China counters Starlink;
Taiwan's President scraps U.S. stop;
PRC AI firms form alliances to reduce reliance on foreign tech;
Chinese tech giants unveil new advanced AI products;
China launches $1 billion investment fund for southeast Asia
Panama auditor files suit to scrap CK Hutchison port contracts;
China earmarks $12.5 billion for 2025 child subsidies
U.S. confronts China on covert Russian drone engine sales;
Sexual images of Chinese women shared via Telegram;
Shaolin temple Abbot defrocked for "extremely deplorable" behavior
“We need an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, and massive humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza,” French leader Emmanuel Macron declared in announcing that France will recognize a Palestinian state next month—an announcement that British prime minister Keir Starmer and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney quickly echoed.
In over six months after disputed parliamentary elections, Georgia’s democracy is on life support. The ruling Georgian Dream party is moving towards full authoritarianism at breakneck speed, passing a battery of laws that threaten the very existence of independent civil society. Party leaders regularly threaten to go even further and institute an outright ban on much of the opposition.
With the return of the Trump administration, the concept of great power competition has seen something of a renaissance.