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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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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…
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…
Why Trump and Xi Won’t Cooperate on AI Safety
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Trump and Xi Won’t Find Common Ground on AI Safety
The leaders have fundamentally different ideas about the techno…
BRICS expansion could boost India’s local-currency trade
India could potentially settle 40% of its trade with BRICS+ economies in local currencies
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Is China Turning Economic Influence in Africa into Strategic Power?
China can leverage its membership in the BRICS group and its direct investments in Africa as complementary tools to build growing economic influence that gradually translates into sustainable political, security, and strategic influence.…
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‘Never Felt Prouder As An Indian’: Ravi Shastri Salutes PM Modi’s Global Diplomacy At BRICS Summit
Former Indian head coach and renowned cricketer Ravi Shastri praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomacy at the BRICS Summit. The 18th BRICS Summit is being held under India’s chairship on September 12-13 with the theme “Building for…
Iran joins Russia, China at BRICS conference calling for a halt to ‘escalation’ in Middle East
The Iranian regime signed onto a joint statement from a group including Russia and China Saturday urging a halt to the “escalation” of war in the Middle East.
The joint statement came at a meeting of BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China, Iran…
BRICS finance chiefs push for deeper financial cooperation; IMF, World Bank reforms
NEW DELHI, Sept 12: BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors stepped up calls for a bigger voice for emerging economies in global financial institutions as the expanded grouping seeks to build greater economic resilience amid trade fra…
BRICS Summit begins: PM Modi welcomes world leaders
New Delhi, Sep 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping to India on Saturday to kick off a two-day BRICS summit aimed at protecting developing economies from th…