Research strength is quickly becoming China’s greatest geopolitical asset By Johan Rockstrom and Inga Strumke As scientists, we had the uneasy privilege of witnessing China’s rise earlier than most. Long before a country’s regional or global dominance shows up in macroeconomic aggregates and stock valuations, it can be inferred from the kinds…
The US has cleared about 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia Corp’s second-most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far, three people familiar with the matter said, leaving a major technology deal in limbo as chief executive officer Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) seeks a breakthrough in…
INDIA Capital braces for heat wave Schools in New Delhi must ring regular bells to remind schoolchildren to drink water as the megacity gears up to face heat wave conditions, the city ordered on Tuesday. Temperatures yesterday were expected to reach 41°C to 43°C, and rise to 42°C to 44°C later in the week. The…
FRANCE Picasso painting won A Parisian art enthusiast could not believe his luck when he found out on Tuesday that he had won a Pablo Picasso painting worth US$1 million with a US$117 raffle ticket. “How do I check that it’s not a hoax?” said Ari Hodara, 58, after organizers called him following the draw…
The virality of ‘Are You Dead?’ has exposed a demand for personal connections in an isolating tech era where you do not even have to say a word to a real person to hail a ride or order food By Catherine Thorbecke Bloomberg Opinion / Bloomberg Opinion This time last year, the hottest…
PHILIPPINES Eruptions force evacuations A series of eruptions at the nation’s most active volcano has prompted the evacuation of nearly 3,000 people from a danger zone on its foothills, officials said on Wednesday. Authorities raised the five-stage alert around Mayon Volcano in the northeastern province of Albay to Level 3 on Tuesday after detecting intermittent…
CONFERENCE LEAGUE Palace miss easier route Crystal Palace missed a chance to advance directly to the Conference League round-of-16 on Thursday, held to a 2-2 draw with Finnish club KuPS. Palace midfielder Justin Devenny headed home an equalizer in the 76th minute at Selhurst Park, just three minutes after the visitors were reduced to 10…
British police yesterday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and said he also tried to kill someone at a London transit station earlier the same day. British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one of…
CHINA Envoy to WTO removed Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang (李成鋼) has been removed from his post as permanent representative to the WTO, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday, just days after US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent described him as “unhinged.” Li, during a visit to Washington in August, had allegedly threatened that…
Microsoft Corp and OpenAI are among the US firms that have in the past few days pledged to invest ￡31 billion (US$41.8 billion) into artificial intelligence (AI) projects in the UK, but industry experts say the commitment could be undermined by the state’s aging power grid and some of the world’s highest electricity prices. British…