Will AI Change North Korea’s Nuclear Calculus?

The president plans to also discuss the war against Iran, but is not expected to bring up Russia’s war in Ukraine or the scandal that has engulfed Jensen Huang.

Voters began casting their ballots on Saturday morning to decide who will govern the southern Malaysian state of Melaka over the next five years, with the odds stacked against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition in its third electoral battle with federal partner Umno in four months. Malaysia’s election commission expects 70 per cent of the nearly 690,000 eligible voters to cast their ballots at the close of voting, after two weeks of campaigning that saw PH pull...

Outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in Manila earlier this year, five people were arrested as hundreds of activists chanting “Junk Pax Silica!” clashed with anti-riot police. Inside, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr hobnobbed with some 600 investors, industry leaders and officials at a US-sponsored forum, urging them to sink their money into the US-led scheme. The Philippines is planning to build a sprawling 1,620-hectare (4,000-acre) “Pax Silica” technology hub near a former American...

The revelations surrounding Jensen Huang, who resigned from Nvidia over extramarital affairs, inspired social media posts using the very technology his company helped develop.

The narrative of easing trade tensions doesn’t tell us who reaps the benefits of these developments at the company level.

Fewer people are making it out of North Korea. That allows Kim Jong Un to exert more control over his country’s image abroad.

The ex-Nvidia C.E.O. was a bridge between companies and governments. His exit will reverberate, especially in China where it could accelerate a self-reliance drive.

Seoul would be an attractive addition to several different international groupings – but joining one could mean locking South Korea out of others.

Tensions will flare up when cherished social institutions need to change to accommodate nonnegotiable religious needs. But they must start, even if it is only with a hijab or a burial.

No matter how strange and exaggerated NATO finds the Chinese perspective on the alliance, the organization should consider addressing Beijing’s concerns.

Tokyo has every right to defend its own trade networks. But it has no right to dress up its domestic fossil fuel strategy as a regional partnership for decarbonization and energy security.