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  • China’s cheap AI designed to hook the world on its tech
    on March 2, 2026

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is at a very Chinese time in its life. Recent moves from Chinese AI labs are throwing the dominance of American “frontier labs” such as Google and OpenAI into question. Last week ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, released an AI video-generating tool called Seedance 2.0 which produces high-quality film-like clips from text The post China’s cheap AI designed to hook the world on its tech appeared first on Asia Times.

  • A strike is not a strategy — Iran will prove it
    on March 2, 2026

    In certain quarters of Washington, one imagines the corks popping. The news flashes across screens: a coordinated American and Israeli strike has killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with senior commanders. The president posts a triumphant video in the small hours of the morning, urging the Iranian people to seize their moment. Commentators The post A strike is not a strategy — Iran will prove it appeared first on Asia Times.

  • Killing Khamenei was easy — toppling Iran’s regime is not
    on March 2, 2026

    The latest Israeli and US war on Iran began with strategic airstrikes on the home and offices of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was reportedly meeting with advisors at the time and has been confirmed dead from the surprise attack. The apparent US-Israeli assumption behind the targeted strikes was that Khamenei’s sudden removal would fatally The post Killing Khamenei was easy — toppling Iran’s regime is not appeared first on Asia Times.

  • The day America lost the Middle East
    on March 2, 2026

    For years, the hawks in Washington and Jerusalem insisted that military force against Iran was not only inevitable but manageable — a clean, decisive strike that would set back Tehran’s nuclear program, chasten the mullahs and demonstrate that American deterrence still meant something in a multipolar world. Well, the bombs have fallen. And those of The post The day America lost the Middle East appeared first on Asia Times.

  • RUSSIA: Revocation of citizenship after extremism convictions "gaining momentum"
    on March 2, 2026

    Interior Ministry authorities are revoking the Russian citizenship of an increasing number of Jehovah's Witnesses as a direct result of these individuals' convictions for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief. At least 12 people who gained citizenship by naturalisation have lost it after being found guilty of "continuing the activities" of Jehovah's Witnesses' organisations after the nationwide ban on th

  • KAZAKHSTAN: Orthodox priest's 2-month pre-trial detention on "fabricated" charges
    on March 2, 2026

    Fr Yakov Vorontsov – a 40-year-old independent Orthodox priest in the southern city of Almaty – completed a 10-day jail term on 23 February on drugs charges that he and his supporters reject. Instead of being released, officials took him to the police station for questioning as a "suspect" on alleged criminal charges of running a drugs den. On 25 February, a judge ordered him held in pre-trial detention for two months, no

  • India to host Afghanistan for one Test, three ODIs in June
    on March 2, 2026

    New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Afghanistan men's cricket team will tour India for a Test and three One-Day International (ODI) against the Men in Blue from June 6 to June 20, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.In a media release, the BCCI released the itinerary for the Afghanistan men's team tour of India.The one-off India vs Afghanistan Test is scheduled in New Chandi

  • Afghanistan strikes key military bases in Pakistan, including Nur Khan Airbase
    on March 2, 2026

    Kabul [Afghanistan], March 3 (ANI): Amid escalated cross-border tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Ministry of National Defense of the Islamic Emirate stated that it had carried out airstrikes on major military installations in Pakistan, including the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, describing the action as a response to Pakistani air raids on Afghan territory.In a post on X, the Ministry of National

 

 

 

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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. [...]

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Building-Products Distributor QXO Launches Hostile Bid for Beacon

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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for January 2026, Part Two
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for January 2026, Part Two

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin [...]

Photo: Somewhere, China, by Lei Han
Photo: Somewhere, China, by Lei Han

Somewhere, China, by Lei Han (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]

Translation: Why Was My Positive Energy Post on Heating Costs in Hebei Censored?

This winter, a heating crisis struck rural Hebei after provincial authorities banned domestic coal-burning and then rolled back subsidies for natural gas, leaving many residents facing prohibitively expensive bills. Much of the censored content archived by CDT in January focused on this issue. Deleted commentary [...]

