Category: World

China Unveils Rival AI Alliance With 29 Nations, Challenging US Dominance of the Technology Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the creation of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization on Friday, unveiling the Shanghai-headquartered body at the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference and calling for a “just and equitable” system of global AI governance.…

US Launches Seventh Straight Night of Strikes on Iran as Gulf States Get Pulled Into the Crossfire The United States carried out a seventh consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran late Friday, with U.S. Central Command saying fighter aircraft, drones and warships struck surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime targets in…

Andy Burnham Declared Labour Leader, Set to Become Britain’s Seventh PM in a Decade Andy Burnham was declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party on Friday, clearing the final hurdle to become the country’s next prime minister when he formally succeeds Keir Starmer on Monday. The former mayor of Greater Manchester ran unopposed after Starmer…

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Now Spreading Faster Than Anyone Can Track It The World Health Organization warned this week that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than any previous outbreak on record, with 2,273 confirmed cases and 796 deaths recorded since May, making it the third-largest Ebola outbreak ever…

Candy Stall Blocked the Exit: Bangkok’s Deadliest Fire in 17 Years Exposes a Broken Safety System The death toll from a fire that tore through Rong Beer Na Ladprao, a beer hall and live-music venue in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district, rose to 33 this week, with dozens more injured and over a dozen still in intensive…

US Blitzes Iran for a Fifth Day as the World’s Most Vital Oil Chokepoint Grinds to a Halt The United States carried out a fifth consecutive day of strikes against Iran on Thursday, hitting an oil tanker near Iran’s main export terminal as part of an intensifying campaign to force Tehran to reopen the Strait…

At Least 50 Migrants Dead or Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Libya’s Coast A boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, capsized off Libya’s eastern coast on Tuesday near Bardaa Island, close to the port city of Tobruk. Coast guard authorities in eastern Libya said at least 50 people are dead or missing,…

US and Iran Trade Fire for a Sixth Straight Day as Hormuz Oil Traffic Collapses The United States and Iran exchanged strikes for a sixth consecutive day on Thursday, with U.S. forces hitting Iranian command centers, missile sites, and a sanctioned oil tanker attempting to evade the naval blockade near Iran’s main export terminal. Iran’s…

Hong Kong Police Raid Bookstores Again, Arrest Five Over “Seditious” Reading Material Hong Kong’s national security police raided two independent bookstores on Wednesday, arresting five people — two men and three women — on suspicion of sedition. The raids targeted Have a Nice Stay in Prince Edward, a shop founded by former journalists, and Greenfield…

China’s Economy Grows Slower Than Expected — And the Cracks Are Showing China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported this week that gross domestic product grew 4.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, missing the 4.5% forecast from economists polled by Reuters and cooling from 5.0% growth in the first quarter [1, 2]. The reading…