LandSpace’s Big Leap: How a Chinese Startup Is Closing in on SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket Dominance
LandSpace, founded in 2015 after China opened parts of its space sector to private investment, has become the country’s most advanced commercial rocket company....
The MH370 Mystery: What We Know as a New Search Launches 11 Years Later
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people on board remains one of the world’s most perplexing aviation mysteries, nearly twelve years...
Global AI Boom Triggers New Memory-Chip Supply Chain Crisis
A worldwide shortage of memory chips is intensifying as artificial intelligence expansion collides with constrained semiconductor production. From Japan to China to Silicon Valley,...
US Halts Immigration Processing for 19 Countries After Guard Attack
The Trump administration on Tuesday suspended all immigration applications including green cards and U.S. citizenship processing for immigrants from 19 non-European countries. The affected...
Hanson’s Anti-Migration Populism Rides New Wave of Discontent in Australia
Australia’s anti-immigration firebrand Senator Pauline Hanson is experiencing a striking resurgence, with her One Nation party climbing to polling levels not seen since the...
Afghan Taliban Pledge Border Cooperation After Deadly Attacks on Chinese Workers in Tajikistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban administration said it will tighten border security and coordinate with Tajikistan following attacks on Chinese nationals in Tajik territory. Tajik authorities reported...
Japan Considers Restarting World’s Largest Nuclear Plant Amid Energy Crunch
A regional assembly in Niigata Prefecture is set to vote by December 22 on whether to partially restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the...
Starmer Sounds Security Alarm on China While Opening Door to UK Business Boom
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday acknowledged that China poses “national security threats” to Britain, while defending his government’s efforts to strengthen engagement...
UN Chief Proposes $577 Million Budget Cut, 18% Job Reductions for 2026
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday proposed slashing the core UN budget for 2026 by $577 million, reducing overall spending by 15% to...
Macron Visits China as Europe Balances Economic Ties and Security Concerns
French President Emmanuel Macron will embark on his fourth state visit to China this week, meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing and later in...