• China's Ships Are Winning the Battle for Energy in South China Sea

    By Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg) — This was supposed to be the year that Vietnam reaped the benefits from one of its largest natural gas discoveries. An estimated 150 billion cubic meters

  • Why Cole Palmer's move from Manchester City to Chelsea was the rare win-win-win-win-win for all parties

    As City and Chelsea square off in the FA Cup quarterfinals Palmer has the

  • China Is Winning Big On Smaller EVs

    China Is Winning Big On Smaller EVs Smaller is betterat least in the world of building EVs for the Asian market. And while less scrupulous publications might take this opportunity to make stereotypical jokes about height, we'll do no such thing and instead will simply report that according to the IEA's Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2024, released Tuesday, China dominated the EV market in 2023. In fact, it made up 60% of global sales, according to a new report from Reuters. The...

  • Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability

    Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to Beijing this week in the latest round of high-level diplomacy between the U.S. and China. Since the U.S.–China relationship hit new lows in late 2022 and early 2023 — thanks to incidents like then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and a Chinese spy balloon’s visit to U.S. airspace — both sides have made a welcome effort to slow the slide toward crisis and conflict.This effort has focused on top leaders exchanging views through in-person...

  • Asia mostly higher amid data from Japan, China

    Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific traded mostly with gains on Tuesday following economic data from Japan and China. Japanese retail sales fell more than projected in March, while industrial production

  • China's Vision for Global Security: Implications for Southeast Asia

    China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) marks a new phase in Beijing’s ongoing push to change the international security order. Through the GSI, China seeks to establish itself as a counterbalance to U.S. influence and to reshape security management in a number of strategically important regions. The GSI is still in the early stages of implementation, but it has already demonstrated the potential to disrupt the existing security framework in Southeast Asia. This may lead to increased...

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    Gunslingers win in Big D, streak now reaches two

    The San Antonio Gunslingers will be back at Freeman Coliseum next Saturday night, May 4 at 6

  • Dodgers' winning streak ends when late rally fizzles Sunday

    After six consecutive wins this week, three empty at-bats doomed the Dodgers on Sunday. Despite trailing the Toronto Blue Jays by multiple runs for most of the afternoon at Rogers Centre — in a game the hosts got a big second-inning rally from their offense, a dominant start from right-hander Kevin Gausman and a bunch of dazzling plays defensively — the door to a Dodgers comeback opened in the top of the eighth inning. But, in the kind of squandered sequence the team had avoided during its...

  • Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game

    Girl of between 12 and 16 was making her first appearance at Evo Japan as contests previously finished past her bedtimeA girl scored a win at one of Japan’s top fighting video game contests, in a competitive puzzle game released before she was born.The girl, known as “Money Idol-chan” after the game she competed in, has grown up playing competitive video games. Since 2022, her parents have run Anegasaki Shooting Star, a tiny arcade on the east side of Tokyo Bay. Her name has not been released...

  • Hubbard posts 3rd win in a row; Rusnak impresses in circle

    Phoebe Rusnak pitched a complete game for Hubbard this evening against Rootstown.

  • Heavener, Hasting lead way as win streak continues for Pace

    Jayden Heavener is considered one of the top pitchers in the nation. She lived up to that reputation again Tuesday night, throwing her seventh no-hitter of the season as the Patriots blanked Navarre 13-0 in their final District 1-6A game of the season.

  • Mets' winning streak comes to an end with blowout loss to Dodgers

    LOS ANGELES — And on the seventh day, the Mets lost. Their six-game winning