- The Knicks, the soul of New York, are NBA champions after more than half a century of waiting
on June 14, 2026After a long period of anticipation and frustration, New York, where basketball is so much more than just a sport, finally celebrates, following its 94-90 triumph on Saturday in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against Victor Wembanyama's Spurs.
- Emerging markets rise driven by the AI boom
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- Netanyahu Pushes Congress to Adopt a New Structure for US Military Aid to Israel
by Michael Arria on June 13, 2026 at 11:39 pmAs opposition to Israel grows, the system would make US aid less transparent and more deeply embedded in supply chains.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
CDT Chinese recently highlighted an exchange with ByteDance’s AI chatbot Doubao which illustrated the annual spike in online censorship surrounding the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown, and the newer phenomenon of high political guardrails around Chinese AI output: What does [the English phrase] "it’s [...]
Hostile foreign forces have long been accused of fomenting unrest and other ills in China. The Ministry of State Security sparked widespread ridicule recently with its claim that external influence has been fomenting slackerism among the country’s youth. After authorities in Fujian punished nearly two [...]
Ahead of the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth crackdown, CDT Chinese editors compiled a number of related terms subject to search censorship across various Chinese online platforms. The terms, detected by a Citizen Lab tracking system, are just a few examples of the long-evolving [...]
In April, a former contributor to the Beijing Normal University student media outlet 京师学人 (Jīngshī Xuérén, "Capital Scholar") noted that its WeChat public account had been deregistered. Although updates had halted in 2023, the account and its content—more than 600 existing articles—had remained online, and [...]
Chinese social media and financial news apps are abuzz over new policies restricting the use of “cross-border” brokerage apps and Hong Kong brokerage accounts by mainland retail investors, and prohibiting overseas travel by some key employees of domestic AI firms. The dual restrictions were widely [...]
Translations: On the Coal Mine Explosion in Liushenyu, Shanxi, That Killed 82 Miners and Injured 128
Public anger and attendant online censorship are running high after a May 22 gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province killed at least 82 miners and injured 128 others. While the cause of the accident remains under investigation by a team assembled by [...]
During the recent back-to-back Sino-American and Sino-Russian summits, there was a fair amount of online censorship of sensitive-word combinations, much of it “soft censorship” aimed at controlling online discourse by limiting search results to Chinese government websites and state-media outlets. This, and a lack of [...]
Even as Xi Jinping basked in the international media spotlight surrounding successive state visits by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, one domestic meme painted his position as more precarious. A video posted earlier this month to Douyin, TikTok’s Chinese counterpart, offered this scenario: If you [...]
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The strikes come as Iran's foreign minister says a deal to end fighting with the US is close. [...]
Iran says it responded to US strikes by targeting American assets in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, which reported damage to its capital city overnight. [...]
The US military had attacked the Palau-flagged tanker on Wednesday after accusing it of not complying with directions. [...]
The US vice-president says the Israeli leader "aggressively asserts" his country's interests, but they do not always align with those of the US. [...]
Nine of them were killed in a series of attacks in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon's state news agency. [...]
President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond. [...]
The US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war. [...]
Iran warned Israel on Monday that it could resume hostilities if attacks on its Lebanese ally Hezbollah do not stop. [...]
He promised Israelis “total victory” but has fallen short on three fronts. [...]
With or without a deal, the Iran war looms large over the three-day leaders’ summit. [...]
Xenophobia in Africa’s southernmost nation will have vast implications. [...]
Would even extraterrestrials inspire humanity to unite these days? [...]
A new censorship law restricts what Russians were ever allowed to have sung, written, or published. [...]
Test yourself on the week of June 6: Peru’s presidential race heads for a photo finish, Xi Jinping visits North Korea, and the World Cup kicks off. [...]
The president’s turn to imperial civilizationalism is destroying what it claims to defend. [...]
A new book shows the uses and limits of microhistories in understanding the past. [...]
[allAfrica] Three years into Sudan's civil war, the world has largely looked away. Not because the suffering has diminished. Not because peace is near. Not because the humanitarian catastrophe has been solved. The world has simply moved on. [...]
[allAfrica] Growing up, all I ever wanted was to work underwater as a marine conservationist. But it wasn't until my first job in Mombasa - waiting under baobab trees for fishers to return so I could measure their catch - that I realized the ocean [...]
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has urged graduates of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Senior Command and Staff Course to cultivate courage, sound judgment and a clear sense of purpose as essential qualities for leadership in an increasingly complex security environment. [...]
[New Era] Namibian entrepreneurs who rely on the popular 'order with me' model say xenophobic attacks in South Africa are threatening their livelihoods, forcing some to halt trips to the neighbouring country over safety concerns. [...]
[SAnews.gov.za] The eThekwini Municipality has advised the public of road closures ahead of the 99th Comrades Marathon on Sunday. [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has dismissed reports that Kuwait has imposed a new ban on Kenyan workers, clarifying that recent changes announced by Kuwaiti authorities do not amount to fresh restrictions on the recruitment of Kenyans. [...]
[IPS] Bonn -- Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it faces some of the world's most severe climate-related health impacts. Several realities define the continent's climate and health landscape - increased infectious diseases, air pollution, death, disruption and pressure on health [...]
[RFI] Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an online campaign to tackle growing mistrust surrounding a deadly Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) says misinformation is hampering efforts to contain the haemorrhagic fever, which broke out in the eastern province of [...]