Mining the abyss: A dangerous gamble?
What makes the prospect of deep-sea mining especially alarming is how little we know about the environments poised to be disturbed...
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Bonds power Macao’s growth story
By 2024, the total value of publicly offered and listed bonds in Macao reached about $100 billion...
Trump’s Malaysia visit: US pulls off trade, rare earth deals with Southeast Asian nations
Under the separate deals signed with Thailand and Malaysia, the Trump administration will seek cooperation to diversify critical minerals supply chains...
Trump’s Bitcoin dream collides with tariff reality
Even without tariffs, Bitcoin mining is a brutally competitive, low-margin business, and that has only intensified in 2025...
Is Laos falling into China’s debt trap?
Laos' sovereign debt crisis dates back to the early 2000s, when public debt exceeded 140% of GDP...
IF Insights: Why are luxury EVs struggling to find buyers?
To make EVs truly mainstream, automakers must shift from building boutique electric marvels to producing affordable, mass-market vehicles...
GPS jamming: A growing threat to aviation safety
GPS satellites may be placed in additional orbits, and more powerful signals could be released in the future...
China’s EV surge shakes the world
BYD often sells its cars for much more in Europe than in China, sometimes double the price, but even those export prices are highly competitive...
UK seeks new chapter in China ties
British businesses are drawn to China because it represents a vast and promising customer base...
Silicon supremacy: Economic impact of AI chip wars
Chips have become the new oil, with control over them reshaping the global balance of power in the 21st century...