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Other Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICC
One month ago, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a sweeping campaign “to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty.” Having previously demanded that the ICC’s judges and chief prosecutor drop cases …
Global military spending hits record $2.89 trillion: Europe re arms, China expands, India spends $92.1 billion
SIPRI’s latest figures, released on April 27, show that military expenditure as a share of global GDP reached 2.5% in 2025, the highest level since 2009. While the global rate of increase slowed sharply from 9.7% in 2024, the headline figure mas…
Kim Jong Un built a mega-resort. His one problem? The guests
A massive tourist city has been built on North Korea‘s eastern coast: the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone. Long pursued by the Kim Jong Un regime, the project opened in July 2025.…
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India Japan trade at $50 billion: Why higher value exports will be key to the target
Higher-value exports hold the key
Despite the growth, India has significant headroom to expand its presence in Japan. India’s share of Japan’s global imports remains below 1%, according to ASSOCHAM, indicating substantial scope for greater market pene…
U.S. wants Asian allies’ strategy to align even amid pullback: analyst
The U.S. has announced that it will cancel joint marine drills with South Korea due to Iran war constraints.
Washington wants its allies to spend more on defense while it retains influence over which partnerships are preferable.…
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US weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China
A soldier guides an MIM-104C (PAC-2) Patriot short-range anti-aircraft missile launcher rotation during a drill at an air base in Taichung City, central Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
The massive expenditure of U.S.……
The stealth model that beat DeepSeek belongs to Zhipu
Z.AI made it. The Beijing company, also known as Zhipu, owns the free model that took the top of OpenRouter’s charts last weekend.
It confirmed on Wednesday that Ox Alpha is a new iteration of its GLM series, and said it would release the weights the …
Piyush Goyal to visit US for G20 trade ministers meet in Sept, hold bilateral talks with USTR Greer
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the US in late September to attend the G-20 Trade Ministerial in Milwaukee and hold bilateral talks with USTR Jamieson Greer, with trade pact issues to figure in the discussions, an official has s…
Several Russian military aircraft briefly enter Korea’s air defense zone: JCS
Russian military’s Tu-142 patrol aircraft flying in airspace over the sea near Japan, June 29. Courtesy of Japan’s Ministry of Defense
Several Russian military aircraft briefly entered Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ)…
From military alliance to economic partnership: How Trump is redefining U.S.-South Korea ties
Alliance is pivoting from security to economics, as Trump scales back joint military exercises, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Reduced exercises partly stem from Korea’s slow deployment of $350 billion i…