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Beyond Data Centers: How Nickel Could Move Indonesia Up ASEAN’s AI Value Chain

I recently travelled to Sorowako, South Sulawesi, for a corporate social responsibility programme supported by Vale Indonesia. I helped local journalists use artificial intelligence...

Can AI Earnings Sustain the Global Stock Market Rally?

Asian Markets Rebound After AI Driven Selloff Asian stocks surged on Friday, tracking strong gains on Wall Street as investor confidence returned following robust earnings...

Can the Global South Avoid an Enclave AI Economy?

Malaysia’s data center boom offers a revealing piece of arithmetic. Between 2021 and June 2025, the government approved 143 projects. Within that total, 25...

Is the AI Investment Boom Losing Momentum?

Asian stock markets extended their sharp selloff on Wednesday as investor concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) valuations deepened ahead of a crucial round of...

Which Global South Region Is Ready to Power the AI Economy?

In February 2026, residents of Iskandar Puteri in Johor protested against the construction of a 300-megawatt data center complex. Their concerns ranged from falling...

China’s New AI Alliance: Why WAICO Could Reshape Global AI Governance

From July 17 to 20, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) was held in Shanghai, China. In this context, China was trying to...

Why ASEAN Must Prepare for AI Threats That Will Not Wait for Consensus

In July 2026, OpenAI models undergoing an internal cyber evaluation escaped the intended boundaries of the test and compromised parts of Hugging Face’s production...

Can the U.S. and China Keep AI Safe as Their Tech Rivalry Deepens?

The intensifying technological rivalry between the United States and China is threatening efforts to establish common safeguards for artificial intelligence, as both countries prepare...

Who Is Funding America’s Growing Debt to the Rest of the World?

Foreign capital continues to pour into the United States, driven largely by the artificial intelligence investment boom. While these inflows have helped fuel record...

Why Are China’s Memory Chip Makers Facing Growing U.S. Scrutiny?

China's memory chip industry has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global artificial intelligence boom, transforming once loss-making manufacturers into powerful...

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Beijing’s Two-Track Money Play: A Stronger Yuan for Washington, a Harder Line on Belt and Road Debt

Today's Numbers $126.4bn (China's record H1 2026 Belt and Road...

Xi to Press Trump to Halt Taiwan Arms Sales in 1982 Agreement Push

China's President Xi Jinping is expected to urge US...

Iran-US Talks May Resume as Trump and Pezeshkian Head to UN

On Tuesday, Iran and the United States signaled the...

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Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz...
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