World · God's Eye View
Gibraltar, from above
ARCANE's reporting pinned on a 3D globe, with the day's earthquakes, data centres and dams. Click a pin to read what we published about the place.
191 stories pinned · Sep 26, 2026
Pinned on the globe
Newest current work first- China
Sep 25, 2026China's dysprosium and terbium exports to Japan dry up as magnet shipments continueMining and refining - Hormuz
Sep 24, 2026Iran offers to reopen Hormuz, but Trump points to a post-midterm dealGeopolitics - China
Sep 24, 2026China builds Antelope Reef into an island big enough for a runwayGeopolitics - United Kingdom
Sep 24, 2026Britain and the EU pursue Russia's A7 network as its token fadesGeopolitics - Russia
Sep 24, 2026Russia's fuel exports nearly stop after Ukraine intensifies refinery strikesEnergy - China
Sep 24, 2026China's factories speed up while home shoppers stall, widening a demand gapManufacturing - China
Sep 16, 2026AXT plans Beijing indium-phosphide wafer expansion while U.S. approvals remain unresolvedSemiconductors - India
Aug 30, 2026India gives formal drug approvals months ahead of Europe and US, reshaping global launchesPharmaceuticals - Mexico
Aug 29, 2026Airbus’s Mexican wiring suppliers re-price contracts after border waits stall shipmentsAerospace - Germany
Aug 29, 2026Rhine freight is slowing German factories before orders can catch upManufacturing - United States
Aug 29, 2026Power grids face overload as data centers outpace connection timelinesUtilities, Data Centers - United States
Aug 28, 2026Data center and utility projects face years-long delays for transformersUtilities & grid equipment - China
Aug 28, 2026China’s transformer shipments outpaced all published U.S. grid-capacity projectionsGrid equipment - Hormuz
Aug 28, 2026Tanker transits through Hormuz rise as war-risk premiums remain highShipping - United Arab Emirates
Aug 23, 2026Missile strike damaged Amazon’s Bahrain data centers; cloud service and billing suspendedCloud infrastructure - Hormuz
Aug 23, 2026Hormuz transits keep falling as mainstream tankers avoid the strait in AugustEnergy shipping - Panama
Aug 23, 2026CMA CGM holds Panama Canal surcharge after transit capacity returns and before new cutsShipping - Russia
Aug 23, 2026Europe bans Yamal LNG while its storage gap widens without itEnergy - United States
Aug 23, 2026Corporate buybacks rise as long-term bond buyers disappear from marketCredit markets - Panama
Aug 23, 2026Chevron offloads LPG ship-to-ship off Panama as canal surcharges shatter old routesEnergy shipping - Panama
Aug 23, 2026Panama Canal auction bids now shape shipping costs more than tollsShipping - Red Sea
Aug 23, 2026Ship insurers cancel Red Sea war risk cover after reinsurers exit the marketMarine insurance - Arctic
Aug 23, 2026A Chinese carrier opened a weekly Arctic lane that skips Suez entirelyContainer shipping - Russia
Aug 23, 2026Russia is importing fuel while its old customers queue at Iran's doorEnergy
What is on it
- ARCANEEvery published story whose headline or deck names a passage, sea or country, pinned there; a story naming two places is drawn as a line between them. 82 stories name no place and are not pinned.
- EarthquakesThe U.S. Geological Survey's feed of the past day, read live by your browser.
- Data centres, damsSwitch them on in the view's layer list. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Open Infrastructure Map.
- ImageryEsri World Imagery (Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics).
- Not hereLive aircraft, ships, satellites and cameras need the project's own server, which ARCANE does not run, so those switches are hidden. Submarine cables are left out because their data is licensed for non-commercial use only.
God's Eye View is Bilawal Sidhu's open-source project (MIT licence), served unchanged with ARCANE's own layer added. For passage traffic, see the chokepoint register.