ECB Hikes Rates as Oil Shock Fuels Inflation On 10 September the European Central Bank raised its key deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.50%, the second increase this year. The move responded to energy-driven inflation from the ongoing Middle East conflict, with Brent crude above $100 a barrel and eurozone inflation at 3.3% … Read more
New Proof Advances Four-Color Theorem and Graph Coloring Mathematicians have produced a new computer-assisted proof of the four-color theorem, published online in March 2026 and highlighted on September 10. The result, by a team including Mikkel Thorup, Carsten Thomassen, Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi and others, reconfirms that any planar map can be colored with four colors so … Read more
Iran War Escalation Pushes Oil Above $100 Iran launched large-scale ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Jordan and targeted vessels after US strikes destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers. The IRGC claimed hits on American ships and additional tankers in the Strait of Hormuz area, marking one of the biggest salvos in months. Oil … Read more
German centre-right panics over AfD ban calls after Saxony-Anhalt win Hendrik Wüst, North Rhine-Westphalia premier and leading contender to succeed Chancellor Friedrich Merz as CDU leader, has called for a commission to examine banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD). This follows the party’s landslide in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, where it took around 44% of … Read more
AI Agents Prove Navier-Stokes Singularity OpenAI mathematicians announced on September 8 that a swarm of roughly 10,000 autonomous AI agents, running on an internal advanced model, produced a Lean-verified proof of a singularity (“blow-up”) in the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. The result addresses one of the six remaining Clay Millennium Prize Problems and shows that smooth … Read more
Iran War Escalation Drives Oil Above $100 Iranian forces struck US bases and targeted vessels in response to American attacks on Iranian tankers, while Ansar Allah intensified operations against Saudi energy facilities. Brent crude surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July amid the latest kinetic exchanges and disruptions. This stands out as … Read more
AfD Landslide Shatters German Firewall In Saxony-Anhalt’s state election on 6 September, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 43.8% of the vote and 39 of 83 seats, more than doubling its 2021 result and falling just three seats short of an absolute majority. Turnout hit a post-reunification high of nearly 78%. The CDU collapsed to … Read more
AI Agents Crack Navier-Stokes Singularity OpenAI researchers announced on 8 September that a swarm of roughly 10,000 autonomous AI agents, running on an internal advanced model, produced a Lean-verified proof that the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations can develop a singularity, or “blow-up.” The result addresses one of the six remaining Clay Millennium Prize Problems and was … Read more
AfD Landslide Tests Germany’s Political Firewall Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election on 6 September, more than doubling its 2021 share and leaving Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU at a historic low of 17.2%. The result gives AfD 39 of 83 seats—three short of a majority—while turnout exceeded 75%. … Read more
AfD Breaches Germany’s Political Firewall in Saxony-Anhalt In Saxony-Anhalt’s state election on 6 September, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 43.8% of the vote and 39 of 83 seats, falling just short of an absolute majority amid nearly 78% turnout. The CDU collapsed to 17.2%, the SPD to around 9%. This stands out as the … Read more