Australia’s State Power Reckoning
A Broadening Reckoning Over State Power Australian authorities are facing mounting legal and human-rights pressure over the use of force, detention and imprisonment, as a trio of developments this week…
BYD’s Global Drive
A Chinese Champion Sets Its Sights on the World BYD, the Chinese electric-vehicle giant that has surged from domestic powerhouse to global contender, is making its boldest case yet that…
The New Front in the A.I. Race
The contest over artificial intelligence is widening The race to dominate artificial intelligence is no longer confined to headline-grabbing model launches and soaring valuations. It is increasingly being fought on…
Meta’s India Bet in the AI Infrastructure Race
A New Front in the AI Race Opens in India Meta has agreed to lease capacity at a new artificial-intelligence-enabled data center being built by Reliance Industries in Jamnagar, Gujarat,…
Hormuz Traffic Rebounds, but Gulf States Hedge
Traffic Returns, but Nerves Remain Oil tankers are moving through the Strait of Hormuz again in greater numbers, according to U.S. officials, offering a tentative sign that one of the…
Britain Presses Tech Giants to Childproof Devices
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday gave Apple, Google and other technology companies until September to install protections on children’s phones and tablets that would block the taking or sharing…
AI Stock Retreat Spreads From Wall Street to Asia
The retreat in AI stocks spread from Wall Street to Asia The sell-off that began in American chip stocks late last week rippled across Asian markets on Monday, dragging down…
Xi Visits Pyongyang to Reassert China’s Influence
Xi Arrives in Pyongyang as China Seeks to Reassert Its Sway Over North Korea President Xi Jinping of China arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a two-day state visit heavy…
Oil and Airlines Shaken as Israel-Iran Fighting Resumes
Oil and aviation are rattled as Israel-Iran fighting resumes Oil prices surged on Monday and the airline industry warned of a deeper profit squeeze after Israel and Iran resumed exchanging…
Israel and Iran Shatter a Fragile Truce
A Fragile Truce Gives Way Israel and Iran traded direct strikes on Sunday for the first time since an April ceasefire, reigniting fears that a war many in the region…