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Vietnam Island Building in South China Sea Continuing At ‘Breakneck Pace’
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly Islands since June.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:
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China's open-source embrace upends conventional wisdom around artificial intelligence
China’s artificial intelligence space is moving towards free-use, open-sourced models in a trend that experts say will accelerate AI adoption and innovation.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:'We're trying to bring democracy back': BBC on the ground in Istanbul
The BBC's Mark Lowen is on the ground in Istanbul, as the protests in the country continue for a sixth night.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:What’s the difference between freckles, sunspots and moles?
A big freckle or a sunspot? A flat mole or a dark freckle? Here’s how to tell the difference between the three –and when to get a spot checked for skin cancer.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:The small-town mayor accused of trafficking and spying for China
Alice Guo's star was on the rise in the Philippines - until alleged links to a scam operation led to her downfall.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Survivors Bring Case to End Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’
Click to expand Image Tomoya Asanuma (center) appears alongside his legal counsel at a press conference after filing a lawsuit on "hostage justice" at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, 2025. The mannequin next to him representsYo Amano, who has been detained without trial for over six years. 2025 Lalasa Tomita/Human Rights Watch Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed alawsuit at the Tokyo District Court...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:South Koreans Await Court’s Verdict on President’s Impeachment
Click to expand Image South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Government Complex in Seoul, March 24, 2025. 2025 Heon-Kyun Jeon /Pool Photo via AP Photo South Korea’s Constitutional Court’sreinstatement of Han Duck-soo as prime minister yesterday, overturning his impeachment, is a significant development in the country’s political crisis. But despite superficial similarities, Han’s case bears little...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:FBI launches Tesla threats task force: 'This is domestic terrorism'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his DOGE team are leading efforts by the Trump administration to drastically cut federal government spending and staff.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Venezuela Rejects Trump’s 25% Tariffs on Oil and Gas Trade
Venezuela condemns Trump’s 25% tariff on oil/gas trade as illegal sanctions, vows WTO action. Read Maduro’s response & analysis of GATT violations. Related: Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Countries Buying Venezuelan Oil The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expressed its “categorical rejection” of U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to impose a “secondary tariff of 25% […]
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:1930s tech bros wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
A movement that wanted to merge North America into one nation and extend its borders as far as the Panama Canal might sound incredibly familiar. But this group, called the “technocracy movement,” was a group of 1930s nonconformists with big ideas about how to rearrange US society. They proposed a vision that would get rid […] The post 1930s tech bros wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland appeared first on Asia...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Trump pledges auto, pharma tariffs in 'near future,' sowing more trade confusion
President Donald Trump has praised tariffs and announced an array of import duties on specific countries and products since taking office.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Turkey: Erdogan calls protests a 'movement of violence'
The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has unleashed the largest protests Turkey has seen in a decade. He was officially nominated by the opposition as its presidential candidate for elections in 2028.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:White House official confirms Yemen strike plans were mistakenly texted to journalist
Top Trump administration officials, including the defence secretary and vice-president, mistakenly texted war plans for strikes in Yemen to a group chat that included a journalist, the White House says, following a first-hand account by the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Tesla rebounds 12% for biggest gain since its post-Election Day pop, following 9 straight weeks of losses
Tesla shares recorded their best day in 2025.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Three novels by Nobelist Han Kang explain South Korea’s fragility
Last year, South Korea made headlines around the world for two reasons. The first was writer Han Kang’s celebrated Nobel prize for literature win in October; the second was far less positive. Late in the evening of December 3 2024, the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol unexpectedly declared martial law – the first time it […] The post Three novels by Nobelist Han Kang explain SouthKorea’s fragility appeared first on...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Will $1 on your ticket help save Australian live music? A UK model is much more ambitious
The newly launched Australian Music Venue Foundation is partly modelled on the United Kingdom’s Music Venue Trust, but the UK model has a more radical approach.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved
Plants shape Earth’s atmosphere by moving carbon and water vapour. New research sheds light on how they learned to do it – and how it may change in future climates.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Breast cancer screening is ripe for change. We need to assess a woman’s risk – not just her age
A fundamental shake-up of how we screen women for breast cancer could save more lives from the disease. Here are some options of how this could look.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Trump says countries that purchase oil from Venezuela will pay 25% tariff on any trade with U.S.
The president is piling economic pressure on Venezuela, which he accuses of sending gang members to the U.S.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?
By defunding the Voice of America and other state-funded US media outlets, Donald Trump risks opening the airwaves to the more overt propaganda of rival countries.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations
The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8million in 2023, while stillbirths declined modestly, still remaining around 1.9million, according to two new reports released today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).Since 2000, child deaths have dropped by more than half and stillbirths by over a third, fuelled by sustained investments in...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:US cuts to HIV aid will cost millions of lives - UNAids chief
Funding cuts could lead to an added 2,000 new HIV infections each day, Winnie Byanyima warns.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Court upends Greek attempts at returning refugees to Turkey
Greek authorities are likely scrambling for solutions after a top court ruled Turkey unsafe for refugees. The decision by the Greek Council of State now means Athens has to look at each claim individually.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:From dog racers to PM: US second lady unwelcome in Greenland
Even the dog race the US second lady is to see has distanced itself from her, amid a growing backlash against the Trump administration's latest trip to Greenland.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Türkiye: Court Jails Istanbul Mayor
Click to expand Image Banner on the Istanbul Municipality building shows mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, March 22, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, March 24, 2025) – The formal order by an Istanbul court to detain Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is the latest example of the justice system weaponized to remove a leading opposition politician from the political scene, Human Rights Watch said today.Mayor İmamoğlu’s...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:George Foreman's famous grill wasn't always a knockout
When George Foreman came back to prominence as a boxer in the 1990s, his ever-smiling image and congenial manner made him one of the most impactful celebrity spokespeople of all time.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Cherry blossom season officially kicks off in Japan as first flowers bloom
Japan's official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country's favourite flower, declaring the official start of the festive season in the Japanese capital.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Judges in Hungary fight for an independent judiciary
Adrienn Laczo used to be a judge in Hungary. In protest at the government's interference in the judiciary, she resigned from her post and is now fighting for an independent judicial system as a lawyer.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:More people are having twins. How can we make births safer?
When health services are limited, mothers and children often do not receive life-saving medical care and with higher-risk twin pregnancies rising, communities need solutions. Can new technologies give an answer?
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Collateral Damage: UN Sanctions on North Korea at Risk in Putin-Trump Dealings
Neither Trump nor Putin has much incentive to address the North Korea issue, but leaving it off the table risks putting the nail in the coffin of the U.N.'s nonproliferation efforts.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Germany's Left Party icon Gregor Gysi to head first Bundestag session
Gregor Gysi will kick off the first session of the new Bundestag when it convenes on Tuesday, March 25. The 77-year-old leftist is free to decide on the content and length of his speech.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:International students 'bring billions to Germany'
A new economic study has found that international students are a massive boon for Germany's coffers — even if they get their education free of charge. German industry is now doing more to recruit foreign students.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector
Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries The post It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:The high, high price of killing USAID
The decision by the Trump administration to order a 90-day pause in Washington’s foreign development and humanitarian aid has not only created a major humanitarian crisis among the recipients; it has also hit the NGO community like a thunderbolt. And it has also highlighted the degree of dependency of the international NGO community on American […] The post The high, high price of killing USAID appeared first on Asia...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Germany's new parliament has a diversity problem
The majority of lawmakers in Germany's newly elected Bundestag are older white men, most of whom are academics. What does that mean for Germany's so-called "representative" democracy?
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: