Wang Huning, the fourth-ranking member of the Communist Party, traveled to the United States in 1988 and compiled his reflections in a prophetic book titled ‘America Against America’
China and India would be the hardest hit if the US were to impose sanctions on Russia’s main trading partners
China’s Hong Wang has just accomplished one of the greatest mathematical achievements of the 21st century
Washington’s latest offensive in the trade war leaves its partners at the mercy of the US president’s mood. His threats are being greeted with disbelief by the markets
The Finnish-American law professor warns about the rise of digital authoritarianism in the US. As a defender of European-style regulation as a democratic model, she calls on the EU to resist external and internal pressure
Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, semiconductors, space science and quantum physics are key sectors in today’s geopolitics, where power is tied to technology. European countries yearn to overcome their dependence on the US and China, but fragmentation complicates the path going forward
Interesting facts about entertainment, housing, robots, inequality, and an extinct flu
Amid the trade war with the US, Beijing’s regime is prioritizing technology as a key driver of economic and political power
The leaders of India and Indonesian are taking advantage of the BRICS summit to make official visits to Brazil
The US president has racked up a series of victories in Congress, the courts and on the international stage, but these could be tested by the effects of his trade tariffs and controversial tax reforms
Uncertainty and a rush to negotiate are defining the end of the 90-day pause, which expires Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says countries that fail to reach an agreement by August 1 will ‘boomerang’ back to ‘Liberation Day’ rates
The two countries have signed 600 cooperation projects, but the days of generous economic aid are over
Franklin Templeton’s president and CEO has doubled the investment management organization’s assets in five years through a frenetic acquisition campaign targeting its rivals
The official aims to promote the island beyond its traditional ‘sun and sand’ appeal, calling the measures imposed by the Trump administration ‘irrational’
Trafficking of this endangered species may seem like a marginal issue to some. It isn’t. It’s a high-level criminal activity
The renowned professor warns that ‘when wages stagnate, jobs are precarious, housing is unaffordable, and public services deteriorate, it’s normal for people to rebel’
The fourth consecutive failure of the spacecraft in six months raises questions about the reliability of SpaceX’s most ambitious project
Rising oil and gas prices are bad news for the US and, above all, the EU. Despite calls for restraint, European powers maintain their support for Israel
DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied much of Asia and left its genes in modern humans, was like
The company controlled by the president’s children promises to sell the device for $499, a goal that’s not feasible with the current infrastructure
Consumer prices increased 2.4% in May compared with a year earlier. The data point is better than expected, but does not suggest immediate interest rate cuts
Every year, people from around the world travel to California to work in this illicit trade, which is controlled by criminal organizations and marked by precariousness and violence
The advance of a secret Iranian atomic program, the distrust of US allies under Washington’s protection, and the rise of China are fueling a complicated reconfiguration of the atomic landscape
Artist Cao Fei depicts reality for workers in the Chinese cities, one of the planet’s primary production centers that is largely unknown in the Western world
‘There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth product,’ said the Republican, who described the call as a ‘positive conclusion’ for both countries
Beijing maintains official silence on the bloody 1989 crackdown, while victims’ families and activists demand justice and the truth
The photography and travel blog ‘Capture the Atlas’ has published its annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection with the 25 best snapshots of our galaxy from different parts of the world
