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More countries move to ban social media for children, with restrictions spreading worldwide
PARIS, Sept 17 — The European Union is to unveil proposals yesterday aimed at curbing addictive features of social media for minors, as a growing number of countries look to restrict children’s access to the platforms.…
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BRICS Success: India’s Gains Beyond the New Delhi Declaration
By Ashok Bhan
The success of India’s BRICS presidency should not be measured merely by the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration. Declarations are important diplomatic instruments, but their real value lies in what they enable beyond the conference ha…
Who Aligns The Aligners? Brief Legal Thoughts On The “AI Safety” Fights To Come
Authored by Preston Byrne via Preston Byrne,
Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has published an essay – We Must Pace The Frontier – in which he writes:
I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically…
[OPINION] Expanding armies, shrinking peace: Militarization in Southeast Asia
Several nations in Southeast Asia have undergone military expansion and increased securitization over the past decade contributing to what many observers describe as a regional arms race.
The ongoing militarization in Southeast Asia, combined w…
US stocks declined and oil continued to surge, while all focus turns to the FOMC – Newsquawk Daily Asia-Pac Market Open
US stocks closed lower again on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq and Russell underperforming, while the equal-weight S&P fell 0.4%. Calls for a slowdown in AI development remained an overhang for sentiment, although the SOXX and DRAM ETFs were marginally…
The Definitive Stablecoin Landscape Series: Asia Pacific
Stablecoins entered 2026 as a structural layer of global finance, with total market capitalization reaching a new all-time high of $321B in May. In the first six months of 2026 alone, adjusted stablecoin transaction volumes reached $37.2T, already sur…
Samsung’s taking a “More is More” approach to foldable competition
Good morning. Today I’m wondering if I should revisit Diablo IV in light of the Diablo V announcement, what I would possibly do with a Steam Frame if I could justify its $1,059 price, and whether I missed any major features by reading as many iOS 27 an…
Oil surges above US$100 as Middle East fears deepen, tech stocks slide
HONG KONG, Sept 14 — Oil prices spiked Monday on Middle East supply fears after Saudi Arabia closed a key pipeline, putting further upward pressure on inflation ahead of an expected Federal Reserve rate hike this week.…
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Xi’s 5-point action plan for Brics may see red flags go up in India
Brics Summit 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s statement on integrating markets and developing an open-source AI platform, along with other initiatives he pro…
As US leadership proves unreliable, Asia needs to start focusing on itself
The Group of 20 (G20) was launched in 1999 amid high hopes that Asia and other emerging regions of the world would gain a stronger voice in global economic and financial affairs.…
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