French sovereign wealth chief warns Europe ‘colonized’ by U.S., China
Key Points Nicolas Dufourcq, the head of France’s state investment bank Bpifrance, warned that Europe is becoming “doubly…
AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot
Welcome to Big Ideas, a Prospect survey of next-generation solutions for pressing policy problems. Our writers scour the policy landscape to…
China to Hold Plenum on Five-Year Plan From Oct. 20 to 23
China’s ruling Communist Party will convene a closed-door meeting from Oct. 20 to 23 to review development plans…
Alibaba’s Qwen3-Omni tops Hugging Face AI ranking as Chinese open systems flourish
Alibaba Group Holding’s new Qwen3-Omni multimodal artificial intelligence system has quickly become the most popular model in the…
AI Boom Powers Triple-Digit Gains in China’s Hardware Stocks
A trio of Chinese hardware makers has emerged as the darlings of the A-share market this year, thanks…
Nikkei 225, Kospi, ASX 200
Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises…
Space Race Heats Up as Russia and China Target Satellites
Russia and China are developing satellite-killing technologies while Europe and the UK struggle to protect their space assets,…
China boosts broadband, IoT and weather satellite fleets with flurry of launches
SYDNEY, Australia — A flurry of launch activity has seen China add to an Internet of Things constellation,…
Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700,000 times Earth’s-Xinhua
Researchers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) record experiment data in Hefei, east…
China woman falls into old well, circled by snakes, clings to wall for 54 hours before rescue
A woman from southeastern China was miraculously rescued after accidentally falling into an abandoned well, where she clung…
Clean Energy Transition Accelerates Globally Beyond Western Influence
The clean energy transition is well underway around the world, at what many experts estimate to be an…
Egypt Flexes Export Muscle With Surging Dietary Supplement Trade
Egypt’s efforts to build up its economy and boost exports after a grueling crisis may be getting help…