A recent analysis by Harvard’s Belfer Center reveals that China’s Arctic presence is far less formidable than commonly portrayed, with inflated investment figures and stalled projects undermining its strategic goals. China’s growing interest in the Arctic has sparked concern among Western policymakers, who view its investments as a potential geopolitical threat….
Deerhoof announced they are leaving Spotify after its CEO, Daniel Ek, invested nearly $700 million in defense company Helsing, which makes military drones and AI defense software. “We don’t want our music killing people,” the band said in a statement, explaining why they’re planning on taking all of their music off the streaming platform. “We…
Privacy-focused software provider Proton, makers of Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive, and other apps, has sued Apple, alleging anticompetitive practices in Apple’s App Store. In the new lawsuit, Proton says the iPhone maker holds a monopoly in the smartphone, app distribution, and app payment processing markets. It also compares Apple’s fees to tariffs on…
Beijing/New Delhi: President Xi Jinping vanished from public view for 16 days. No appearances, no statements, no images in state-run newspapers and no reports from official channels. From May 21 to June 5, 2025, China’s most powerful man simply disappeared. It was not just the silence. It was the timing. The country’s economy has been…
By KIERAN GILL Published: 18:55 BST, 30 June 2025 | Updated: 18:55 BST, 30 June 2025 Chelsea have not ruled out a move for West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus, who is also wanted by Tottenham, despite being set to splash more than £100million collectively on two other forwards in Joao Pedro and Jamie Gittens. However, the…
In brief Coinbase shares jumped to an all-time high after the firm unveiled tokenized stock trading, an Ethereum layer-2 network, and perpetual futures trading. The company also enabled Ethereum and Solana staking for U.S. customers. During a crypto-focused keynote, CEO Vlad Tenev traded a digital version of OpenAI stock using the Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum….
A government cybersecurity contractor is being held in jail in Washington, D.C., for driving his Jeep near crowds on the National Mall, in what prosecutors have described as an “absolutely outrageous” crime on June 21. At a court hearing Monday, prosecutors argued Curtis Lear of Washington, D.C., off-roaded his vehicle onto the grass…
A former chairman of Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, a media mogul and a business leader have been awarded the city’s highest honour this year, while Olympic gold medal fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai was also recognised for her sporting achievements. Two Hongkongers who helped save residents from a deadly fire were also among the 427 individuals…
The US State Department has revoked the visas of members of Bob Vylan, a British rap punk group, which led a chant at the Glastonbury festival calling for death to the Israeli military. “The (State Department) has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade…
PARIS — Meryll Rogge scooped the Grand Prize of the 2025 ANDAM Fashion Award, whose jury of the year was all about the French touch. A 2008 graduate of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts who dreamed of being an illustrator as a child, she swapped paint for textile swatches when moving to New York….