War criminal Mladic buried with military honours in Serbia despite EU warnings
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, was buried on Monday with military honours and...
PLA Rocket Force highlights ‘major danger signal’ from Japan in nuclear terror study
Chinese cities must brace for a potential nuclear attack, a new study has warned, singling out Japan for “sending a major danger signal” to...
Rare drone film of suspected dumping spurs Chinese agencies into investigation
Published: 9:58pm, 7 Sep 2026Updated: 10:06pm, 7 Sep 2026 Authorities in central China have joined forces to investigate suspected industrial dumping on the Yangtze...
UN rights chief warns AI could pose ‘existential’ risk to humanity’
UN rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to...
Japan’s Shinjuku to ban more than half of holiday rentals
Japan’s tourist hotspot Shinjuku will impose a ban on more than half of its holiday rentals, including homes on Airbnb, after a surge in...
China vows deeper cooperation with Qatar in energy, AI and Middle East de-escalation
Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged to deepen cooperation with Qatar in energy, investment, AI and diplomatic efforts to de-escalate Middle East tensions. Li delivered...
China and Russia launch first sea ice survey aboard Xuelong 2 as Arctic tensions swell
China and Russia have conducted their first joint on-site sea ice survey in the Arctic Ocean aboard the Xuelong 2 research icebreaker, as tensions...
China warns against ‘third party’ interference after reports of US pressure on Mexico
Published: 8:30pm, 7 Sep 2026Updated: 8:49pm, 7 Sep 2026 Relations between China and Mexico should not be influenced by outside powers, Foreign Minister Wang...
AI titans’ ‘circular deals’ are starting to look like ‘daisy chains’
James David Spellman, a graduate of Oxford University, is principal of Strategic Communications LLC, a consulting firm based in Washington, DC. The “circular deals”...