Mbappé sorry for ‘ill-judged’ Mao remark after backlash in China
The France star had referred to the former Chinese leader as a "dictator" during an interview about memes.
Memes, Mao and Mbappé: Chinese brands drop soccer star in fury over ‘dictator’ joke
He’s one of the world’s most popular athletes, but Kylian Mbappé is suddenly paying the penalty for being on the wrong side of China’s fervent nationalism.
Mao, memes and Mbappé: Chinese brands drop soccer star in fury over ‘dictator’ joke
He’s one of the world’s most popular athletes, but Kylian Mbappé is suddenly paying the penalty for being on the wrong side of China’s fervent nationalism.
China’s big political meeting could see Xi ‘tighten discipline’ in Party
The highly secretive four-day Plenum starts Monday in Beijing.
As Trump’s time runs out, this could be his most dangerous legacy: a world divided into three | Steve Bloomfield
We’ve heard much about the end of the west. At the proposed summit between Trump, Putin and Xi, those fears could crystalliseIn the final two years of a US presidency, when Congress has been lost, approval ratings have sunk like a stone and their party…
Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campusesThe US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US…
Skye Blakely caps remarkable injury comeback with world gymnastics all-around title
American, 21, wins world all-around title in RotterdamBlakely ruptured Achilles before 2024 Olympic trialsFirst US champion since Simone Biles three years agoSkye Blakely completed a sensational comeback from a ruptured achilles tendon to win the women’s…
Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot
If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor However grim the trajectory might seem, I’ve always believed that sense will ultimately prevail. As the…
US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies
Use of tools ‘may result in the transfer of sensitive data to (China)’, defense department saysThe US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, as the countries race for…
US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.