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
In one of the most cutthroat corners of global finance, Australia’s block trading market has become a high-stakes battleground where bankers are taking ever-bigger gambles to outmaneuver rivals for lucrative deals. Once
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by Economic Affairs Editor Every few years a new development slogan arrives in Sri Lanka, wrapped in glossy reports and the logos of foreign agencies. This time it is the “circular economy.”
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Chinese state-linked criminal gangs are reportedly using international students in the United Kingdom to launder hundreds of millions of pounds, according to research by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi). The report,
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A San Francisco startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his husband Oliver Mulherin is drawing scrutiny for its work on gene-edited human embryos, with ambitions that some critics warn echo
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On the eve of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned Labour lawmakers to an emergency meeting in an effort to shore up his authority amid
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Iran is confronting its most severe water crisis in decades, with authorities warning that Tehran, home to more than 10 million people, could soon become uninhabitable if rainfall does not arrive before
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French President Emmanuel Macron is contemplating inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the 2026 Group of Seven summit in Evian, a move that has reportedly been discussed with some European allies. The
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Thailand has extradited alleged casino kingpin She Zhijiang to China, marking a high-profile move in regional efforts to combat transnational crime. She, a Chinese-born naturalized Cambodian citizen, was handed over in Bangkok
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Forterra, a Maryland-based startup developing autonomous technology for military vehicles, has raised $238 million in a new funding round, lifting its valuation to over $1 billion, Bloomberg reports. The company’s systems are
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Iran’s prolonged silence over damage sustained at nuclear sites hit by Israeli and US strikes is fueling growing concern about the status and location of its near-bomb-grade uranium, according to a new
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A 15-month anti-corruption investigation in Ukraine has revealed a high-level criminal network with direct ties to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle, officials announced following a series of raids on November 10. The
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Ron Dermer has tendered his resignation as Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, and in doing so, he declared that his mission is complete. But what, exactly, was
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In an unprecedented analysis of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations, The Washington Post has uncovered how the world’s most popular AI chatbot has become not just a productivity assistant, but a deeply
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For more than a decade, the CIA secretly waged an unconventional war on Afghanistan’s opium trade, using a highly classified program to airdrop billions of specially bred poppy seeds over fields in
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Bangladesh is on edge as the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prepares to announce today, on Thursday, November 13, the date of its verdict in the case
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