Hegseth Announces Chinese Nationals No Longer Service Pentagon’s Cloud Systems
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration has brought to an end Microsoft’s employment of Chinese nationals to write code for sensitive...
Most New Zealanders Have Given up Getting COVID Booster Shots
New Zealanders aren’t getting booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines, prompting doctors to warn the virus is still present in the community and that the...
China Rejects Trump’s Proposal for Nuclear Disarmament Talks With US, Russia
China has poured cold water on President Donald Trump’s suggestion that it join the United States and Russia in talks about downsizing their nuclear...
US, Allies Link Beijing-Backed Salt Typhoon Hacking Group to 2 More Chinese Companies
Twenty-three cyber, defense, and intelligence agencies from the United States and other countries released a joint advisory on Aug. 27, laying out the playbook...
Chinese Researcher Charged With Stealing Federally Funded Research
A former Chinese researcher at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been accused of stealing U.S. government-funded cancer research and taking...
Huawei Restructures Cloud Business to Prioritize AI Amid US Tech Rivalry
China’s Huawei Technology will undertake a significant restructuring of its cloud computing sector, focusing resources on artificial intelligence (AI) amid increasing tech rivalry with...
Pacific Nations Split on Deep-Sea Mining as US Pushes to Curb China’s Critical Minerals Dominance
Pacific nations are rethinking the deep-sea mining of their vast undersea mineral deposits, with some favouring environmental safeguards and others turning to Beijing. It...
Trump’s 50 Percent Tariff on India Takes Effect
President Donald Trump’s additional 25 percent tariff on India became effective at midnight on Aug. 27, bringing the total rate to 50 percent on...
New Zealand’s Economic Growth Forecast to Outstrip Australia’s
New Zealand’s economy—which is emerging from what Treasury admits is a “protracted recession”—is set to outperform Australia’s, according to the latest Westpac forecast. The...