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China sanctions hit back hard at Japans remilitarization drive
China has ramped up its retaliation against Japan’s accelerating military build-up under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. On Tuesday, February 24, China’s Ministry of Commerce banned the export of dual-use items — goods with both civilian and military applications — to 20 Japanese entities and placed another 20 on a watch list. The measures took immediate…
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SFC moves to freeze assets of 3 insider traders who have left Hong Kong
The city’s Court of First Instance granted a worldwide interim injunction order against the trio – former HKEX listing division staffer Chan Ching-wa and his relatives Lam Cho-man and Chau Chi-kwong – who were alleged to have used non-public company information to trade shares of at least seven Hong Kong-listed companies for profit or to…
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BBC sees burnt cars in Puerto Vallarta after Mexican cartel violence
The evidence of Sunday’s terrifying cartel rampage is still visible across parts of Mexico. The BBC’s Will Grant visits Puerto Vallarta, a popular coastal resort town in Jalisco state, to see the lines of burnt cars in a Costco car park and the cleanup. He says the city is trying to return to a state…
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Bangladesh First: BNPs path to a winning foreign policy
The new government in Bangladesh begins its tenure with an unusually crowded foreign policy inbox. The swearing-in of Tarique Rahman as prime minister on February 17, 2026, marks the end of a turbulent transition. Following a commanding mandate in the February 12 general elections, held simultaneously with a landmark constitutional referendum, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party…
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Analysis: Trump issues patriotic rallying cry with eye on crucial elections
Last month, he gave a national address from the White House where he struck similar themes and cited similar statistics – but it hasn’t convinced the public. The president and his aides appear to be hoping that with a bigger State of the Union audience, which should measure in the tens of millions, the results…
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World Cup host cities warn Congress over security concerns
Shwetha SurendranFeb 24, 2026, 03:36 PM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is a reporter in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Multiple Authors Local officials representing World Cup host cities warned Congress on Tuesday that security concerns, coordination problems and inadequate federal funding are risking catastrophe with little more than 100 days remaining before the games begin….
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China-Indonesia waste-to-power pact neither clean nor green
Indonesia’s growing waste problem has long been viewed as a burden — a mounting strain on landfills, public health and municipal budgets. The waste-to-energy (WtE) initiative led by Danantara Indonesia, now entering its first phase in Bali, Bogor, Bekasi and Yogyakarta, promises a new approach: transforming municipal waste into electricity while deepening green cooperation with…
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Smaller, faster, smarter: Chinese transistor ready for future AI chips
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor in a breakthrough poised to anchor the next generation of high-performance AI hardware. The researchers achieved the feat in ferroelectric transistors (FeFETs), which function similarly to neurons in the human brain as they integrate memory and processing in a single unit,…
