The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
A Chinese-born American seismologist whose U.S.-funded research focused on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly two years and is awaiting trial on espionage charges, according to
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Yemen’s Houthi movement launched missiles toward Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of carrying out airstrikes on an airport under its control, ending an informal four-year truce that had largely contained cross-border
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An investigation details how an ambitious Israeli strategy involving Kurdish militias, covert influence operations and former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad evolved into one of the most far-reaching regime-change plans ever contemplated before
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The Schutzstaffel (SS) evolved from a relatively small Nazi paramilitary unit into the central institution behind the Third Reich’s racial policies and mass violence, according to historian Bastian Hein in an interview
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The U.S. State Department is undergoing one of the most extensive transformations in its modern history, with President Donald Trump’s second administration reshaping America’s diplomatic establishment through sweeping personnel changes, structural reforms
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The UK’s telecommunications industry has entered a new phase in which some of the world’s most influential telecoms entrepreneurs are taking direct stakes in its largest operators, setting the stage for significant
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The rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence tools is driving a sharp increase in sexually explicit deepfakes targeting women in India, according to a report by El País. The publication documented cases
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China’s exports of integrated circuits nearly doubled in the first half of the year as rising global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerated shipments of semiconductors and computing hardware, according to customs
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China has elevated household consumption to the centre of its long-term economic strategy by unveiling its first stand-alone five-year plan dedicated exclusively to boosting consumer spending. The blueprint sets a target of
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Japan is increasingly looking to lessons from Ukraine’s war with Russia as it reassesses its defense strategy, military technology and procurement systems amid growing concerns over the future security environment in the
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SoftBank’s Son Dismisses AI Critics as He Predicts Technology Will Drive One-Fifth of Global Economy
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has sharply criticised opponents of artificial intelligence, arguing that resistance to the technology is equivalent to rejecting technological progress, as he projected AI would account for 20% of
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Nvidia has reduced by more than half the number of Asian customers authorised to purchase its artificial intelligence chips after introducing a new “white list” of approved buyers that have passed expanded
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A Maha Sangha Forum was held at the Biyagama Sri Bodhirukkharama Maha Viharaya to commemorate the 91st birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, bringing together senior Buddhist clergy, political representatives
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India’s competition regulator has found HP India guilty of rigging bids in government procurement tenders, ordering the company and 21 of its resellers to cease the practice and pay penalties totalling $15
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India has attracted approximately $10 billion in inflows through the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) special foreign-currency deposit programme for overseas Indians, according to two people familiar with the matter, providing early
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