Politics

EU countries weigh ‘tearing apart’ bloc’s diplomatic service

Chief diplomat Kaja Kallas and her EEAS are in capitals’ crosshairs over leadership and co-ordination issues

Russia ‘not looking for conflict’, says Nato’s top US commander

General Grynkewich’s remarks come as Washington withdraws key assets from Europe

China’s notorious university-entrance exam is changing

ON JUNE 7TH millions of young Chinese stepped into exam halls to take the gaokao, China’s gruelling national university-entrance exam. The results will decide where they can study and thus the calibre of job opportunities that follow. For many, it will have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot to move up in Chinese society.

The rise of the pro-worker conservative is changing the US

Republicans helping to strengthen labour law would once have seemed an outlandish prospect — no longer

The business model of white victimhood

Rage on the right and a narrative of disadvantage changing sides is rewarded by social media

US and Iran exchange fresh wave of strikes

Escalation of hostilities comes as Trump piles pressure on Tehran to agree a deal

Judges are losing patience with lawyers' AI mistakes

A Mississippi federal judge removed all four lawyers from a case, barred two from practicing before the court, and issued $8,000 in fines.

We will need a new tax code for the wealth AI creates

The question isn’t whether mass underemployment arrives but whether we have a policy framework ready when it does

China-linked operatives used ChatGPT to shape AI data centers and tariff debates

The campaigns show how pro-China actors are testing AI tools.

Seattle officially enacted an emergency one-year moratorium on new data centers.

Among the moratorium’s fiercest supporters were Amazon employees, who joined others to testify in support of the policy in multiple Seattle city council hearings.

Donald Trump warns US will soon hit Iran ‘hard’ again

President’s remarks come after countries exchange fire following downing of American helicopter

Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance

The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone’s lucky midair strike.