Tokyo seeks to pull production from China...;
...while latent investment projects imperil China's geopolitical gambit;
Beijing's "Health Silk Road" takes shape;
China establishes administrative districts in contested island chains;
A confirmation of coronavirus in the Hermit Kingdom
[T]he Kingdom of Morocco has been particularly hard hit. It currently ranks second only to Egypt in the number of active North African COVID-19 cases, and by itself represents more than 13 percent of all infections on the continent. Yet the Moroccan government has nonetheless managed to parlay its fight against the coronavirus into a source of national unity – and, increasingly, into one of regional prestige as well.
Moscow plays the Cossack card;
Medical students on the coronavirus front line;
Moscow's quarantine impacts the movement of journalists;
Making it easier to become Russian
South Ossetia makes its move
Gene editing for medicine...and more?;
How smart watches help aerial navigation;
A new quantum-sensing receiver;
Toward human-computer hybrid AI;
AI mind-reading on the horizon
Russia and OPEC+ make a deal;
Ukraine worries about Russian disinfo;
Yet another Arctic training session;
Amid lockdown, Whelan case moves ahead;
An elusive bailout;
Ukraine finds a traitor in the ranks
Turkish UAVs to patrol Tunisian skies;
Shifting air travel reflects Sudan-Israel thaw;
India deploys hurricane relief via warship to Madagascar;
European task force deploys to Sahel;
AFRICOM to begin reporting civilian casualties;
Saudi Arabia repatriates Ethiopian migrants
Mozambique's gas reserves create conflict;
West Africa's fishing crisis;
Newly discovered microbe can break down plastic;
Marine numbers move to the poles;
Thinking about a hydrogen economy
South Korea moves to curb China's online influence ops;
Beijing investigates firm for selling faulty virus tests to Europe;
Taiwan, Czech Republic ink deal on Coronavirus;
A brewing U.S.-Chinese media war;
Taiwan's Premier calls for cross-strait exchanges
A show of force surrounding Crimea;
Another think tank falls afoul of the Kremlin;
A Soviet statue comes down in Prague;
Assad requests coronavirus aid;
Riot hits Siberian Penal Colony
Britain and the world are in turmoil as governments grapple with the global coronavirus pandemic and international perceptions about China changing dramatically. So, too, are their views of the country’s most formidable tech conglomerate.
Russia locks down unevenly across its regions;
Medical activist and whistleblower arrested;
Russian white supremacists blacklisted by U.S.;
Stranded Russian nationals bailed out by Moscow;
Oil returning to Belarus
Indonesia versus radical Islam;
Burkina Faso mulls arming civilians again jihadists;
In Syria, local justice for foreign jihadists;
The chilling effect of the coronavirus;
The practical effects of the Taliban truce
Belarus' schools, businesses, and borders remain open as the rest of the world tries to wait out the storm.
Medical supplies from China begin arriving in New York;
Taiwan donates two million hospital masks to U.S.;
Trump signs Taipei Act;
Wuhan death toll estimates far higher than official figure;
Taiwan attracts its companies back home
Lockdown puts Russia's vulnerable at risk;
Russia's coronavirus preparedness calls into question...;
...as Russian aid arrives in New York...;
...and export caps are considered;
ROSNEFT backs out of Venezuela
Just how sick is Iran, really? As the coronavirus swept across the world throughout the month of March, the Islamic Republic quickly emerged as one of the key global hotspots for the disease
How a Russian oligarch courted Gadaffi's son;
Constitutional vote put on hold;
Russian aid to Italy mostly "useless";
Russians nostalgic for Soviet era;
New Prime Minister cuts import tape
The coronavirus has come to Syria.
Putin term reset approved in court;
EU accuses Russia of coronavirus disinfo...;
...as Russia's own coronavirus situation comes under scrutiny;
A scramble for defense against the pandemic;
The Kremlin versus cryptocurrency
Rising water levels threaten hundreds of Myanmar villages;
Climate change to bring more landslides in the future;
Locusts decimate East African food supply;
European infrastructure not prepared for climate change;
Tropical forests to become carbon emitters
Slowly but surely, Riyadh is beginning to look west. After years of comparatively modest engagement with the countries of East Africa, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is today putting in motion and ambitious strategy for engagement with the continent.
The coronavirus pandemic has helped to loosen China’s grip on international opinion.
Somewhat-Superman suits...;
...and radiation-eating space sunscreen;
Video gaming advances robot swarms;
How AI is helping fight pathogens
The CCP is trying to escape blame for COVID-19 and take advantage of recovery. Don’t let it.
