South Korea and US Forge Unprecedented $950 Billion Semiconductor Alliance at SF AI Summit
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 — South Korean and American technology giants unveiled a sweeping $950 billion semiconductor partnership on Thursday,…
Chinese Mathematicians Claim Fields Medal in Historic First at ICM 2026
PHILADELPHIA, July 23 — Two mathematicians from China have become the first Chinese-born recipients of the Fields Medal, the discipline’s…
Kimi K3 Launches with 2.8 Trillion Parameters as WAIC Day Two Shifts Focus From Benchmarks to Real-World AI Deployment
SHANGHAI, July 18 — At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3,…
WAIC Day 2: Shanghai Summit Shifts Focus to Embodied AI and Global South Tech Transfers Following “Public Good” Mandate
SHANGHAI, July 18 — The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) entered its second day on Saturday, shifting from high-level…
South Korea’s Supreme Court Finalizes Seven-Year Prison Sentence for Former President Yoon Suk Yeol in First Top-Court Ruling Tied to Martial Law Case
SEOUL — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on…
Tianwen-2 Arrives at Earth’s “Quasi-Moon” Asteroid, Kickstarting China’s First Small-Body Sample Return Mission
BEIJING, July 7 — China has completed the outbound leg of its first dedicated small-body mission, with the Tianwen-2 spacecraft…
UK, Italy and Japan Sign £4.6 Billion Contract with Edgewing, Moving Sixth-Generation Fighter Programme Into Detailed Design Phase
The UK, Italy and Japan signed a 4.6-billion-pound contract with the Edgewing industrial joint venture on July 3, moving their…
Iran’s Khamenei Funeral Procession En Route to Qom Following Historic Turnouts in Tehran
Iran on Friday opened a six-day state funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in a joint US-Israeli…
iFlytek Launches Central Asia Station of Its Open AI Platform in Uzbekistan
China's iFlytek opened the Central Asia station of its Open AI Platform in Uzbekistan on 1 July 2026, its fourth…
China and EU Launch Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism as Sweeping Tariffs Take Effect Today
BRUSSELS / BEIJING, July 1 — China and the European Union earlier this week formally inaugurated a ministerial-level Trade and…