Translation: After China’s Spring Festival Gala, “The Humans Are Worse Off Than The Robots”

Responses on Chinese social media to state broadcaster CCTV’s annual Spring Festival Gala last week were less than uniformly rapturous. A deleted post from WeChat public account Selling Apricot Blossoms described the broadcast as a brain-pulverizing ideological blender, and encouraged others to ignore it rather [...]

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for January 2026, Part One

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin [...]

Photo: It’s the year of HORSE., by QuantFoto
Photo: It’s the year of HORSE., by QuantFoto

It’s the year of HORSE., by QuantFoto (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) [...]

Translation: Are the Spring-Festival Gala Haters Gluttons for Punishment?

The annual Spring Festival Gala aired on China’s state broadcaster CCTV this week, prompting wonder and worry at its display of kung fu-performing robots, and the traditional yearly storm of grumbling on Chinese social media. When CCTV reminded viewers that the show was under copyright, [...]

Translations: “A Forest Needs Woodpeckers, Not Just Magpies” – Tributes to Pair of Detained Reporters, Now Released on Bail

Investigative journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao were released on bail on Saturday, two weeks after they were detained across provincial borders in apparent connection with their recent report on corruption by local officials in Chengdu. The case against them remains open, however, and Chengdu [...]

Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million years ago. Named “geraisites” after Minas Gerais, where they were first found, these dark, [...]

Scientists just created chocolate honey packed with surprising health perks

Scientists in Brazil have transformed cocoa waste into a functional chocolate-infused honey packed with antioxidants and natural stimulants. Using ultrasound waves, they enhanced honey’s ability to pull beneficial compounds from cocoa shells—no synthetic solvents required. The process is considered green and sustainable, and the product [...]

Beyond amyloid plaques: AI reveals hidden chemical changes across the Alzheimer’s brain

Scientists at Rice University have produced the first full, dye-free molecular atlas of an Alzheimer’s brain. By combining laser-based imaging with machine learning, they uncovered chemical changes that spread unevenly across the brain and extend beyond amyloid plaques. Key memory regions showed major shifts in [...]

Is bubble tea bad for you? New research raises red flags

That photogenic cup of bubble tea may come with hidden downsides. Tapioca pearls made from cassava can absorb heavy metals like lead, and in large amounts they may slow digestion or even cause blockages. The drink is often loaded with sugar—sometimes more than soda—raising risks [...]

New iron nanomaterial wipes out cancer cells without harming healthy tissue

Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique chemistry—its acidity and high hydrogen peroxide levels—the tiny iron-based structure sparks not one but two intense [...]

A faint cosmic hum could solve the Universe’s expansion mystery

Astronomers have long known the universe is expanding—but exactly how fast remains one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology. Different techniques for measuring the Hubble constant stubbornly disagree, creating the so-called “Hubble tension.” Now researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of [...]

For the first time, light mimics a Nobel Prize quantum effect

Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. In their experiment, photons drift sideways in perfectly defined, quantized steps—just like electrons do in powerful magnetic fields. Because these steps depend only on nature’s [...]

Jupiter’s moons may have formed with the ingredients for life

Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international team of scientists modeled how complex organic molecules—essential building blocks for biology—could have formed in the swirling disk of gas and dust around the young Sun [...]

Iran's regime is still intact - the coming days will show if it can hold out
Iran's regime is still intact - the coming days will show if it can hold out

Iran's surviving leaders are in crisis mode, battling to project security as US and Israel strikes continue. [...]

Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks
Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks

Iran's attacks on Gulf Arab states suggest the Islamic Republic is targeting not just the US military but also civilian infrastructure. [...]

Nine dead in missile attack on Israel as Iran strikes region
Nine dead in missile attack on Israel as Iran strikes region

Several deaths are reported across the Middle East as Tehran retaliates for massive strikes by the US and Israel. [...]

Months of planning behind US-Israeli mission to target Iran's supreme leader
Months of planning behind US-Israeli mission to target Iran's supreme leader

A piece of crucial intelligence arrived just hours before the attack on a compound in central Tehran. [...]

At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says
At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says

Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is "not aware" of operations in the area. [...]

