China Leapfrogs into Global Biotech 
Tension in One of Asia’s Flashpoints 
From Gibraltar to the Arctic How Trump’s call for Asia-Pacific allies to raise defence spending may backfire on US
Donald Trump’s demands that American allies in the Asia-Pacific region share more of the defensive burden have renewed questions about how far they can rely…
Samantha Johnson
Trump unveils US$22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport
US President Donald Trump unveiled a US$22 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild Washington Dulles airport by replacing concourses and adding a large parking garage…
Brazil becomes world’s top buyer of Chinese cars as imports jump 147%
Brazil overtook Russia and Belgium in the first five months of this year to become the world’s largest importer of Chinese cars, buying US$5.2 billion…
Hadi Matar convicted in terrorism trial over Salman Rushdie stabbing
A man was convicted on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death…
In an era defined by AI, can work still be measured by the clock?
Hwaseong, South Korea, past midnight. An engineer watches a defect pattern surface on her screen – the kind that, caught now, saves a week of…
Can China’s EV boom give it decisive edge in geopolitical tech war?
China may increasingly seek to use its dominance in the global electric vehicle industry as geopolitical leverage, giving Beijing greater influence over countries dependent on…