TikTok, a social media platform with about 120 million active users in the United States, has been sued by 13 US states and Washington, DC, for allegedly harming and failing to protect young people. …
From 1979, when Shiite Muslim clerics took power in Iran, the government and its security apparatus built up armed militias in the Middle East that became a mainstay of Tehran’s anti-Israel coalition known as the Axis of Resistance.…
Presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris says she will not talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin without Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.…
Indonesia’s nickel industry is booming. The global adoption of electric vehicles (EV) is driving demand for the metal, which is a key element in many EV batteries.…
It’s a beautiful day Sky falls, you feel like It’s a beautiful day Don’t let it get away – U2 Do not buy Chinese stocks because you think a large fiscal stimulus is coming.…
To anyone who hopes 2025 will be a less brutal year for China’s economy, the World Bank has some bad news for you.…
In dusty factories, cramped internet cafes and makeshift home offices around the world, millions of people sit at computers tediously labeling data.…
China’s apparently expanding military presence at Cambodia’s overhauled Ream Naval Base is once again raising alarm bells in Washington, a development first flagged in 2019 as a secret deal two years after Phnom Penh canceled Angkor Sentinel military exercises with US forces.…
On September 10, 2024, for the first time in American history, quantum computing was mentioned by a candidate during a presidential debate.…
Maldives navigates India-China rivalry as its president tries to find a way to secure financial support from India without compromising the island nations's sovereignty.…
China has decided to impose a provisional anti-dumping tariff on brandy imported from the European Union after the bloc voted for the imposition of a 7.8-35.3% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. …
It’s time to take Donald Trump seriously. Betting markets say it’s as likely as not he will be elected US president in four weeks.…
After Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president in early September 2024, posting a message to her 284 million fans on Instagram, some Democratic strategists suggested that an endorsement from Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny could do more to sway the election – particularly in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, which is home […]
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MANILA – The Philippines and South Korea elevated ties to a strategic partnership, Manila’s latest move to build a bulwark and stockpile more arms against China’s rising threat in the South China Sea.…
On September 12, the Japanese gig work platform provider Timee held its first earnings call since being listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July.…
It wasn’t meant to be like this. In her 2022 study of Anthony Albanese, Katharine Murphy describes a prime minister who thought he’d be successfully managing an idealistic, collaborative and positive “new politics” that would favor the Teal independents rather than Dutton’s Liberals.…
The US Department of Commerce has announced an open competition to demonstrate “how AI can assist in developing new sustainable semiconductor materials and processes that meet industry needs and can be designed and adopted within five years.”…
There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters.…
US defense company Leidos is set to revolutionize American airpower with its Black Arrow missile, a versatile, long-range weapon that promises to transform the AC-130J gunship into a formidable precision strike platform ready to face sophisticated adversaries like China.…
One of the political ironies of the race for the White House is that the foreign policy interests of New Zealand’s center-right government are probably best served by Democratic candidate Kamala Harris winning.…
This article was first published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. The September visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States for meetings, both bilaterally as well as a part of the 2024 Quad Summit, has drawn the spotlight to the state of US-India relations under the Biden administration.…
A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel has expanded its operations on multiple fronts to include the West Bank, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.…
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterly contested, grueling ground war, accompanied by brutal Russian aerial attacks on civilian infrastructure and a slow but increasing Ukrainian response.…
Last week, as Chinese stocks produced their biggest gain since 2015, Lu Ting, chief China economist at Nomura Holdings, was warning investors not to forget another, more traumatic memory from that same year.…
The US Navy and Air Force have become a tale of two sixth-generation fighter programs, with the former service pressing ahead with its F/A-XX and the latter holding fire on its NGAD.…
Pan Gongsheng, the governor of China’s central bank, announced a raft of measures on September 24 aimed at boosting the country’s flagging economy.…
In Europe, we are better at producing reports recommending what needs to be done than at producing political leaders capable of doing it.…
The Iranian missile attack on Israel failed in all its major objectives. Remarkably, no Israelis were killed or injured – thanks to Israel’s air defenses and its extensive system of shelters, plus help from US Navy ships in the Mediterranean. …
Over the summer of 2024, some 250 Russian children traveled to North Korea for a 10-day-long kids camp. Framed as cultural diplomacy, the event was the result of a new youth exchange launched in 2022 that sees Russian youth compete for the free trip abroad.…
The US president, Joe Biden, is pursuing a last-minute attempt to shore up American support for Ukraine – ahead of a possible victory for Donald Trump in the US election on November 5.…