The recent drama surrounding US action in Venezuela, its renewed interest in Greenland and tariff threats on governments that object, along with comments on Cuba, Colombia and Mexico, appear disjointed – part diplomacy, part law enforcement, part political theatre. Like many observers, I rely on the news to try to make sense of the policy…
The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. “The US continues to lead on model capabilities, and US models also have maintained a meaningful lead in science and more complex reasoning,” said the post written by OpenAI’s…
Iran was asked to withdraw from upcoming naval drills with China and Russia in South Africa, according to local media. South African outlet News24 reported that Iran will no longer take part in the “Will for Peace 2026” joint maritime drill involving BRICS countries alongside Russian, Chinese and Emirati warships. It comes amid mounting pressure…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia and China are expanding their presence in the Arctic for strategic — not scientific — reasons, according to a senior U.S. commander. “It’s not for peaceful reasons,” said Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the supreme allied commander Europe, at a conference in Sweden Sunday. “They’re not studying the…
Europe made a “misjudgment” in categorising Russia as its top security threat and instead the continent’s real danger lay in Europeans’ inner “demon”, according to China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US. Cui Tiankai, a former Chinese foreign vice-minister, also claimed Nato had outlived its relevance and argued that the transatlantic security alliance no longer served…
At least four people were killed and 25 were injured in Kyiv as Russia on Friday bombed Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles in a large-scale overnight attack. Over the last four years of war-torn situations, this was the second time that the country used a powerful, new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine,…
Naval exercises come as tensions run high after US military intervention in Venezuela, seizures of several oil tankers. Published On 9 Jan 20269 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have arrived in South African waters for a week of naval drills as geopolitical tensions run…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump warned Friday during a meeting with nearly two dozen oil executives that Russia and China will not move in on the nations of Venezuela or Greenland on his watch. “We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not,” Trump…
China has developed smart power grid technology that cuts blackout recovery time to a 10th of a second, according to state media, which said the innovation was expected to play a bigger role in ensuring the safe and stable distribution of electricity worldwide. The grid protection technology enables power grid faults to be isolated and…
Trump has ‘greenlit’ bipartisan push to sanction countries that buy Russian energy exports, Lindsey Graham says. Published On 8 Jan 20268 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump has backed a bill to impose sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, including China and India, an influential Republican senator has said….