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China’s growing industrial strength is forcing Washington to confront realities that tariffs and political rhetoric cannot erase. Its dominance in shipbuilding, batteries, electric vehicles, solar manufacturing and critical minerals gives Beijing substantial
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has become one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in promoting rapid artificial-intelligence development, placing the head of the world’s most valuable company at the centre of a growing dispute over how the technology
Italy’s Senate has approved legislation paving the way for the country to return to nuclear power, nearly four decades after it abandoned the energy
Australia is investigating an incident in which an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained access to a government-owned database and retrieved both
At the heart of Beijing this week, China’s annual Two Sessions convened, bringing together deputies to the National People’s Congress and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). In the
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The war initiated by joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran has rapidly expanded beyond its initial borders, affecting countries from Cyprus to Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, and risks drawing even more nations
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Israel has been reportedly assisting Iranian Kurdish militias in western Iran, with the aim of destabilizing Tehran and supporting Kurdish ambitions to seize towns near the border, according to three sources familiar
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More than 60% of unmarried adults under the age of 30 in Japan say they do not want children, citing economic burdens and career disruption, according to a recent survey conducted by
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Javier Milei will travel to Miami this Friday to participate in a high-profile summit of right-wing Latin American leaders organized by U.S. President Donald Trump. The “Shield of the Americas” meeting highlights
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The United States labor market showed alarming weakness in February as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a loss of 92,000 jobs, the largest monthly decline since last October. This figure surprised
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Mauritius is considering legal action against Britain after a high-profile Chagos Islands agreement collapsed, leaving a £160 million hole in the island nation’s budget. The deal, which would have seen Britain pay
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Sri Lankan police have issued a nationwide warning about the potential use of drones in terrorist attacks, prompting a major information-gathering operation targeting companies that import unmanned aircraft, spare parts, and related
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The Rastriya Swatantra Party, founded just four years ago and led by the 35-year-old Shah, is riding a wave of youth-driven activism that toppled the previous government only five months ago. By
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Sadiq Khan has reached out to Anthropic’s CEO, praising the company’s ethical stance after it was blacklisted by former US President Donald Trump, signaling London’s ambition to become a global hub for
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Indonesia has announced a sweeping new regulation that will block access to social media for users under 16, making it the first major non-Western country to take such a step in a
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In a milestone for space exploration and off-world agriculture, researchers in Texas have successfully grown chickpeas in simulated lunar soil for the first time. Using soil mixtures containing up to 75 percent
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In the northern French migrant settlement known as the Jungle, a grim scene unfolds: tents sit behind a trench of black mud and plastic waste, forming a staging ground for newly arrived
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Ales Bialiatski, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and head of the Viasna human rights centre, has given a harrowing account of life under Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule. Speaking to Times UK from
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor “The war has expanded to the Indian Ocean, if not the Indo-Pacific. And the sinking of the Iranian warship, while within the boundaries of what is permissible
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