COMMENT | ANYA SCHIFFRIN & ROBERTA CARLINI | Media outlets worldwide are dying. On top of a persistent lack of funding, they must now contend with AI summaries and chatbots, which are siphoning away audiences. A recent study found that in 2025, online traffic to news sites fell by one-third. This problem …
Read More »Xi urges basic research push for original innovations
BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for strengthening the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research and supporting scientists and researchers in delivering more original innovations. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, …
Read More »Trump says talks with Iran will continue to see whether deal can be consummated
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said that U.S.-Iran talks will continue to see whether a deal can be consummated, shortly after his closed-door meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday. “I have just finished meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, of …
Read More »Trump wants U.S. to move on from Epstein files as Congress demands answers
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump wants the United States to move on after the release of a treasure trove of files on the world’s most notorious pedophile. But Congress and survivors continue to clamor for answers. Recent months have seen the U.S. Department of …
Read More »Global agribusinesses deepen roots in China’s rural revitalization drive
BEIJING | Xinhua | As China advances comprehensive rural revitalization and bolsters food security, multinational agribusinesses are finding new impetus to deepen their engagement across the nation’s extensive agricultural value chain — from livestock breeding and feed supplies to product processing and rural services. The recent release of China’s annual …
Read More »Newly released Epstein files fuel political fallout in multiple countries
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | The newly released files on the late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein have sparked scrutiny across the Atlantic, prompting the resignation of several political figures over their ties to the convicted sex offender. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Mona Juul has stepped down …
Read More »From Beijing to Milan, Olympics fuel China’s winter sports
BEIJING | Xinhua | As the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opened Friday night, 15-year-old Chen Keyu, a rising star on China’s national ice hockey team, sat glued to her screen in Shenzhen, tracking every shift of the hockey competitions in Italy. Six years ago, as China prepared to host the …
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Lessons for the world from the increasing strategic competition between the two super powers THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Today, I take leave from Ugandan politics with all its unending quarrels and recriminations to address an important global issue – the strategic competition between the United …
Read More »Washington’s critical minerals gambit
Inside Trump’s plan to rebuild global supply chains without China NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | On Feb. 4, delegations from more than 50 countries streamed into the U.S. Department of State for a summit that Washington D.C views as foundational to the next era of industrial power. Foreign ministers, …
Read More »Epstein fallout tests Labour, puts Starmer’s judgment under harsh spotlight
LONDON | Xinhua | Fresh disclosures in the United States related to late financier Jeffrey Epstein have reignited political scrutiny in Britain, pushing Prime Minister Keir Starmer onto the defensive over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. At an event in Hastings on Thursday, Starmer said he …
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