US banks on bunker-busting Tomahawks to crack China’s missile wall#Block1 #ChinaAirDefense #Military #Raytheon #Taiwanwar #TomahawkMissiles #USMissiles #USNavy

India’s ‘Goldilocks’ year curdles on weak rupee, Chinese inputs#Block1 #India #MakeinIndia #NarendraModi #ReserveBankofIndia #RupeeDepreciation #SanjayMalhotra #SouthAsia

US turning B-52 bomber into long-range China ship killer#B2ASpirit #B52bomber #B52StratofortressFleet #Block1 #JASSM #Military #USNavy #USChinaWar

FCC product testing ban deepens US-China tech decoupling#Block1 #China #electronicdevices #Huawei #UnitedStates #USFederalCommunicationsCommission #USChina #USChinadecoupling #ZTE

Moving B-1 bombers from UK to US is no drone warfare solution#B1Bombers #Block1 #dronewarfare #FairfieldAirbase #FairfieldB1Withdrawal #IranDrones #IranWar #Military #ShahedDrones #UKAirBase #UKAirForce #Ukrainewar #USAirForce

EU weighs safeguard tariffs as China refuses hybrid car limits#Block1 #BYD #China #DonaldTrump #ElectricVehicles #EUtariffs #EuropeanUnion #hybridEVs #Japan #PHEVs #Tariffs #UnitedStates

Bit by bit, the Taliban is losing control of Afghanistan#Afghanistan #AfghanistanCivilWar #AfghanistanFreedomFront #Block1 #NationalResistanceFront #SamiSadat #SouthAsia #Taliban #TalibanAmnesty #UnitedNations

When Asia’s central banks turn bond vigilante on Trump#AIDebt #BankofJapan #Block1 #BondVigilantes #Finance #JapanInterestRates #PeoplesBankofChina #RayDalio #SanaeTakaichi #ScottBessent #USTreasuryyields

China buys time for its young scientists as US rations it#AIResearchers #Block1 #ChinaCensorship #ChinaScientificResearch #USScientificResearch #USChina #USChinaRivarly

US backs major offensive as Yemen slides back toward all-out war#Block1 #Houthis #MiddleEast #SaudiAramco #SaudiYemenwar2026 #USSaudiArabia #Yemen

New F-16s buy Taiwan time and space against China’s air coercion#Block1 #ChinaInvasionofTaiwan #LockheedMartin #Military #TaiwanAirPower #TaiwanF16s #TaiwanF35s #Taiwanwar

Why China is missing the big AI rally#AIBoom #Block1 #China #ChinaAI #ChinaDeflation #ChinaEconomy #ChinaPropertyCrisis #Chinastimulus #ChinaStockMarkets #Chinatechcrackdown #ChinaTechStocks #CSI300Index #XiJinping #YuanAppreciation

US bans Chinese data center gear as Beijing grounds its AI talent#artificialintelligence #Block1 #China #Chipswars #datacenters #DonaldTrump #Legrand #MoonshotAI #OpenAI #Technology #TESGroup #UnitedStates #USChinatechwar #XiJinping

Leaving Iraq while bombing Iran#Block1 #ErbilAirBase #IranWar #IraqWar #MiddleEast #USAntiISISTaskForce #USIraqWithdrawal

Bond markets aren’t buying the inflation-is-tamed fairy tale#Block1 #BondVigilantes #Finance #GlobalDebtMarkets #IranWar #KevinWarsh #Oilshock #TIPSMarket #TreasuryInflationProtectedSecurities #USFederalReserve #USnationaldebt #USRateHike #USTreasuryyields

Baptism of Houthi fire for Mecca mutual defense pact#BabelMandebStrait #Block1 #EastWestPipeline #Houthis #IranWar #Meccaalliance #MeccaDefensePact #MiddleEast #MuslimNATO #Pakistan #SaudiArabia #TheConversation #Turkey #YemenCivilWar

Volkswagen-Gotion deal shows hard limits of China de-risking#Block1 #Business #ChinaEVs #ChinaEuropeRelations #EVbatteries #EVSupplyChains #GotionHightech #LFPBatteryProduction #PowerCo #Volkswagen

US challenges China on secret nuclear tests as arms race looms#Block1 #ChinaNuclearTests #ComprehensiveNuclearTestBanTreaty #LawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory #NewSTARTTreaty #USChina #USChinaNuclearRivalry

Bond vigilantes on a savage hunt as global yields run wild#BankofJapan #Block1 #BondVigilantes #ChinaInterestRates #Finance #JapaneseGovernmentBonds #PeoplesBankofChina #PlazaAccord #ScottBessent #StrongDollar #StrongYuan #TrumpXisummit #USBondYields #USnationaldebt #weakyen

Xi backs AI safety with Trump, draws Taiwan line, urges Iran talks#AiGovernance #artificialintelligence #Block1 #China #DonaldTrump #HeLifeng #Iran #ScottBessent #taiwan #Tariffs #tradetruce #UnitedStates #USChina #XiJinping