King of NATO? Biden and the fate of the war in Ukraine
We ask about tea at the palace and the tools at Biden's disposal to broker deals to ramp up the Alliance, this as Turkey's president bargains over Sweden's bid to join NATO.
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Clash of tech titans: Will Meta's answer to Twitter dethrone Elon Musk's venture?
We ask about Mark Zuckerberg's Wednesday launch of Threads, a microblogging site to rival Twitter and about the delayed rollout in Europe, where the courts on Tuesday struck a blow to parent company Meta's monetization of users' personal data. Can it be a global conversation if there are different rules in different regions? What sets Threads apart from other attempts to dethrone Twitter?
Putin's move: What next for Prigozhin and Russia's war in Ukraine?
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fraternised on the frontlines with troops who appear to be ignoring the infighting over the border. But Kyiv is cautious: Russia could well try to change the conversation with carpet bombing or worse. How much more pain can Putin inflict?
Can they dial it back? Blinken in Beijing to stabilise US-China relations
But even that is starting to sour. Foreign investment is slowing as US allies watch Washington employ a carrot-and-stick approach to push key industries to reshore their activity. The United States is not alone.
Quiet reconciliation: Are US-Saudi relations out of the rough?
Fast forward to the present: even though the Saudis have just normalised ties with Iran and announced a further 10% cut in oil output starting next month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is out front and center and all smiles for three days of talks and summits. In a coincidence of timing, while Blinken was touching down in Jeddah the Saudis were making their shock entry into the US sports market with the merger of the breakaway LIV golf tour with the PGA. "Sportswashing", or a significant strengthening of the historic ties that bind allies in areas like defence and energy?
EU takes on artificial intelligence: Will Europe's regulation scare off OpenAI?
On the face of it, these do not clash too harshly with the EU's plans already outlined in 2021, which basically sought to ensure AI works for people and is a force for good in society.
Collision course: Will US-China tech race spin out of control?
The Cold War had the space race. But this is different. How will US allies like South Korea - chipmakers in their own right - react? Can democracies really decouple from a China that's still the world’s factory?
Why fighter jets? Ukraine lobbies for air power ahead of counter-offensive
There's still no direct confrontation, but 15 months on, ratcheted-up support for Ukraine has morphed into an East-versus-West test of battle readiness that's brought the two sides closer to active combat than at arguably any time since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.