How Beijing’s Africa ambitions, financed by China’s mega banks, triggered a crisis in Zambia 
AI and the Red Lines of a Planet under Stress 
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The US Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in…
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Brazil Crackdown Reveals New Tren de Aragua Playbook
Brazil Crackdown Reveals New Tren de Aragua Playbook
A recent police operation in northern Brazil has revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established…
Trump says US hasn’t agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States has not agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles but that talks are ongoing, adding that…
Italy suspends EU Schengen free-travel pact with Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis
Italy said on Friday it was suspending the EU’s border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month in response to a mass influx of migrants…
Sri Lanka’s ex-police chief sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings
A Sri Lanka court sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death on Friday for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed…
How global AI boom is intensifying US-China undersea stand-off
The US-China tech rivalry has escalated into a deeper battle over undersea fibre-optic cables powering the global AI boom.
As demand for cross-border data to power…