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  1. Mecca pact countries in Iran in bid to stop war restarting
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held talks with Iran in Tehran on Monday in an attempt to stop the Middle East war from reigniting. Officials from the three Mecca pact countries flew to Iran as part of efforts to…

  2. Tensions Rise
    USWar on the Rocks

    Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranIndications of a return to direct hostilities…

  3. Burnham rules out UK return to EU free movement without referendum
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would not return the UK to EU freedom of movement rules without a referendum, after ruling out the prospect of Britain rejoining the bloc within this parliamentary term. It comes after his…

  4. 6 US citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    In the increasingly bitter legal stand-off between US President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs. A…

  5. Are Critiques of Zelensky a Side Effect of Societal Exhaustion?
    USWar on the Rocks

    Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media…

  6. Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    ⁠A woman infected with ⁠the Ebola virus and her husband, a ⁠Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, Swiss authorities said. The Ugandan-born wife of the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at…

  7. Daughter of ex-FBI director Comey was unlawfully fired as federal prosecutor, judge rules
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York last year, a federal judge ruled on Monday. Judge Jesse M Furman said Comey, who was an assistant US…

  8. Walter Koenig, Star Trek’s original Pavel Chekov, dies at 90
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the Star Trek television series and several films, has died. He was 90. Koenig died on Monday at his home in the North Hollywood neighbourhood of Los…

  9. Thousands of observers expected at polling places to monitor the vote on US election day
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on US election day driven by concerns that US President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of the federal government to interfere with a…

  10. Anthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Anthropic disclosed steep losses and explosive revenue growth on ⁠Monday as the Claude parent moved closer to a potentially record-breaking IPO, betting on AI’s ability to reshape the global economy. The listing is shaping up to be a major…

  11. France’s Macron promises ‘strong measures’ to ease protests
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Monday that his government would announce a package of measures in response to weeks of street protests over a broad set of grievances, while acknowledging the risk of more unrest ahead. His…

  12. Jordan arrests 3 relatives over deadly church attack after shoot-out
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Jordanian security forces arrested two brothers ‌and their brother-in-law after a shoot-out on Monday over a church attack that killed nine people, and the suspects appear to have no ties to other cells, senior government security…

  13. US singer Chris Brown avoids jail after guilty plea in UK nightclub incident
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    US singer Chris ⁠Brown was spared an immediate prison sentence in Britain on Monday for attacking a producer with a tequila bottle in a London nightclub in 2023, with his fans cheering as the musician walked free from court. Brown, 37, was…

  14. Europe can still shape the rules of AI
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    In October, two technology executives offered Europe similar advice. In Turin, Alibaba Group Holding chairman Joe Tsai urged European companies to use open-source models and their proprietary industrial data to build AI capabilities. In…

  15. The Daily Roundup
    USThe Wire China

    October 26th, 2026 | Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations. The post The Daily Roundup…

  16. Ready Player Wan: 10,000 Talents of Gaming
    USChinaTalk

    Charlotte Bullard is a recent graduate of Johns Hopkins SAIS, where she focused on China and tech policy. She writes the Substack PandaMonium . In this article, Charlotte shows how China’s gaming industry is a microcosm of a recurring…

  17. Lula secures surprise win to retain Brazil presidency
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a surprise comeback to secure a fourth term in office, extending a presidency that has overseen deepening ties with China and sporadic clashes with the United States. With almost all of the…

  18. Lessons for Pentagon Procurement from the Special Operations Enterprise
    USWar on the Rocks

    As the Pentagon races to buy hundreds of thousands of unmanned systems, acquisition professionals have turned to the special operations community to learn about how to buy commercial technologies fast. Cara Teeter, deputy assistant…

  19. The Importance of the Battle of Bailén
    USWar on the Rocks

    Early on the morning of July 16, 1808, Captain-General Francisco Javier Castaños of the Army of Andalusia launched a surprise attack against the divided forces of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army of the Gironde. After three grueling days…

  20. Trial by Fire: The 2025 Thai-Cambodian Border Clashes and the Royal Thai Air Force
    The Diplomat Tech

    In two outbreaks of war last year, the RTAF underlined its status as one of the region’s most effective and professional air forces.

  21. Saudi coalition intercepts missile as Houthis claim new attack on Riyadh airport
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis struck several of the group’s missile launchers and storage facilities, a spokesman said on Monday, while the Iran-backed group claimed a new attack on Riyadh’s international…

  22. Myanmar War Crimes Survivors Look to Denmark for Justice
    The Diplomat Tech

    The country's legal system may provide one of the few remaining means of bringing Myanmar's generals to justice.

  23. Indonesia Reduces Gas Supply to Singapore, Citing Domestic Energy Needs
    The Diplomat Tech

    Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said last week that Jakarta would prioritize its own needs, and might cut off supplies to nations that did not respect Indonesia.

  24. US visits to China decline, Turkish rare earth deposit: 5 weekend reads you missed
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China carries out in-depth…

  25. The Strategic Logic Behind Pakistan’s Defense Pacts
    The Diplomat Tech

    Last week, Pakistan signed the Badr Pact with Türkiye, Qatar, and Indonesia, the latest in a string of defense-related agreements with key partners.

  26. Indonesia Seizes More Than 2 Tons of Narcotics in Major Anti-drug Operations
    The Diplomat Tech

    In recent years Indonesian waters have become an important route for the trafficking of Golden Triangle drugs to Asian and global markets.

