Tokyo proclaims Pacific Ocean mission world’s first attempt to tap rare earths at such a depth. Published On 2 Feb 20262 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Japan has announced the discovery of rare earth elements at record sea depths. The government said on Monday that a deep-sea test mission…
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of…
BEIJING— China has executed four leading members of gangs based in northern Myanmar who were found guilty of multiple crimes, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The executions were carried out by a court in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong province after receiving approval from the Supreme People’s Court. The four men belonged…
The essential takeaway: Washington’s containment strategy has fractured as Nvidia’s restricted technology explicitly powered DeepSeek’s R1 model, directly feeding the People’s Liberation Army’s military capabilities. This systemic failure exposes a critical loophole where American silicon inadvertently accelerates Beijing’s weaponized intelligence and surveillance apparatus, effectively turning US innovation against its own national security interests. With the…
Russian Security Council’s Secretary Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting dedicated to the situation in the south of the country following an incursion of Ukrainian troops, at a residence outside Moscow, Russia August 12, 2024. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo MOSCOW – Russian Security Council Secretary…
India surpassed the United States among the top 10 contributors to global real GDP growth (2026). SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on Jan 31, took to ‘X’, citing IMF data that has put India ahead of the United States. In his ‘X’ post, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk said, “The balance of power is changing.”….
Europe’s View on Trump 2.0; China’s High Level Military Purge – Fareed Zakaria GPS – Podcast on CNN Podcasts One Thing: New TikTok: Different Owners, Fresh Censorship Concerns 5 Things Listen toCNN 5 Things Sun, Feb 1 On your computer On your mobile device Smart speakers US World Politics Business showcast Fareed Zakaria GPS takes…
Pharma giant AstraZeneca will list on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, days after it announced big commitments on the other side of the world. Like the rest of Big Pharma, the company has a balancing act. It wants a close relationship with the U.S., its biggest market, and the listing is intended to…
(Bloomberg) — In the history of the silver market, prices had traded above $40 an ounce for only a handful of brief periods before last year. On Friday, exhausted traders watched in shock as the precious metal plunged by that much in less than twenty hours. For weeks, traders across the metals world have spent…
In an age when megaphone diplomacy too often substitutes for statecraft, United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to deepen ties with China marks a welcome return to enlightened high-level politics and diplomacy. His call for a “more sophisticated relationship” is not a euphemism for naivete. It’s an acknowledgment that complexity — not slogans…