12+ hour ago   (1762+ words) This was the week that AI safety hit the big time. A 27-year-old AI researcher named Jacob Coxon quit his job at Anthropic, declaring that OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to create technology that could destroy the human race: I…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1296+ words) Japan owes more relative to the size of its economy than any government on Earth at over 250% of GDP. For 30 years that didn’t matter, because Tokyo could borrow almost for free. Now the bill is arriving. Benchmark yields just hit…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (835+ words) Pharmaceutical geopolitics is usually mapped through factories. China’s vast pharmaceutical supply chain, India’s strength in low-cost generics and the concentration of patented drug discovery in richer economies have shaped that discussion for years. But that map is becoming incomplete. Two…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1400+ words) NEW YORK — The moment the US debt crossed US$40 trillion, it stopped being a number and became a gravitational force — one powerful enough to bend Asia’s bond markets, currencies and policy priorities. Officials in Tokyo know this better than anyone....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1109+ words) Footage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a Type 052D destroyer, marking a quiet but significant shift in the region’s naval balance. Until now, the YJ…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (896+ words) The US Navy’s new AIM-424 “Malice” missile could push carrier defense back into the outer air battle, where destroying the aircraft and networks enabling China’s long-range strikes may matter more than intercepting the missiles themselves. Announced at the August 2026 Tailhook…...