Getty Images Thousands of TikTok users have migrated to popular Chinese social media app RedNote A looming TikTok ban has connected Chinese and American citizens like never before, as they swap jokes and memes in what one user described as a “historic moment”. It’s all unfolding on a popular Chinese social media app called RedNote,…
Several large cities are reportedly expected to be hit by Trump’s immigration authorities shortly after inauguration. Donald Trump’s top border official has said the new Republican administration will launch large operations to detain and deport undocumented immigrants beginning on the day of the United States President-elect’s inauguration on Tuesday. The incoming administration’s so-called “border czar”,…
While the US attempts to solve its missile stockpile crunch with cheap, easily mass-produced missiles, China’s production surge forces a stark reckoning with modern warfare’s industrial and attritional realities and the race to outgun near-peer adversaries. This month, The War Zone reported that General Atomics has unveiled a new low-cost air-to-surface missile, dubbed the “Strike…
Getty Images The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site It’s 1000 CE – the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we know today – like Norman-ruled England and the fragmented territories that will go on to become France…
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez scores twice in injury time at Brentford as Reds’ extend lead at top to seven points. Darwin Nunez scored twice in stoppage time as Liverpool beat Brentford 2-0 to strengthen its spot in first place in the Premier League on Saturday. Second-placed Arsenal will look to restore the four-point gap to…
When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging the United States’ supremacy in technology. This isn’t entirely new; China has faced such trade pressure since Trump first became president in 2017, and it…
A court in India has convicted a man of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor – a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer worker, was found guilty over the attack, which happened in August last year at a hospital in Kolkata city in West Bengal state. The incident caused…
Understanding the details of the ceasefire deal and why so much remains in the balance. The long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brings to a halt more than 15 months of genocidal war on the occupied Gaza Strip. Its timing – on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – also raises uncomfortable questions…
