Briefing: UK and Singapore press ahead with digital deal as WTO remains deadlocked
Strategic angle: Ministers are struggling to thrash out reforms at the global body that has been buffeted by Trump’s tariffs.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
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Briefing: Manila, Beijing Resume Talks on South China Sea, Energy Security
Strategic angle: Discussions between Manila and Beijing focus on critical issues in the South China Sea and energy security.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Cricket legend Ashwin set to join U.S. league MLC
Strategic angle: One of India's all-time best cricket players, Ravichandran Ashwin, will join the San Francisco Unicorns for the upcoming edition of Major League Cricket.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: China's EV Companies Aren't Just Making Great Cars. They're Making Money
Strategic angle: While American and European rivals bleed cash transitioning to EVs, a new crop of Chinese EV startups are in the black.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Two India-bound LPG tankers crossing Strait of Hormuz out of Gulf, data shows
Strategic angle: Recent data reveals the movement of two LPG tankers heading to India through the Strait of Hormuz.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Indonesia rolls out social media ban for under-16s
Indonesia's ban on social media for children under 16 is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, responding to global concerns over youth safety online.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: How Chinese, Russian Arctic ambitions are fueling a U.S. polar icebreaker mission
Strategic angle: China and Russia have a big lead in efforts to control once impenetrable Arctic waters. The U.S. is spending billions on new icebreakers in a race to catch up.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: What is Scotland's first-choice defensive pairing?
Strategic angle: His pairing in central defence is one of the key decisions facing Scotland head coach Steve Clarke in Saturday's friendly against Japan, writes Tom English.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: US senators to urge passage of defence bill in visit to Taiwan
Strategic angle: Trip by bipartisan lawmakers shows support in face of rising Chinese pressure
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Jim Farley Went Camping With Ford Owners In Australia And Made A Multibillion-Dollar Call
Strategic angle: Jim Farley drove 300 miles through Queensland, camped with Ranger owners, and returned with a multibillion-dollar decision for Ford's global lineup.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: India’s Bellatrix raises $20 million following overseas expansion drive
Strategic angle: India-based Bellatrix Aerospace announced a significant funding round to enhance its satellite propulsion systems production.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: AMG Dropped Its V8. Sounds Like Genesis’ GV70 Magma Picked It Up
Strategic angle: A quad-exhaust GV70 Magma prototype filmed in South Korea sounds unmistakably like a V8 is under the hood.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Japan and the U.S. Agree to Team Up on Seabed Mining
Strategic angle: The New York Times reports on a new collaboration between Japan and the U.S. in seabed mining efforts.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: US rebuilding WWII Pacific airfields amid China threat
Strategic angle: Engineers are refurbishing 80-year-old airstrips on the islands of Tinian and Peleliu as a strategic rivalry in the Indo-Pacific continues to grow.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Breaking recalcitrant lignin bonds with electricity for conversion into value-added chemicals: An e-biorefinery
Strategic angle: A research team led by Professor Jaehoon Kim has developed a highly efficient catalytic process for lignin conversion.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Cyclone Narelle is now larger and 'more severe' as it crosses the Western Australian coast
Strategic angle: Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to amaze us with its long journey across northern Australia.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: China’s Biotech Boom is Rewriting Everything
Strategic angle: How China's biotech boom is transforming the landscape of global science collaboration amidst an NIH crackdown.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Nepal's new PM inherits India-China-US balancing act
Strategic angle: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah is leading Nepal's government, taking office with a youth-led mandate for change. But how will the political newcomer deal with Nepal's tricky geopolitics?
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Congo, China deepen mining ties as US pushes rival minerals pact
Strategic angle: Congo and China strengthen their mining partnership amid US efforts to establish a competing minerals agreement.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: India: When floods come, survival is a roll of the dice
Strategic angle: Across India's flood-prone regions, marginalized communities are often hit the hardest by escalating climate-related disasters.
Editorial Staff Mar 27