Why Trump is so helpful to Russia on the Ukraine war
The past week crystallized a number of things. When you add them all together, however, the key thing is that it demonstrated just how important…
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Welcome to the great AI freakout
This roundup has a lot of AI in it. Fortunately or unfortunately, it seems like a lot of the news is going to revolve around…
Read full article βIn Pictures: 30 years on, PokΓ©mon fever brings Hong Kong hobbyists and world champs together
Words by Hans Tse On a scorching July weekend, thousands of people gathered in Hong Kongβs Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district to search for a…
Read full article βIn Pictures: Hong Kong pays final respects to former city leader Tung Chee-hwa
Hong Kong officials and the public commemorated the cityβs first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, at his funeral on Sunday, AFP journalists saw. Tung, who died…
Read full article βWhy Europe really doesnβt want a war with Russia
On Monday, August 25, during a visit to Kyiv, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK would give Ukraine classified blueprints to produce…
Read full article βChina pairs undersea drone mothership with multidomain war vision
China is constructing what may be the worldβs first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets…
Read full article βJapan emperor declares Asian Games open following turbulent build-up
The 20th Asian Games were declared open by Japanβs emperor on Saturday following a troubled build-up to the multi-sport spectacular that has more athletes than…
Read full article βHow Chinese architect Ma Yansong melds nature with a βfuturistic feelβ
From a distance, it looks as though a giant spaceship has just landed in the palm tree-dotted streets near downtown Los Angeles. It could also…
Read full article βThe careful calculus behind Vietnamβs BRICS hedge
Vietnamβs Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out…
Read full article βWhere is the oil money Trump stole from Venezuelaβs people?
At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, ourΒ limited-intelligenceΒ Treasury Secretary. It came out yesterday when Illinois…
Read full article βWhen Russian drones show up in North Korea
North Korea isΒ sending increasing numbers of workersΒ to Russiaβs premier drone factory located at theΒ Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Alabuga is located in the Yelabuzhsky District of…
Read full article βUS-Saudi F-35 fighter deal runs into a China-sized problem
A potential multi-billion-dollar transfer of advanced US stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia has thrust US Middle East policy into a delicate balancing act between regional…
Read full article βFlawed AI-linked intelligence report almost led to US military boarding Chinese ship in Middle East β report
The US military came close to boarding a Chinese vessel in the Middle East earlier this year based on a flawed intelligence report prepared with…
Read full article βMacau concludes first closed-door nat. security trial against ex-lawmaker and Tiananmen vigil co-organiser Au Kam San
Macau has concluded its first national security trial behind closed doors, a court said on Friday, days after proceedings began in a former pro-democracy lawmakerβs…
Read full article βThe liberal Zionist dilemma
There is a particular kind of essay that appears every few years, usually after some fresh convulsion in Jerusalem or Gaza, asking whether βliberal Zionismβ…
Read full article βIn Pictures: Hong Kong sex work exhibition explores violence and bodily autonomy in an underground industry
Boxes of condoms, AI-generated photos of sex workers, and a computer opened up to a part-time girlfriends website sit inside Heath, an event space in…
Read full article βMerz faces a leadership challenge without a challenger
Subscribe nowΒ with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Germanyβs CDU is entering a…
Read full article βUS lawmakers hold hearing on plight of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, as Hong Kong slams βhypocrisyβ
Hong Kong authorities have condemned US lawmakers for holding a hearing on jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and colluding with βanti-China and destabilising elementsβ…
Read full article βAdvocates call for stronger consent laws as Hong Kong to criminalise persistent child sexual abuse and βcyberflashingβ
A campaign group has continued to urge the government to impose limits on a defence allowing a sexual assault suspect to claim they mistakenly believed…
Read full article βAI consciousness shaping into next great societal divide
The debate about AI consciousness is growing, inΒ academic articles, newspaperΒ opinion pieces, and evenΒ among AI bots themselves. I doubt this is a passing wave of interest.…
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