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Trump’s Anti-Moral Morality

MELBOURNE – Two days after the United States launched military strikes on Venezuela, which killed 100 people and led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was asked whether the US was running Venezuela. Miller’s reply captured Trump’s governing

China had a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025

China's exports rose 5.5% for the whole of last year to $3.77 trillion, customs data showed, while imports flatlined at

Canada’s Carney arrives in China for state visit

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.

Europe Enters the Slop War

Not so long ago, social-media companies billed themselves as tools for connecting with real people and keeping up with the

Grok Is Testing Whether AI Governance Means Anything

Governments worldwide increasingly agree on a basic premise of AI governance: systems deployed at scale must be safe, controllable, and

The High Cost of Trump’s Amateur Diplomats

Trump, now engaged in a brazenly neo-imperialist project in Venezuela, has handed China a golden opportunity to portray itself as

UN climate chief says stepping back from climate cooperation will…

The United States' decision to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will leave the United States

Russia says it used new Oreshnik ballistic missile against Ukraine

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday that the military has used the new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in a strike on

European political order ‘in danger’, France warns

The European political order "is today in danger", France's foreign minister said on Friday, sharply criticising his country's long-time ally

Overcapacity Is China’s Biggest AI Advantage

American policymakers ignore this shift at their peril. By narrowly focusing on winning the race for better models and chips,