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US Ally Turns Tables on China Over Missile Complaints
China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, which has signed a security treaty with Washington that comes with mutual defense commitments.
Trump Faces New Battleground in Latin America With China and Russia
“Our job—where we can’is to provide Latin America with a choice,” a U.K. government minister said on Thursday.
Beijing to Host First Ever Half-Marathon Race Between Humanoid Robots and Humans
In a groundbreaking event that sounds like it’s straight out of a sci-fi movie, Beijing is set to host the first-ever long-distance running race between humanoid robots and humans this April.
Origin unknown: why the Covid China lab leak theory still matters
Beijing has never fully co-operated with international investigators, impeding the search for a definitive answer. But scientists continue their quest to establish the causes of a global health crisis that killed millions of people, caused…
US stocks goosed by earnings, intact AI budgets. Nvidia dips on talk of China sales curb.
Wall Street ended up on relief Meta and Microsoft kept their AI spending plans even amid mixed earnings. Next up, Apple earnings.
China offers condolences over Washington air disaster
China offered deep condolences over the Washington air disaster, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a post on Friday on its official website.
Cook points to ‘fiscal stimulus’ after Apple suffers steepest China sales decline in a year
When Apple reported its December quarter earnings on Thursday, it revealed that China sales had dropped 11.1% on an annual basis. Cook told analysts that over half of the decline was due to inventory …
The CIA says COVID-19 came from a lab – scientists are not so sure
Five years on from the start of the pandemic, Donald Trump’s new CIA director has weighed into the contentious debate saying a lab leak was “most likely”.
China passes on US soybeans despite Brazilian delays -Braun
Brazil’s slow soybean harvest means that supplies are not reaching buyers as quickly as they might have hoped.
Nvidia Chip Flow to China Should be Throttled Post-DeepSeek, U.S. Lawmakers Say
Export controls need to be tightened after revelations the Chinese company used Nvidia technology, the leaders of a congressional committee said.
California man pleaded guilty to laundering $59M in public benefits to China
A man from California has pleaded guilty in court for using unemployment compensation to run a fake business selling COVID-19 personal protective equipment. Two others have been charged in the same case.
Lawmakers urge Trump to consider new curbs on Nvidia chips used by China’s Deepseek
Two U.S. Congress members are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to consider restricting the export of artificial intelligence chips made by Nvidia, alleging Chinese AI firm DeepSeek …
