by Our Correspondent in Fuzhou , China The future of international cooperation is increasingly being shaped not only by what countries build, trade or invest in, but also by how their
A new report from the Center for Global Development (CGD) warns that many of the world’s wealthiest nations—including the United States and Japan—are pulling back from their roles as global development leaders.
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China’s sweeping summer exercises along its southern coast have revealed a dramatic shift in the country’s war-preparation playbook: the large-scale use of civilian ferries and cargo ships to simulate a mass amphibious
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South Africa’s central bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, warned on Thursday that the recent surge in artificial intelligence stocks could be inflating a bubble, with potential spillover effects for emerging markets. The comments
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India is targeting a dramatic leap in its semiconductor capabilities, with plans to reach parity with major chipmaking nations by 2032, Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in Singapore
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A Chinese investment firm has purchased a block of ByteDance Ltd. shares at a valuation of $480 billion, far above recent market levels, highlighting robust investor interest in the Beijing-based tech giant.
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HSBC Holdings Plc is overhauling its trading division as part of Chief Executive Officer Georges Elhedery’s drive to transform the bank into a debt financing powerhouse. According to a memo seen by
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by Satchi When she was arrested by the Dutch, betrayed by some of her own people, Maria Sembatta, the Vanni chieftainess, reportedly looked at her captors with unbroken defiance and said, “I am
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The Miss Universe competition has been thrown into turmoil just days before the final in Bangkok, as a number of judges withdrew amid allegations of secret committees, rigged voting, and personal conflicts
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The head of the French armed forces has stirred controversy with remarks urging the nation to be ready to “lose its children” on the battlefield if it hopes to stand up to
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Paradromics, a Texas-based neurotechnology developer, has received FDA approval to begin the first long-term clinical trial of its brain–computer interface (BCI), targeting individuals who have lost the ability to speak due to
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Chinese intelligence officers attempted to recruit “thousands” of people linked to Westminster in a wide-ranging online operation, according to Whitehall sources cited by Times UK. The campaign targeted parliamentary staff, advisers, economists,
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Nvidia, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, reported third-quarter revenue of $57 billion, up 62% from a year ago, surpassing analysts’ expectations of $54.9 billion. Net income rose 65% year-on-year to
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Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry has announced a new quota allowing 1,500 unskilled workers from Sri Lanka to enter the country, a measure designed to strengthen the industrial sector. The initiative
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Before a car crash in 2008 left Nancy Smith paralysed from the neck down, she found joy in playing the piano. Years later, she returned to music thanks to a brain–computer interface
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Elon Musk is once again pushing the boundaries of technological imagination—this time by projecting that artificial intelligence computation will soon migrate beyond Earth. Speaking alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Saudi officials
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