$6.6 Trillion in Local Debt Becomes Beijing’s Economic Time Bomb Central Government Takes Direct Control of Local Bond Issuance Stimulus Capacity Secured, but Long-Term Stagnation Persists As China’s mounting local government debt emerges as

Surging Chinese arrivals push annual visitor count toward 20 million Shift from group tours to independent travelers redirects spending to road shops Popularity of K-content fuels rise in long-term stays among foreign tourists

Electricity rates in New Jersey rise 19% year-on-year Power bills soar in neighborhoods near data centers Aging transmission networks add to the burden Electricity costs across the United States are climbing steeply.

Growth Rate Doubles Rivals at 15% Outpacing All Global OTT Competitors in Revenue and Growth Consolidating Market Power as Domestic OTT Platforms Sink Deeper into Losses Photo=NETFLIX Netflix h

Trump and Xi Hold First Talks in 6 Years and 4 Months China to Ease Rare Earth Export Curbs, U.S. to Halve Fentanyl Tariffs Most Measures Are One-Year Deferrals, Leaving Risks of Renewed Tensions U.S.

Revival Drive for Japan’s Once-Collapsed Shipbuilding Industry 2035 Shipbuilding Target Set at 18 Million Tons ‘Shipbuilding Revival Plan’ Accelerates: LNG Carriers and Workforce Development Imabari Shipyard in Japan/Photo=

Ruling Party Overtakes Opposition in Reversal of Polls Trump Promises $40 Billion Currency Swap “Support Will Be Withdrawn If Milei Loses,” He Warns Argentine President Javier Milei celebrates after confirming vict

Stock Downturn After LG Energy Solution Spin-Off Sluggish Petrochemical Sector and Loss of Growth Drivers Two-Front Battle to Restore Shareholder Value LG Chemical plant overview/Photo=LG Chemical

Push to Foster Advanced Manufacturing Industries Rising Importance of Industrial Innovation After the Trade War Accelerated Drive for Technological Self-Reliance Amid U.S.

Domestic M&A Deals Plummet as Billion-Dollar Transactions Vanish Sellers Hold Out for Higher Prices While Buyers Balk Major Deals Including HPSP and CJ Bio Fall Through South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions (M&

Wall Street Warns of Market Correction in AI Investment Boom JP Morgan CEO: “AI Stocks Already in Bubble Territory” Massive Capital Concentrated in OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI A growing sense of unease is rippling through global financial ma

Banks That Extended Credit Now Shoulder Losses Shares of Zions and Western Alliance Plunge Fears of a Repeat of 2023 Bank Failures Concerns are mounting that a wave of bankruptcies among U.S.

Expansion of Low-Cost Plans in Emerging Markets $11 Billion in Accumulated Losses User Attrition Sparks Defensive Moves OpenAI has launched a new low-cost subscription plan priced at $5 per month in emerging markets—an experiment aimed o

Hidden Malware in Decentralized and Public Blockchains Developers Tricked into Installing “Malicious Commands” In February, 400,000 Ethereum Stolen from Bybit Evidence has emerged indicating that North Korean hacker groups attempted t

OpenAI and Grok’s Expansion into Adult Content Paid Model Aimed at Maximizing Revenue Altman: “We Are Not the Moral Police” Following xAI’s Grok, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has also begun allowing sexually explicit content for adults, marking a striking s

China to Restrict Exports of Key Battery Materials Industry Says “Not a New Risk” as Supply Chains Diversify Post-IRA Korean Battery Makers Eye Possible Gains in U.S.

Fiscal Addiction Triggers Nationwide Protests Citizens Oppose Austerity Despite Soaring Deficits Public Unites Behind Wealth Tax on the Super-Rich French society is once again ablaze with an age-old debate over taxing the rich, afte

American Consumers Hit Hard by Trump Tariffs, Bearing 55% of Costs Consumer Prices Rising for Six Consecutive Months Since Tariffs Took Effect Tariffs Weigh on Exporters and U.S.

Trump’s Message of “Respect for Xi” Amid Rising Tensions China’s Rare Earth Offensive Targets America’s Achilles’ Heel Tariff Truce Under Strain as Strategic Power Struggle Reignites U.S.

Senate Rejects Stopgap Bill, First Shutdown in Seven Years Partisan Stalemate over Obamacare Subsidy Extension Trump Blames Democrats, Warns of Federal Workforce Cuts The U.S.