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Australia AI Budget Push Faces Questions Over Startup Incentives and Real Productivity Gains
The latest federal budget in Australia has once again highlighted artificial intelligence as a key driver of future productivity growth. However, experts argue that...
China and Hong Kong Stocks Fall as Weak Data and Middle East Tensions Hurt Markets
Stock markets in China and Hong Kong declined sharply as investors reacted to weaker than expected economic data, rising tensions in the Middle East,...
China Pledges Seventeen Billion Dollar US Farm Goods Purchase Amid Trade Reset
China has committed to purchasing at least seventeen billion dollars worth of agricultural products from the United States over the next three years, according...
Trump, Xi and Europe’s Macedonian Moment
In the marble halls of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People this week, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping concluded a summit many...
Africa Forward Summit Backs New Financial Architecture & Guarantee to Unlock Jobs & Investment
The African Development Bank Group secured major political momentum for the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD) at the Africa Forward Summit, as...
Trump Returns From China With Trade Stability but No Major Breakthrough
President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing highlighted a shift in U. S.-China relations after the trade tensions of the previous year. The summit between...
China Says Trump Visit Trade Deals Are Only Preliminary
China's commerce ministry called the trade agreements made during U. S. President Donald Trump's recent visit "preliminary. " Trump met with President Xi Jinping,...
Donald Trump’s Visit to China: A Failure Foretold
On May 13, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump visited China at a time when Beijing had increasingly become a leading force among countries reacting...
The New Global Energy Chessboard: Chokepoints, LNG Routes and the Fight for Resilience
The global system no longer snaps back after crises, it drifts, it thickens, it carries its shocks forward. The world behaves less like a...
UAE Accelerates Oil Pipeline Expansion to Bypass Strait of Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to accelerate construction of a major new oil pipeline designed to significantly expand its ability to export...