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WASHINGTON: The US military has not yet escorted any commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the White House said on Tuesday, just after US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright deleted a post on X in which he had said the US Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the key waterway. The US-Israel war against Iran has already effectively halted shipments through the Strait along Iran’s coast, where a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes, and Middle East oil producers have run out of storage and stopped pumping. US President Donald Trump said on March…

Elon Musk is the wealthiest individual ever recorded, worth an estimated $839 billion, Forbes said on Tuesday, as a record 3,428 billionaires worldwide saw their combined fortunes surge to an all-time high of $20.1 trillion. Musk topped the Forbes World’s Billionaires list for the second consecutive year after his fortune swelled by roughly $500 billion over the past twelve months, driven by rising valuations at Tesla and SpaceX, which is targeting a public offering in 2026. He is the first person ever to surpass the $800 billion mark and is on course to become the world’s first trillionaire. “It’s the year of…

BEIJING : In China, AI technologies are advancing at an unprecedented pace, entering a phase of explosive growth. By the end of 2025, China was home to over 6,000 AI enterprises, with its core AI industry valued at more than 1.2 trillion yuan ($174.3 billion). At the same time, China’s intelligent computing power capacity has exceeded 1,590 EFLOPS. In recent years, China has continued to strengthen basic research in AI. Both the quantity and quality of AI research papers produced in the country rank among the top globally. Data released in 2025 by the World Intellectual Property Organization showed that…

As a science journalist and filmmaker, my deep dive into the environment began in 2021 when the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) convened in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. It was a lucky starting point. Biodiversity teaches a fundamental truth that many overlook: nature is not a collection of parts, it is a single, breathing system. I hope you keep this in mind as you read, for it is the essential key to understanding the Ecological and Environmental Code currently under deliberation in Beijing. For decades, China’s environmental protection efforts were a series of isolated battles. If a river was polluted, there was…

If you haven’t heard of OpenClaw yet, you will. In March 2026, this AI assistant became the fastest-growing open-source project in history, surpassing 250,000 GitHub stars – a milestone that took the Linux operating system years to reach. But within weeks of its explosive rise, government agencies were issuing security alerts. Researchers found over 40,000 vulnerable instances exposed on the internet. One critical flaw, dubbed “ClawJacked,” let hackers hijack your AI assistant simply by getting you to visit a malicious website. What happened? And what does it tell us about the future of AI? What is OpenClaw? Imagine an AI…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said  that the key to preventing further escalation of the situation regarding Iran lies in the United States and Israel halting their military operations, and that China does not approve of attacks on Gulf countries and condemns all attacks on civil facilities and innocent civilians. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a phone conversation with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. Dar briefed Wang on Pakistan’s position on the current situation in Iran and called on all…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders attended the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, China’s top political advisory body, in Beijing on Wednesday.

China’s special envoy for Middle East affairs on Tuesday reiterated the importance of a ceasefire and end to hostilities in the Gulf region, amid fears that the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel could lead to further destabilization. During a meeting with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Zhai Jun, who is on a tour to the Middle East, said China is deeply concerned about the regional situation. “Conflict and turmoil in the region serve no one’s interests. A ceasefire remains the fundamental way out…

The fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, held its closing meeting on Wednesday morning. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A resolution on the work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, a resolution on the report on how the proposals from political advisors have been handled since the previous annual session, a report on the examination of new proposals, and a political resolution of the fourth session of…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Tuesday successfully completed the Spectrum Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) / 5G in Pakistan, marking a transformative milestone in the nation’s digital journey. Tech giants Jazz, Ufone and Zong participated in the bidding process as they secured 48MHz for $507 million out of 597MHz offered by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Jazz, Ufone, and Zong acquired spectrum across the 700 MHz, 2300 MHz, 2600 MHz, and 3500 MHz bands. Jazz was the biggest purchaser with 190 MHz, followed by Ufone with 180 MHz and Zong with 110 MHz. A ceremony for the auction of…