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Thursday, April 3, 2025

China Mobile’s booth at the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain (Eric Alonso/Getty Images)

China’s AI infrastructure will expand but risks remain

China has ramped up AI infrastructure investment as it competes with the United States for global AI leadership

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen (Tom Nicholson/Getty Images)

Ban on France's Le Pen may harm, not help, her party

Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for political office with immediate effect

Ban on France's Le Pen may harm, not help, her party

France

New cybersecurity rules will mandate quantum readiness

International

Syria's economic woes are unlikely to subside soon

Syria

African states' share in mining sector will grow

Africa

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President Xi Jinping (left) and Premier Li Qiang (right) at the opening session of the National People’s Congress (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China will store fiscal firepower against tariffs

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

India will count on reforms to help spur growth

US President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Ukraine and Europe face US withdrawal from Ukraine war

Artisanal gold mine in Senegal (John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images)

Western investments in West Africa mining face risks

Attorney General Pam Bondi returns to the West Wing after being interviewed in the White House grounds, Washington DC, February 12, 2025 (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

US moves to dismantle DEI will target private sector

A view of a Google data centre in Santiago, Chile (Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images)

AI boom will have mixed impact on energy transition

President Lula da Silva speaking at the launch of the Global Alliance (PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP/Getty Images)

Brasilia will seek to advance Global Alliance

Trucks at a border crossing between Bulgaria and Romania (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images)

Europe’s Schengen principles are under threat

Displaced Palestinians returning to northern Gaza after the ceasefire took effect on January 19, 2025 (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images)

Sustaining the Israel-Hamas truce may prove difficult

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