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A bold road: Saudi Arabia bets on driverless trucks

Two tech companies are partnering to use AI to develop a nationwide autonomous transportation network, in an initiative that will be costly but could pay off long-term

Al Majalla 06 September 2026
A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual street music festival 'Fete de la Musique' while taking part in a heatwave in Bordeaux, southwestern France on 21 June 2026. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP

As the world grows hotter, a 'cooling economy' emerges

It is not just a fancy name for the air-conditioning industry, but an intricate system that begins with power stations and extends to the design of buildings and cities

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 03 September 2026
Al Majalla

Why Israel's outsized influence on global tech is worrying

From Apple's chips to Nvidia's data centres, Israeli tech has embedded itself in the global tech ecosystem. This comes with grave national security implications.

Marco Mossad 22 August 2026
Lina Jaradat

Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi 16 August 2026
Al Majalla

How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

Mohammed Mansour 10 August 2026
Some consider the AI rivalry between China and the United States to be not dissimilar to the technological rivalry between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. Sara Padovan

Why the race to AI dominance has echoes of the Cold War

Global competition to lead the 21st century artificial intelligence revolution is currently a two-horse race between America and China. Is this today's arms race, or are we headed for multipolarity?

Christopher Phillips 28 July 2026
AI is redefining the very nature of the US-Gulf relationship. Eduardo Ramon

The AI alliance rewriting Washington’s Gulf strategy

As artificial intelligence reshapes global power, the US and Gulf states are forging a new strategic partnership built on chips, data centres, and digital infrastructure

Marco Mossad 22 July 2026
AI has changed things by introducing concentrated, volatile, large-scale loads that carry big implications for the electricity grid. Eduardo Ramon

Why AI is forcing a reassessment of the electricity sector

Traditional large electricity customers' requirements have tended to match utilities' capacities, but the enormous data centres on which the AI era is being built are redefining demand

Jessica Obeid 18 July 2026
Microdramas are scripted, short-form vertical series that first appeared in China before spreading through platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. Efi Chalikopoulou

The age of the microdrama: why slow cinema matters more than ever

As AI accelerates the production of formulaic entertainment and audiences grow accustomed to ever-shorter forms, slow cinema offers an alternative way of seeing

Hassan Salama 11 July 2026
Neil Webb

The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

Marco Mossad 27 June 2026
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Leaders of SCO member states, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—ahead of a summit session in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 1 September 2026. Sputnik/Reuters
Business & Economy

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

03 September 2026

In Bishkek, a loose Eurasian gathering of illiberal nations inched closer to a functioning post-dollar regional economic bloc

Shirley Ze Yu
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

02 September 2026

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Hope sells: inroads in cancer treatment excite markets

03 September 2026

For every positive clinical result, pharmaceutical (pharma) companies stand to secure billions of dollars in revenue

Rana Freifer
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

28 August 2026

In his new book, the British-Israeli academic shows the methodical tactics Israel has used to uproot Palestinians from their homeland since 1948

Hala Al-Naji

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