The decision to keep its borders open while competitors erected trade barriers during Covid helped the IDA win two life science investments initially destined for the US and China. Photograph: Getty Images
A surge in life sciences investment that helpe…

Raimondo’s trip part of efforts to stabilise relations even as Washington tightens restrictions on Chinese tech

It is powered into flight by a rocket engine. It can fly a distance equal to the width of China. It has a stealthy design and is capable of carrying missiles that can hit enemy targets far beyond its visual range.
A.I. Brings the Robot Wingman to Aeria…

US Army nurses and medics remove a bandaged soldier from a C-47 transport plane to an ambulance during a rehearsal for D-Day. PhotoQuest/Getty Images
Intense fighting and high casualties in Ukraine have raised new challenges for military medicine.
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“I can honestly say it’s the best thing I’ve ever spent my money on,” says 30-year-old Stephen about the unassuming waist-high plastic pillar that sits in the bedroom of his converted bungalow in Nottinghamshire. The retail worker has always found the …

Japan is releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean- prompting strong protests from neighbouring China and South Korea.
Japan discharged around 1.34 million tonnes of treated radioactive water, collected on-site…

A disturbing trend is emerging in China that is taking ageism to a whole new level.
In what might be self-explanatory from its name, the aptly dubbed ‘Curse of 35’ means that anyone over that age is considered undesirable to fill a vacant job role.
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ASUS’ Zenfone series has been around since 2014, and it has almost been a decade since the company first debuted the Zenfone lineup of smartphones. However, reports now suggest that the ASUS Zenfone 10 could be the final Zenfone device by the Taiwanese tech giant.

ASUS Zenfone 10 Could Be The Last Phone In The Series: Here's Why comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

The week that went by bore witness to what can be thought of as a reversal in fortune for two behemoths of the global space industry—ISRO and SpaceX. India’s Chandrayaan-3 soft landed on the Moon in a triumph that erased the disappointment of Chandraya…

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking at the Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE) 2020 summit, said he wants the country to become an AI hub, however, one of the major drivers of AI, besides data, is compute….

Up early? We recently had a second son, Isaac, who is only seven weeks old. Our eldest, Ishmael, is two. I’m up at 5.40am, because our night nanny works until 6am. I need to get out of bed, brush my teeth and relieve the nanny.
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Discussing the US’ response to the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, former foreign Secretary Shyam Saran in his book How China Sees India and the World notes: “Deng [Xiaoping] was also convinced that sheer profit motive would persuade Western compani…

A stronger relationship with India would help the US declare its "independence" from China, Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy believes and has called for stronger strategic ties with New Delhi, including a military relationship in the Andaman Sea.

At 38, Ramaswamy is the youngest Republican presidential candidate ever.

Stronger US-India relationship could help America declare 'independence' from China: Vivek Ramaswamy comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

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The Canadian environment minister was traveling Saturday to Beijing for talks on climate change and biodiversity, the first visit there by a Canadian minister in four years. Steve Guilbeault will take part in three days of talks starting Monday at the …

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just released incredible new close-up footage of the moon after a successful soft landing.
Earlier this week, India became the first country to land an unmanned craft near the lunar south pole as The Ch…