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United States
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America declares international law for thee but not for me
While the US is seeking to dismantle the International Criminal Court, it has signed a statement upholding the Hague tribunal’s South China Sea ruling.
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Technology
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Hugging Face attack: Chinese rescue shows value of open AI governance
28 Jul 2026 - 5:21PM
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China-Africa relations
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With rapid Ebola aid, China shows itself a reliable partner of Africa
28 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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India
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How China and the US are sidelining India in its own neighbourhood
India is being denied the uncontested dominance it once held. The task ahead is not to restore the old hierarchy but to find a new path.
28 Jul 2026 - 4:51AM
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North Korea
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America’s North Korea strategy needs a dose of reality
Washington’s dogged insistence on denuclearisation first has led to a prolonged deadlock that has only widened Pyongyang’s options.
26 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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Technology
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The West is debating AI’s future with half the world absent
Any meaningful debate must include China, where the AI experiment is also running, at greater speed and scale and with different results.
26 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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Climate change
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Who pays when overheated roads melt and rails buckle?
Costs are mounting from the damage caused by extreme weather on roads, railways, bridges and other basic infrastructure.
25 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
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Melting asphalt, like this seen in India in the 2015 heatwave, is now increasingly common. Photo: EPA
Pets
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How the death of Argos, Odysseus’ faithful dog, still haunts us
The quiet, devastating reunion of master and dog, recently given the Hollywood treatment, remains one of the most poignant scenes in Western literature.
24 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
United States
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Why Donald Trump may regret reheating his global trade war
Over the coming months, efforts to China-proof supply chains are likely to drive US foreign policy. Success, however, is unlikely to follow.
24 Jul 2026 - 8:49PM
Artificial intelligence
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Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI
With AI increasingly being treated as a strategic asset, the city should ensure it has access to the technologies shaping the global finance.
24 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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China-EU relations
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As the West finds common cause, China prepares for the worst
Far from being able to take advantage of fissures among Western allies, China faces narrowing diplomatic options. But all leverage is not lost.
24 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
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Why it’s dangerous to see AI as humanlike
The foremost ethical concern is deception. Treating AI systems as humanlike risks the lives of vulnerable people.
23 Jul 2026 - 10:56PM
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Ukraine war
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Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine shows the impotence of nuclear weapons
Having the world’s biggest nuclear arsenal has not helped Russia on the battlefield.
22 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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Books and literature
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How an obscure psychologist reshaped the Homeric hero
Scheming Odysseus may have been the first modern man with a self-directing mental life while other archaic heroes blindly obeyed the gods.
22 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
China-EU relations
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Europe wants to confront China – but without the consequences
Until its governments own the choices that follow from their actions, Europe will keep diagnosing power while others decide its fate.
22 Jul 2026 - 6:38AM
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US-China tech war
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China cannot win the chip war through self-reliance alone
Beyond GPU supremacy, America’s greatest asset lies in its leverage over its allies’ critical technologies and capacities.
21 Jul 2026 - 5:31PM
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European Union
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As the UK discusses an EU return, Hong Kong offers lessons
Like Hong Kong, which functions as a special administrative region of China, could the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union with a special administrative name?
19 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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Climate change
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To tackle the climate crisis, start small and scale big
Coordinated action on three vulnerable frontline regions can provide a template for how policymakers can serve the people and the planet.
17 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
A handout photo made available by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development shows a mountain range in Nepal, on March 21, 2010. Photo: EPA
Artificial intelligence
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To stay competitive, Chinese brands must learn to command agentic AI
To unlock further success in brand awareness, Chinese firms must appeal to the artificial intelligence agents that are increasingly shaping consumer experience.
17 Jul 2026 - 5:32PM
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US Federal Reserve
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Silence isn’t golden for a world looking to Kevin Warsh’s Fed
While forward guidance often proved counterproductive, it is the US central bank’s job to inform markets about the outlook for monetary policy, not the other way round.
16 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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Climate change
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Fire in Spain, floods in China, war in Iran are symptoms of polycrisis
Even as disasters in Spain and China dominate headlines, demand for defence and investment spending is crowding out climate mitigation.
16 Jul 2026 - 5:39PM
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South China Sea
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Path to South China Sea stability doesn’t run through US, UK or the EU
The statement by 14 countries is a geopolitical exercise, amplifying the flawed 2016 Hague arbitral ruling to try to drive a wedge between China and its neighbours.
16 Jul 2026 - 10:55AM
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The China Coast Guard vessel Dong’an patrolling in the South China Sea on June 22. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence
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As AI learns to hide, science must learn to trust differently
If institutions judge scholarship just through writing, they will be trapped in an endless contest against increasingly capable machines.
15 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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United States
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Why is a Trump commission attacking Nietzsche, Foucault and Sartre?
The commission attacks these philosophers’ ideas as morally corrupting but Trump may be the ultimate postmodern politician, lacking fundamental principles and any regard for facts.
14 Jul 2026 - 8:57PM
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Technology
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Clash of the tech titans: China’s quiet industry vs loud US innovation
At the heart of the battle for AI dominance is a deeper contest between two very different leadership styles.
14 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
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