Emerging Risks

China expert and 'The Great U.S.-China Tech War' author Gordon Chang warns the real estate market is the 'heart of the Chinese economy.' #FOXBusinessSubscrib...

The world doesn’t move in cycles or with a grand design. Echoes of the 1970s remind us that one disaster often begets others.

Shortages of grain and fertiliser could cause ‘mass hunger and famine, says chief, as World Bank pledges $12bn to ease shortfall

Targeted cash and expertise are needed in the worst-hit areas, rather than sending food stocks

Two companies make up 75% of the US baby food market. The recent shortage is yet another example of how corporate consolidation in many US sectors has led to shortages and high prices.

Massive food producers hold too much power – and the regulators scarcely understand what is happening. Sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Israeli military officials told Breaking Defense the US Air Force would provide refueling services for Israeli fighters during the exercise.

Unfortunately, the possibility of reaching a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the threats posed by Iran’s nuclear program looks remote.

Since Russia’s President Vladimir Putin launched his expanded invasion of Ukraine on February 24, fires at military bases and train accidents inside the Russian Federation have increased, military draft offices have been set aflame there, and draft resistance has spiked, as have cases in which soldiers in uniform are refusing to obey orders to deploy to Ukraine. Telephone bomb threats …

Amid concern Iran is close to a nuclear weapon, “Chariots of Fire Drill,” will simulate war on six different fronts.

After the deadly airline crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, New York, FRONTLINE investigated the accident and discovered a dramatically changed airline in...

Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned on Tuesday that Iran is installing 1,000 advanced centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plants, and

Is it possible that Hezbollah may begin a new wave of assassinations if it fears critics against it are rising in Lebanon?

Number to have fallen ill reportedly at almost 1.5 million as country grapples with what it calls ‘fever’

Many in Europe say that they are just waking up to the threat posed by China. But if Europe is just waking up, it is still half-asleep.

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Yuri Borisov is Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister in charge of defense procurement. In a recent interview with RT (Russian state media) about Russia’s long-range precision-guided cruise missi

STAT analyzes the data to show how five key factors worked to drive U.S. Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic, yielding "five pandemics."

The legal profession, once a guardian of republican government, is now a force for social upheaval.

The apparent unveiling of this threat comes as Hezbollah has slammed the US for backing a maritime boundary agreement between Israel and Lebanon.

The former Russian president wrote on Telegram how there would be dire global consequences to the sanctions imposed on Russia.

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Three prodemocracy activists on the run from Beijing, three wild and bizarre journeys to—and through—America

In the event of nuclear war, Finns can rest assured they'll be safe in one of the country's hundreds of kitted out underground bunkers. An official told MailOnline the country can protect itself

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In a crucial political year, a series of open-ended lockdowns have heaped pressure on struggling businesses

Russia on Thursday warned Thursday it would have to take "military-technical" steps in response to neighbouring Finland joining NATO, after leaders in Helsin...

China has been honing its ship-killing skills for potential future conflicts on new targets in a remote desert, according to new satellite photos reviewed by USNI News. New analysis shows the People’s Liberation Army is testing the ability to hit ships in port with long-range ballistic missiles. Since USNI News reported China has been building …