Month: September 2026

Over the past two weeks, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin staged a major diplomatic blitz. Across three events in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East and New Delhi, India, as well as a state visit…

China’s pursuit of multidomain drone swarms reflects a broader effort to turn autonomous systems from standalone weapons into the connective tissue of a networked form of warfare built around speed,…

China’s new SME payment rules, released this month, include a financing instruction that deserves scrutiny. Beijing is encouraging large companies to use bank loans and bond financing to replace accounts…

Moonshot AI has reportedly filed confidentially for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) that could raise US$3 billion, a striking figure for a company quietly founded three years ago.…

Six months into the second US-Israeli war on Iran, the Trump administration’s message is that Iran is weakening, the United States is winning and the costs of war will be temporary. That…

Over the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work. Sam Altman and Elon Musk, heads of rivals OpenAI…

Observers say the new rules will further tighten the Chinese government's control over its citizens.