Geopolitics & Policy
Geopolitics & Policy news — Sunday 08 November 2026
18 stories from 3 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Israel’s President Herzog gives Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government
South China Morning Post Tech
Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally gave opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government Sunday evening. Complex coalition negotiations still lie ahead, but it marked a significant step in the former…
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Attack on Iraq gas complex disrupts supply to region’s power plants, authorities say
South China Morning Post Tech
An Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region was attacked on Sunday, disrupting the gas supply to the region’s power plants, local Kurdish authorities said. “At 11pm (2000 GMT), the Khor Mor gas field came under a…
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Company in the News: Hengli Group
The Wire China
With major operations in petrochemicals and shipbuilding, the family-run Hengli has propelled its founders to China’s rich list. The post Company in the News: Hengli Group appeared first on The Wire China .
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Chinese Big Pharma’s Growing Pains
The Wire China
China’s pharma industry has become adept at innovation, but developing companies to challenge the big multinationals is proving even harder. The post Chinese Big Pharma’s Growing Pains appeared first on The Wire China .
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The Diffusion Rule
The Wire China
Plus, the Chinese pharmaceutical industry and Robert Kaplan on America’s most influential China Hands. The post The Diffusion Rule appeared first on The Wire China .
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China Is Defanging the Dollar, Not Dethroning It
The Wire China
China’s renminbi-based trade with countries such as Russia and Iran is less about de-dollarizing the world economy and more about de-weaponizing the dollar. The post China Is Defanging the Dollar, Not Dethroning It appeared first on The…
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King Charles and Prince Harry mark Remembrance Day separately
South China Morning Post Tech
Prince Harry attended a Remembrance Sunday event in a small English town, far away from Britain’s main ceremony to honour the country’s war dead led by his father, King Charles. Ceremonies are held at war memorials across Britain on the…
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Police make arrest in deadly shooting at North Carolina university
South China Morning Post Tech
Authorities on Sunday arrested a man in a shooting during homecoming weekend at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina that left one person dead and at least one other person injured. Winston-Salem police said officers who were…
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Media industry still has a problem with sexual abuse, UK culture minister says
South China Morning Post Tech
Britain’s culture minister, Lisa Nandy, said on Sunday there was still a problem with sexual abuse in the media industry after Russell Brand, once a high-profile comedian and actor, was convicted of raping a woman and sexually…
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Pope Leo leaves Uruguay and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei’s Argentina
South China Morning Post Tech
Pope Leo on Sunday urged Argentina to safeguard its democracy in a closely watched speech to President Javier Milei, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, during the second stop of a 12-day South American tour by the Catholic leader…
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Iran executes 3 more men over January protests, judiciary says
South China Morning Post Tech
Iranian authorities executed three men on Sunday on charges linked to January 2026 protests, the judiciary said, after what rights groups described as an unfair trial. Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said the hangings at dawn of…
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Tens of thousands of Dutch protesters take to Amsterdam streets to support Palestinians
South China Morning Post Tech
Tens of thousands of people dressed in red thronged the streets of Amsterdam on Sunday to denounce ongoing violence against Palestinians in Gaza, carrying signs reading “Stop the Genocide”. Organisers said some 20,000 people attended the…
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Train collision in Egypt kills 4, injures 88
South China Morning Post Tech
Two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital on Sunday, derailing several carriages, killing seven people and injuring more than 100 others, according to the authorities. Egypt’s railway authority said a train travelling from Giza to…
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Donald Trump elected 45th president of the United States in 2016 – from the SCMP archive
South China Morning Post Tech
This article was first published on November 10, 2016. Trump reaches out for unity by Shi Jiangtao Donald Trump called for national unity and promised to work with all nations in a triumphant victory speech yesterday (November 9, 2016)…
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Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh damaged in attempted attack
South China Morning Post Tech
Windows were blown out across several floors of Saudi oil giant Aramco’s corporate office in the heart of the financial district of the capital Riyadh on Sunday by what the energy ministry said was debris from an attempt to attack the…
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China in the Cyberpocalypse
ChinaTalk
Chang Che is a writer and contributor to the New Yorker . In August, researchers at a California security firm used an OpenAI model to find a software bug in PHP, a programming language that undergird some seventy per cent of the world’s…
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Will Democrats sway ‘unshackled’ Trump’s Russia-Ukraine stance after midterm rout?
South China Morning Post Tech
The Republicans’ defeat in the US midterm elections was watched closely in Russia, where some observers are predicting it could herald more support for Ukraine when the Democrats take over Congress in January. But if the Kremlin is hearing…
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Who is Eisenkot, the former Israeli general expected to replace Netanyahu?
South China Morning Post Tech
Gadi Eisenkot, an unassuming former army chief of staff, has a pathway to Israel’s top job after President Isaac Herzog tapped him to form the next government. Should he succeed, he would take over as prime minister from Benjamin…