Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free AsiaApril 22, 2026
Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free AsiaApril 21, 2026
Regeneron signs drug pricing deal with Trump, will offer hearing loss treatment for freeApril 23, 2026
Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)April 24, 2026
EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)April 24, 2026
Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)April 24, 2026
Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)April 24, 2026
Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)April 23, 2026
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Vietnamese monk weighs the risk of crossing myanmar on India JourneyBy Frank M. EverettFebruary 21, 2025 Nong bua, Thailand – resting after a long day of walking barefoot through the Thai countryside, the Vietnamese monk Thich…