  27. Lula pulls off Brazil’s first-ever run-off comeback to beat Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won re-election on Sunday in a dramatic comeback after trailing in the first round, extending the rule of a government that has overseen record Chinese investment. The Superior Electoral Court…

  28. Why China Can’t Fix Its Broken Economy
    The Diplomat Tech

    China's economy has a huge problem: Chinese people aren’t spending enough money. And this is not just a problem for China.

  29. Trump cites 9/11 in urging Michigan voters to oppose Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    US President President Donald Trump at a Sunday campaign rally ratcheted up his push to link US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim extremists, comparing him to the 9/11 attackers while saying Democrats would let violent…

  30. Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    A Supreme Court justice in Brazil ordered polls in the presidential run-off to stay open for two more hours on Sunday, minutes after voting had officially ended at 5pm Brasilia time (4am on Monday in Hong Kong). The order left election…

  31. Michael Kovrig on Black-Jail Survivor Tales
    USThe Wire China

    Plus, China in Canada’s arctic and an insider’s view of Sino-U.S. AI negotiations. The post Michael Kovrig on Black-Jail Survivor Tales appeared first on The Wire China .

  32. Canada’s Arctic Gamble
    USThe Wire China

    A huge new infrastructure project in remote northern Canada could unlock Arctic mineral wealth and make a Chinese-owned mine viable, raising security risks. The post Canada’s Arctic Gamble appeared first on The Wire China .

  33. Company in the News: Webull
    USThe Wire China

    U.S. senators have zeroed in on a Cayman-registered stock brokerage’s China ties. The post Company in the News: Webull appeared first on The Wire China .

  34. How Taiwan’s November Local Elections Could Change the World
    USThe Wire China

    If the DPP performs well next month it could boost President Lai Ching-te's re-election hopes — and stir Beijing into greater efforts at coercion. The post How Taiwan’s November Local Elections Could Change the World appeared first on The…

  35. Torture Tales from China’s Black Jails
    USThe Wire China

    A new book provides searing testimonials of how the Chinese Communist Party’s thought remolding and coercive interrogations continue under the legal obfuscation of “residential surveillance at a designated location”. The post Torture Tales…

  36. Presidential race in Bulgaria heads to run-off after record low turnout
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a run-off, according to election officials. A record low turnout, attributed by observers to a general mistrust in…

  37. Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returns after months in exile
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Venezuelan opposition ⁠leader Maria Corina Machado was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering supporters as she made ⁠her way by car to Caracas on Sunday night, after she arrived home following several failed return attempts which have…

  38. Trump ‘not trying to meddle’ in Alaska election results by suing over Senate race: Blanche
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s lawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses the race and argued that the legal challenge was a…

  39. France’s Le Pen vows to restore ‘rule of law’ at presidential campaign launch
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron, kicked off her campaign Sunday vowing to “restore the rule of law” if elected next year. Le Pen – the front runner in the polls – seems to be benefiting from…

  40. Netanyahu warns Iran may try to disrupt election, says ‘don’t test us’
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran and its allies might try to disrupt Tuesday’s Israeli elections, warning the Islamic republic against any hostile acts. The remarks came as Israel’s Channel 12 reported, citing unnamed…

  41. Storms batter northern Europe, hitting power supplies, flights and phones
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Storms battered northern Europe Sunday, killing a man, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes and disrupting travel and phone networks. A man died when a tree fell on him in southwestern Scotland, while a runner in a marathon in northern…

  42. The West’s double standard on global unrest
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    In the early days of the student protests in France, mainstream Western media took the protesters’ claims about poor school facilities and declining resources at face value. Only when the violence spread across the country, and to some of…

  43. Congo begins Ebola vaccine trial despite embedded outbreak
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    A pivotal trial of vaccines against the strain of Ebola that is driving a deadly outbreak across parts of Africa has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the epidemic originated and the vast majority of cases and deaths have…

  44. Riding Solo in Santiago
    USChinaTalk

    Santiago Kem is the best soda in the world. I first had this glorious artificially-flavored pineapple beverage in Chile, during my ten day trip throughout the country. God hath scarcely created such a nectar as sweet as Kem. I am not sure…

  45. Serbia votes as ruling party faces student-led anti-corruption list
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his…

  46. Israel widens West Bank crackdown, displacing Hebron families after attack
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Israel said on Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week’s election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory. The announcement came a…

  47. Trump hails tariffs for new US$4.2 billion Audi plant in Georgia
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    President Donald Trump defended his decision to wield tariffs during a campaign rally in Georgia, saying they have made the US richer, as he announced that Volkswagen agreed to build a new US$4.2 billion Audi plant in the state. “Think of…

  48. Gulf economies accelerate diversification as recession looms over Iran war
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Before the outbreak of the war triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February, the Gulf monarchies were living the prosperity dream that was the envy of the world. Their hydrocarbon-fuelled economies were glitzy oases of growth…

  49. Obama blasts Trump’s ‘chaos and cruelty’ while campaigning for Democrats
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Former US president Barack Obama delivered a scathing critique of his successor, Donald Trump, at a rally in Ohio on Saturday to support Democratic candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. “After two years of chaos and cruelty…

  50. Trump, a critic of early voting, votes early in Florida
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    US President Donald Trump cast his ballot for the midterm elections in Palm Beach on Saturday, opting to vote early in his adopted home state of Florida. At rallies ahead of Election Day on November 3, Trump has been urging Republicans to…

  51. How to share AI wealth? Neither the US nor Asia has the answer
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    On October 18, Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory preparing one of the largest listings in history, committed 5 per cent of its shares to a public benefit fund. The next day, Elon Musk promised one SpaceX share, next…