What we know so far about the US-Israel attacks and Iran's retaliation
What we know so far about the US-Israel attacks and Iran's retaliation

Iran responds by launching missiles and drones towards Israel and four Gulf Arab countries that host US military bases. [...]

Lyse Doucet: This is an extraordinary moment Iran has been preparing for
Lyse Doucet: This is an extraordinary moment Iran has been preparing for

The killing of the supreme leader will be a huge jolt to the Islamic Republic, which will try hard to show it has a plan in place. [...]

Bowen: A dangerous moment, but US and Israel see opportunity not to be missed
Bowen: A dangerous moment, but US and Israel see opportunity not to be missed

Israel and the US believe Iran's regime is vulnerable, dealing with an economic crisis and the aftermath of protests. [...]

Trump Addresses First U.S. Deaths in Iran War, Possibility of Talks
Trump Addresses First U.S. Deaths in Iran War, Possibility of Talks

The U.S. president said Tehran’s leaders want to talk even as they vowed revenge. [...]

Trump Made History. Now the Iranian People Can, Too.
Trump Made History. Now the Iranian People Can, Too.

Airstrikes on Iran have already made the Middle East safer. They may also make it freer. [...]

Death Comes to the Dictator
Death Comes to the Dictator

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei brought his country and regime to ruin. [...]

Trump Says Iranian Supreme Leader Is Dead 
Trump Says Iranian Supreme Leader Is Dead 

Iran has not confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death. [...]

Trump Is Betraying His Base By Waging War on Iran
Trump Is Betraying His Base By Waging War on Iran

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions. [...]

6 Questions About Operation Epic Fury
6 Questions About Operation Epic Fury

The United States and Israel have set a high bar for success in their war on Iran. [...]

World Leaders, U.S. Lawmakers React to U.S. Strikes on Iran
World Leaders, U.S. Lawmakers React to U.S. Strikes on Iran

Early views fell along ideological lines as the international community waits for damage reports. [...]

Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah’s Assassination
Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah’s Assassination

The U.S. and Israeli militaries are targeting Iran’s leaders—but that may only strengthen the state. [...]

Africa: When Tehran Burns, Africa Pays - Fuel, Geopolitics and the Cost of Living

[allAfrica] The latest strikes on Iran and the widening confrontation across the Middle East are not distant geopolitical theatre for Africa. They are economic tremors that travel directly to our fuel pumps, supermarket shelves and national budgets. [...]

Congo-Kinshasa: Mass Graves Found in Eastern DRC Following M23 Withdrawal From Uvira

[RFI] The Congolese authorities and civil society groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have reported the discovery of mass graves in an area recently vacated by M23 rebels. [...]

Nigeria: Nigeria Calls for Restraint, Dialogue As U.S./Israel War With Iran Continues

[Premium Times] The Nigerian government urged the warring parties to avoid actions that are likely to intensify hostilities. [...]

Africa: Statement By the Chairperson of the African Union Commission On Escalation of Conflict in the Middle East

[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf strongly condemns the missile and drone attacks carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the sovereign territories of Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and the Saudi Arabia. [...]

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Earns $288.48m From Horticulture Exports in 7 Months, Amid Sector Bottlenecks

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia has generated $288.48 million from the export of more than 160,000 tons of horticultural products during the first seven months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year, the Ministry of Agriculture announced, despite concerns raised by stakeholders over infrastructure gaps, [...]

Cameroon: Okali, a Musical Love Story Between France and Cameroon

[RFI] Musical duo Okali - Cameroonian singer Gaëlle Minali-Bella and French multi-instrumentalist Florent Sorin - released their debut EP this month, the result of years of experimentation in blending the sounds of their two countries, as they told RFI. [...]

Senegal: Mali Eyes Atlantic Access Through $800m Senegal River Corridor

[Daba Finance] Landlocked Mali could gain direct access to the Atlantic Ocean under an ambitious plan to transform the Senegal River into a major commercial shipping corridor linking Mali to Senegal's coast. [...]

Zimbabwe: 'All Systems Ready for 2026 Tobacco Marketing Season'

[263Chat] Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors will officially open to buyers on 4 March 2026, with authorities confirming that all farmers have received payments from last season's sales. [...]

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