Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as "industrial refrigeration units" to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions. The shipments have allowed Russian weapons-maker IEMZ Kupol to

Judges from the Fifth Criminal Section of 🇮🇹 Milan Court of Appeal have rejected the request for house arrest with an electronic bracelet for 🇨🇳 Xu Zewei (徐泽伟), the 🇨🇳 hacker arrested at Malpensa Airport on July 3 on a US warrant on charges of espionage. The defense, led by

Journalists from Jeune Afrique infiltrated a private Telegram channel run by the Russian Wagner Group, revealing hundreds of videos & photos of executions, rape, torture, mutilations & executions that were filmed and shared by the perpetrators themselves. jeuneafrique.com/1699621/politi…

Humans and Neanderthals are virtually identical at the genetic level. Scientists are probing the differences to understand why we are here, and they aren’t. wapo.st/4l86XLV

America might have the biggest private-equity market, but Japan has the hottest. It is benefiting from the retreat from China econ.st/40RUDrX Illustration: Satoshi Kambayashi

Meet Mogami ⚓🇯🇵 Japan’s upgraded Mogami-class frigate has been selected as the preferred platform for the Royal Australian Navy’s general purpose frigates. Defence will now enter into the next stage of the procurement process with MHI and Japan. The upgraded Mogami can be

The departing chief of the Forces Armées believes that Europe cannot emulate America’s “industrial and mechanical” approach to war, and will instead have to do more with less economist.com/europe/2025/07…

An FT investigation has found that an Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce components with civil applications that could have potential use in nuclear weapons research on.ft.com/3UdEMjL

在 #中國大陸 的 #網絡生態 中，暗地流傳一批涉及虐待、虐殺動物的影片。這些影片並非虛構，這意味着揭開虛擬空間後，有一個社群在現實生活中享受、沉溺於虐待動物的行為，甚至將對人的惡意投射和轉嫁到動物身上。端傳媒走近 #虐貓

台積電爆重大內鬼案！2奈米洩密風暴　日媒：已開除多名涉案員工 setn.com/News.aspx?News… 台灣須提高警覺！台積電驚爆內部洩密！日經披露台積電數名前員工涉嫌在職期間違規盜取2奈米先進製程核心機密，已遭公司火速開除並啟動司法程序。高檢署也已證實介入調查，目前已羈押兩名離職與一名現職員工

Three people, including current and former employees of chip maker TSMC, were detained on suspicion of illegally obtaining trade secrets, according to Taiwanese prosecutors on.wsj.com/4m7tmdQ

McKinsey has long regarded itself as operating in a league of its own. Yet recently it has found itself in the doldrums. How did the illustrious consultancy, which turns 100 next year, lose its edge? econ.st/4m3tnzm Illustration: Stephan Dybus

Ukraine's European allies are lining up to take advantage of a new NATO program to pay the US for weapons that can be sent to Ukraine to fight off Russia. ow.ly/zATA50WA2LP

⚡ The Ukrainian Naftogaz Group to enforce a $5 billion arbitration award against Russia over the illegal seizure of the company’s assets in Crimea. united24media.com/latest-news/vi…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has asked key defense and transport companies to come up with a plan on how to spend the money they’re about to receive as part of Europe’s push to ramp up its military capabilities bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The European Commission is investigating a series of unusual flights from Belarus to Libya amid concern that Russia may be helping to drive a new wave of irregular migration to Europe. Between Jan & June, over 27,000 migrants arrived in Italy from Libya euractiv.com/section/politi…

OpenAI is still raising a $40bn investment that priced it at $300bn. But ChatGPT's maker is already discussing a valuation of almost double that, enough to make it outstrip Elon Musk’s $400bn SpaceX to become the world’s most valuable private tech group. on.ft.com/3J1Obsm

Ukrainian artist Kateryna Bilokur lived her whole life in a village without a passport. Her "ticket out" could've been a portrait of Stalin. But she said no and stuck to her guns 👇 🧵 (1/10)

Apple's expanded $600bn spending commitment will be announced later on Wednesday, including a new "American manufacturing programme" to produce more of its devices and components in the US, White House officials said. on.ft.com/47hvM4M

Apple is expanding our US commitment to $600 billion over the next four years. And our new American Manufacturing Program will bring even more jobs and advanced manufacturing to the US.