MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russia has always supported Cuba and considers new restrictions against the country unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during a meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. According to the president, Russia and Cuba share special relations shaped by history, and Moscow consistently supports …
Read More »Who really pays for U.S. tariffs?
WASHINGTON,the United States | Xinhua | When U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his sweeping tariff package in 2025, he framed it as a cost to be borne by foreign exporters and governments. Ten months later, the tariffs remain in force. By September 2025, the trade-weighted statutory rate had climbed to …
Read More »US Department of Justice publishes list of 300 celebrities who appear in Epstein files
Prince Harry, Kim Kardashian, Kurt Cobain, and Bruce Springsteen are among the names mentioned NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | US Attorney General Pam Bondi has published a list of over 300 prominent figures mentioned in the files of US financier Jeffrey Epstein, Fox News reported citing her letter to …
Read More »European leaders call for strategic autonomy amid int’l turbulence and transatlantic tension
MUNICH, Germany | Xinhua | European leaders at the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) have called for greater strategic autonomy, reflecting growing anxieties over a fractured international order and a widening rift in transatlantic relations. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen noted on Saturday that Europe faces “a distinct …
Read More »New round of talks on Ukraine to be held in Geneva on Feb. 17-18
KIEV | Xinhua | The next round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia will be held on Feb. 17-18 in Geneva, Moscow and Kiev confirmed on Friday. The Russian delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, citing Kremlin …
Read More »Overcapacity is China’s biggest AI advantage
COMMENT | ANGELA HUYUE ZHANG | While debates over the AI race between the United States and China tend to fixate on which country has the most powerful frontier models and the most advanced semiconductors, that framing is becoming outdated. As AI moves from our screens into the physical world, the question …
Read More »Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon
The integration of internet-connected computers into power grids is creating a world where the line between code and physical destruction is blurred COMMENT | SAMAN ZONOUZ | The darkness that swept over the Venezuelan capital in the predawn hours of Jan. 3, 2026, signalled a profound shift in the nature of modern conflict: …
Read More »Europe must make AI firms pay for training data
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 …
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