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Nanning’s AI Ambition: How China’s Southern Gateway Plans to Become Southeast Asia’s New Technology and Information Hub

From ancient trade routes and bustling markets to artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure, Nanning is reinventing its role as China’s gateway to Southeast Asia. Backed by Beijing, new investment and regional universities, the Guangxi capital aims to become a centre for AI applications, information services and cross-border technology. But can political ambition produce a commercially successful industry?

United States

Europe is burning, don’t blame the migrants

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World

Cuba Has Survived 65 Years of American Sanctions. Now Washington Is Turning Out the Lights

For almost two-thirds of a century, Washington has tried to make Cuba’s revolutionary government economically unviable. The island survived through Soviet support, rationing, public healthcare, Venezuelan oil and the endurance of its people. Now…

Long Read

How Britain Helped Create the Nakba and the Dispossession, Exile and Occupation Palestinians Still Endure

Defence and Law

America has built the machinery for another Iran air war

Technology

A Quantum Computer Could One Day Steal Bitcoin. Is Bitcoin Ready?

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI Is Moving Into the Unknown. Can Science Keep Up?

Law

Could Iran Lawfully Attack RAF Fairford?

Middle East

Hormuz Is Still Dangerous, but Some Oil Is Getting Through

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The AI Boom May Make America Richer and Electricity More Expensive

Science

Scientists Had Never Seen Complex Life Divide Above 60°C. Then Came the Fire Amoeba

Long Read

The Electric War: What Happens If Trump Turns Out Iran’s Lights?

China

China Is Not Immune To The Iran War Because Energy Flows, Shipping Access And Global Demand Are All Being Disrupted

Iran

Iran’s missiles raise the cost of another US bombing campaign

Iranian missile and drone strikes have disrupted American bases and naval supplies across the Gulf. As Donald Trump threatens another bombing campaign, Washington faces…

Defence

Britain and Europe Are Preparing for Conflict With Russia Without Fully Examining the Consequences

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom That Tamed the Tribes

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Two Clocks of AI: Can Trust Keep Pace With Intelligence?

Saudi Arabia

The War in Yemen Is Reopening Saudi Arabia’s Oldest Question

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Crisis Puts Turkey and Pakistan’s Defence Promise to the Test

Attacks on Saudi Arabia and Houthi advances in Yemen are testing its defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan. What have the partners promised, and how far are they prepared to go?

Saudi Arabia

A Damaged Pipeline, a Threatened Sea Route: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Dilemma

Economics

Who Can Afford the Next Harvest? The Unequal Cost of the Fertiliser Shock

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI Can Change the World. Can It Pay for Itself?

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Dario Amodei Wants to Slow the AI Race. Who Benefits?

BRICS

BRICS Wants Seamless Global Payments. Who Will Set the Rules?

BRICS

Divided on War, BRICS Takes Aim at the Machinery of Economic Power

Russia

Putin Warns Europe: Troops in Ukraine Would Mean War With Russia

Middle East

Saudi Oil Escape Route Threatened as Houthis Seize Red Sea Gateway Island

BRICS

BRICS Summit Opens in Delhi as Leaders Push to Build a World Less Dependent on the Dollar

BRICS

A Short History of BRICS: From Diplomatic Ambition to Global Influence

United States

Trump’s War Is Coming Home Through America’s Debt

The war with Iran is exposing the financial costs of American power. Higher energy prices and expensive borrowing threaten to squeeze households already struggling…

China