With the coronavirus forcing Iran to dig mass graves for its victims, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected U.S. aid offers of recent days and suggested that America “specifically built” the virus “for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians which they have obtained through different means.”
The cost of the Saudi-Russian rift;
U.S. sanctions subsidiary of ROSNEFT;
A blow to Russia's billionaires;
A Russian troll farm thrives in Africa
U.S. warships visit VIetnam to commemorate anniversary;
The KMT drops the "1992 consensus";
Crackdown intensified on critics of Xi's virus response;
Coronavirus lockdown curbs pollution, saves more than 50,000 lives;
Ten speed boats attack Taiwan Coast Guard
The New York Times’ decision of recent days to make a “clarification” to one sentence in the lead essay of its “1619 Project” won’t do much to quell a growing fight over the meaning of America’s founding — a fight with profound implications for the nation’s continuing influence around the world.
The Islamic Republic is profoundly sick – and getting sicker. Since the global outbreak of coronavirus in recent weeks, Iran has emerged as one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic.
China-Sweden relations take a nosedive;
China's Ambassador rails against Norway's Fokus 2020;
PRC asylum applications to Germany double in a year;
U.S.-backed candidate for UN top IPR post beats out PRC candidate;
China is converting internet domains into "content farms"
Russian campaign against Jehovah's Witnesses expands to Belarus;
Moscow streets swell with protestors (again);
Moscow's high-tech deterrence;
Behind the Kremlin's plan to populate the Russian Arctic;
Navalny org fined as foreign agent;
Hoarding hits Russia
Britain’s decision to allow Huawei built 5G infrastructure presents acute challenges to the U.S.
China seeks to reshape the narrative around COVID-19;
Coronavirus and Chinese leverage in Asia;
Taiwan's KMT to reassess its China policy;
Indonesian purchase of Russian fighter jets in doubt;
Blue dot network funds 5G in Southeast Asia
On Israel, Trump makes an African play;
Coronavirus impacts East African shipping imports;
The GERN continues to roil Egyptian-Ethiopian relations;
Sierra Leone ends recognition of Kosovo;
Unprecedented locust swarms threaten African resource security;
The Kremlin's military play in Libya
Led by Huawei, China's firms are expanding into Russian AI;
Hackers add Taiwan to World Health Organization website;
Huawei to build 5G factory in France;
Myanmar's Kachin State approves China-backed business park;
Reddit CEO calls Chinese app TikTok "parasitic" spyware
Coronavirus impacts Siberia...;
...and Moscow;
Russians charged in Bulgarian poisoning;
Mexican scientist swept up in a Russian spy game;
Serbia buys Russian missiles
Why, exactly, has Iran been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus?
* * * SPECIAL ISSUE: THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC AND CORONAVIRUS * * *
A raging infection;
Tallying regime losses so far;
The likely cause of Iran's suffering;
The cost of "Islamic medicine"
Tehran moves to mute criticism
ith the advent of COVID-19, matters have become much, much worse for the Iranian regime -- so much so that it isn't unreasonable to think that the Iranian regime could buckle under the weight of its own internal contradictions.
Russian military intel active in Ireland;
Russia's parliament wants to grant Putin immunity;
Finance Ministry to buy controlling stake in Sberbank;
Nobody wants Russian passenger jets;
London claims GRU behind Georgian cyber attack
The ongoing Saudi social and cultural transformation discourages religious extremism and encourages deradicalization as the Kingdom attempts a “course correction” toward moderation.
Russian experts oppose sharing AI innovations with China;
Local officials "resorting to extreme administrative measures";
Australia's spy chief warns of "unprecedented foreign threat";
Lack of free speech spread COVID-19 -- Peking University professor;
Tech giants continue moving production out of China
The future of organ transplants?;
China focuses energy on airborne laser...;
...while Israel readies laser defense;
The next evolution in eyesight;
Making better body armor
Toward diplomatic normalization with Ukraine;
The politics of namesakes;
Stellar stalkers;
Agency requests ban on foreign IT;
Russian MH17 skepticism grows
Pompeo accentuates the positive in Minsk;
Russian aviation company wants its French loans back;
Ergogan backs Tatars in Kyiv;
Lavrov mirrors Pompeo's moves...but in Latin America;
Another Kadyrov critic killed
U.S. Central Asia policy has room to improve, but the Trump administration is steering things on the right track.
The shortcomings of synthetic training;
A successor to the sand table?;
3D printing critical plane components;
Post-nuclear space cleaning
New Russian fighter captured on film;
Russia makes headway in Africa;
Crooked cops charged in Golunov case;
The fight over facial recognition in Russia