US Treasury’s Bessent and China’s He Launch Talks on AI, Trade and Critical Minerals
Sept. 20 By David Lawder and Antoni Slodkowski US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng arrived in New York on Sunday for a meeting aimed at teeing up potential agreements on AI, tariffs and critical minerals for a high-stakes summit this…
Trump Wants to Use Washington Arch as Military Complex for Drones and Snipers
Sept. 20 By Nathan Layne and Anusha Shah US President Donald Trump said on Sunday the triumphal arch he plans to build near Washington would double as a “military complex” housing drones and snipers, making it the second major construction project he has sought to…
Trump Seeks to Bring Health-Research Funding Under His Control, Politico Reports
Sept. 19 By David Lawder U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to bring a major part of national funding for health research under the control of his political appointees, Politico reported on Saturday. Trump has directed his budget director, Russ Vought, to draft an executive…
Loyalty and informal ties matter more than institutional discipline
Sept. 17 By Julia O`Malley Washington and Brussels: Trust in Zelensky Is Melting Away It is noteworthy that, although the incident occurred in early September, the public reaction of US and EU officials to it was fairly restrained. However, the framing in Western media already…
ICE Agent Charged With Assault, Lying About Shooting, Jailed in Minnesota
Sept. 16 By Jonathan Allen and Steve Gorman Sept 16 (Reuters) – A federal immigration officer wanted on assault charges for shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis was arrested there on Wednesday, eight months after a confrontation that became a flashpoint over US…
Peter Max, Known for Groovy Art That Came to Symbolize the 60s, Dies at 88
Sept. 17 By Casey Hall Pop artist Peter Max, whose dreamy, boldly colored works provided an artistic backdrop for the 1960s U.S. hippie movement and made him a commercial art powerhouse, died on Monday at a hospital in Manhattan at the age of 88, a…
China’s Huawei Sets 2027 Launch for New AI Chips as It Targets Nvidia
Sept. 16 By Che Pan, Casey Hall and Eduardo Baptista Huawei Technologies will launch two new artificial-intelligence semiconductors in 2027, rotating chairman David Wang said on Thursday, as the Chinese tech giant builds up its AI computing business and seeks to challenge U.S. chipmaker Nvidia….
The Adjara Gambit: When a Fake Video Exposes a Very Real Threat
Sept. 17 By Dylan White TBILISI/BATUMI — On September 3rd, a political firestorm erupted across Georgia. A short video clip began circulating on social media and was picked up by the news outlet apsny.ge, showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declaring that Adjara, an autonomous…
The Opposition That Devours Its Own: Internal Warfare Undermines Western Support
Sept. 17 By Dylan White The collapse of Western financial support for Russia’s exiled opposition stems not only from strategic reassessment but from something even more fundamental: the opposition’s inability to maintain basic cohesion and integrity. The movement has devolved into a toxic environment of…
Ed Sheeran Says Dropping Macklemore From US Concert Tour Was Not His Decision
Sept. 15 By Kanishka Singh Pop star Ed Sheeran said on Tuesday dropping American rapper Macklemore from his U.S. concert tour was not Sheeran’s decision but that of the tour’s promoter, even as Sheeran distinguished his political approach from Macklemore’s. Macklemore was dropped from Sheeran’s…
US Nuclear Regulator’s Overhaul of Rules to Run Well Into 2027, Its Chief Says
Sept. 15 By Francois Murphy The U.S. nuclear power regulator’s overhaul of rules, part of a push to cut approval times for new reactors to 18 months, will continue well into next year, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday, as the Trump administration seeks to…
Attorney General Blanche Says DOJ Would Probe AI-Related Violations
Sept. 15 By Francois Murphy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday told reporters the Department of Justice would investigate “anybody associated” with AI if they violated the law. “As far as AI is concerned, there’s a lot of criminal laws,” Blanche told reporters at…