arctic Gamble appeared first on The Wire China .
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Company in the News: Webull
The Wire China
U.S. senators have zeroed in on a Cayman-registered stock brokerage’s China ties. The post Company in the News: Webull appeared first on The Wire China .
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Michael Kovrig on Black-Jail Survivor Tales
The Wire China
Plus, China in Canada’s arctic and an insider’s view of Sino-U.S. AI negotiations. The post Michael Kovrig on Black-Jail Survivor Tales appeared first on The Wire China .
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Torture Tales from China’s Black Jails
The Wire China
A new book provides searing testimonials of how the Chinese Communist Party’s thought remolding and coercive interrogations continue under the legal obfuscation of “residential surveillance at a designated location”. The post Torture Tales…
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Presidential race in Bulgaria heads to run-off after record low turnout
South China Morning Post Tech
The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a run-off, according to election officials. A record low turnout, attributed by observers to a general mistrust in…
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Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returns after months in exile
South China Morning Post Tech
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering supporters as she made her way by car to Caracas on Sunday night, after she arrived home following several failed return attempts which have…
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Trump ‘not trying to meddle’ in Alaska election results by suing over Senate race: Blanche
South China Morning Post Tech
US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s lawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses the race and argued that the legal challenge was a…
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France’s Le Pen vows to restore ‘rule of law’ at presidential campaign launch
South China Morning Post Tech
Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron, kicked off her campaign Sunday vowing to “restore the rule of law” if elected next year. Le Pen – the front runner in the polls – seems to be benefiting from…
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Netanyahu warns Iran may try to disrupt election, says ‘don’t test us’
South China Morning Post Tech
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran and its allies might try to disrupt Tuesday’s Israeli elections, warning the Islamic republic against any hostile acts. The remarks came as Israel’s Channel 12 reported, citing unnamed…
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Storms batter northern Europe, hitting power supplies, flights and phones
South China Morning Post Tech
Storms battered northern Europe Sunday, killing a man, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes and disrupting travel and phone networks. A man died when a tree fell on him in southwestern Scotland, while a runner in a marathon in northern…
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The West’s double standard on global unrest
South China Morning Post Tech
In the early days of the student protests in France, mainstream Western media took the protesters’ claims about poor school facilities and declining resources at face value. Only when the violence spread across the country, and to some of…
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Congo begins Ebola vaccine trial despite embedded outbreak
South China Morning Post Tech
A pivotal trial of vaccines against the strain of Ebola that is driving a deadly outbreak across parts of Africa has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the epidemic originated and the vast majority of cases and deaths have…
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Riding Solo in Santiago
ChinaTalk
Santiago Kem is the best soda in the world. I first had this glorious artificially-flavored pineapple beverage in Chile, during my ten day trip throughout the country. God hath scarcely created such a nectar as sweet as Kem. I am not sure…
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Serbia votes as ruling party faces student-led anti-corruption list
South China Morning Post Tech
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his…
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Israel widens West Bank crackdown, displacing Hebron families after attack
South China Morning Post Tech
Israel said on Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week’s election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory. The announcement came a…
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Trump hails tariffs for new US$4.2 billion Audi plant in Georgia
South China Morning Post Tech
President Donald Trump defended his decision to wield tariffs during a campaign rally in Georgia, saying they have made the US richer, as he announced that Volkswagen agreed to build a new US$4.2 billion Audi plant in the state. “Think of…
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Gulf economies accelerate diversification as recession looms over Iran war
South China Morning Post Tech
Before the outbreak of the war triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February, the Gulf monarchies were living the prosperity dream that was the envy of the world. Their hydrocarbon-fuelled economies were glitzy oases of growth…