A record foreign-currency mobilization has strengthened India’s external defenses. But persistent Indian rupee weakness shows how oil prices, capital flows and geopolitical risk continue to test one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies. India has mobilized roughly $73 billion in foreign currency in less than 11 weeks. Yet the Indian
The ICC sanctions targeting Judge Tomoko Akane brings the Trump administration’s escalating confrontation with the International Criminal Court directly into one of America’s most important alliances. TOKYO/THE HAGUE — The Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court has reached one of Washington’s closest allies after the United States imposed
ULAANBAATAR: UNCCD COP17 has opened in Mongolia with a more consequential mandate than its relatively low global profile suggests: turn land restoration and drought commitments into finance, resilience and implementation. Running from August 17 to 28 under the theme “Restoring Land. Restoring Hope.”, COP17 brings together the Convention’s 197 Parties
The United States is considering a sharper test of technological alignment in its competition with China, with a draft State Department proposal warning countries that participation in a U.S.-led AI cooperation framework could be incompatible with membership in a rival China-backed initiative. Reuters reported the proposal after reviewing a draft
JAKARTA — Indonesia is accelerating preparations to protect government systems, critical infrastructure and sensitive data from a cybersecurity threat that has not yet fully materialized: quantum computers powerful enough to compromise widely used forms of public-key encryption. The move places Southeast Asia’s largest economy within a widening international effort to
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has identified more than 40 countries and jurisdictions as presenting elevated risks for Chinese goods being rerouted around U.S. tariffs, widening Washington’s scrutiny of China-linked global supply chains. A White House report released this week alleges that Chinese exporters are increasingly routing goods through third
China’s latest auto data reveal an extraordinary contradiction: domestic vehicle sales are falling sharply even as electric models capture nearly two-thirds of the market and Chinese manufacturers accelerate overseas. In the United States, overall demand remains comparatively resilient — but hybrids, rather than fully electric vehicles, are gaining momentum. The
Chinese artificial intelligence models are gaining traction among developers in parts of Africa, suggesting that affordability and adaptability could become as important as raw technical performance in determining which AI systems achieve global adoption. Reporting from technology communities across Africa, The New York Times found that some developers and startups
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan’s new mutual-defense pact underscores a broader shift toward overlapping security partnerships as conflicts increasingly cross borders and challenge traditional alliance structures. Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a landmark defense agreement Friday committing the three countries to regard an armed attack against one as an
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan is providing a real-world test of decades of investment in seismic resilience — demonstrating the value of preparation while exposing vulnerabilities that emerge after the shaking stops. KUMAMOTO, Japan — When a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, Japan’s extensive
