Is it down to electric vehicles? Trump’s tariffs? Brussels’ ‘green madness’? There is no single cause, and turning back is unthinkable. But the future of Europe is at stake. A strategy is needed

Beijing has responded to the new package of European sanctions against Chinese companies involved in Russia’s war economy by blocking exports to fourteen EU firms. Among these, for the first time, are Lafert SpA and Garnet srl, two Italian companies that rely on Chinese rare earths. The impact could be very severe

Russian spy satellites and Chinese geolocation satellites at Tehran’s disposal

What options does the Pope now have regarding China? This is a serious matter; we’re not in Ecône, after all. At stake are the lives of the faithful and even of the bishops forced to swear allegiance to Xi Jinping

According to the Financial Times, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has asked Alibaba, ByteDance and Zhipu whether and how they can restrict the transfer of training data abroad and prevent foreign users from downloading model weights. A wall protecting its secrets

In Hong Kong’s independent bookshops, agents are on the lookout for ‘subversive’ works, whilst in the capital, the Lu Xun Prizes honour literature approved by the system

The hypocrisy of the Chinese leader who speaks of ‘free and fair’ artificial intelligence and excessive national security. The speech at the Shanghai conference

G42, the UAE-based AI giant that is building the largest data centre outside the United States, will buy as many of the most advanced processors as it wants, but within nine months it must become an American company. And critics fear that this power could end up being leased to Beijing