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Dozens of technology companies have submitted their proprietary algorithms to China’s internet regulator in recent weeks, including Alibaba, Tencent and Weibo, according to official documents. The move comes after the …
Chinese tech giants hand over algorithms as Beijing tightens internet controls Read More
The European Union is alarmed at the advance of Russia and China, in the countries of Latin America, a region traditionally linked in political and economic terms to the West. …
Brussels prepares diplomatic offensive to stop the advance of China and Russia in Latin America Read More
An Australian academic and economic adviser to Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained after the military seized power last year, has testified in a military court …
Jailed Australian economist testifies in secretive Myanmar trial Read More
To go or not to go? That’s the billion-dollar question for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the third-most senior U.S. official, whose reported trip to Taiwan next month has spurred threats of a …
Could Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Set Off a War? Read More
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and …
Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups Read More
China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter, highlighting the punishing economic toll of Beijing’s stringent “dynamic zero COVID” strategy. …
China’s economy slows sharply, fanning global recession fears Read More
US President Joe Biden’s administration is looking at whether to cut tariffs on some Chinese imports in a bid to ease inflation, the White House said on Tuesday. Four years ago, former US President Donald Trump imposed …
US weighs restructuring Trump-era China tariffs to fight inflation Read More
Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates in decades and a rapidly worsening global food crisis – western leaders have met for two …
G7 and Nato summits lay bare deep and hostile divide between Russia and China and the west Read More
MUMBAI — For over a decade, Mattias Martinsson has been investing in frontier economies, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Now, he says, South Asia is “in the eye of …
Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asia Read More
Deluges and strict lockdowns in China have disrupted farming in a way that country’s winter wheat harvest next month remains one of the big uncertainties in a global economy that is already struggling with high commodity …
China’s uncertain wheat harvest engenders fear for global economy Read More