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South Korea and China have designated each other as their first summit counterparts of 2026. Media outlets in both countries have interpreted the meeting as a foregone conclusion that the decade-long ...
China’s decision to upgrade the J-20 with advanced radar, engines and AI signals a shift from platform competition to system-level air warfare as it prepares for a Taiwan contingency. This month...
It’s a new year, so I’ve decided to change how I name these roundup posts. I’m retiring the name “At least five interesting things”, which is cumbersome and felt a little repetitive. Instead I’ll just...
Donald Trump is clearly in a hurry to dominate the political narrative in his second term of office. He began 2026 with strikes in Syria against Islamic State groups, the kidnapping of Venezuelan pres...
When Iran’s ongoing protests began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on December 28, 2025, the government initially treated them as manageable and temporary. Bazaar merchants have historically been among the m...
It has been more than three years since China’s Xi Jinping told Canada’s Justin Trudeau to “create the conditions first” before the two countries could work together constructively during their awkwar...
China’s trade surplus surged to a record in 2025, even as United States President Donald Trump launched a new round of tariff wars against the country last April. China’s total export...
As the future becomes more unpredictable, we speak to 20-somethings about the lack of control they feel in their lives and the ways it has altered their dreams – for better or worse
For something so anti-aesthetic, the passport picture has become romanticised – a sign of beauty at its most bureaucratic
The erotic drama, which follows the heady relationship between two closeted hockey players, has catalysed new discussions about queerbaiting and the fetishisation of gay men
From UK Ug figurehead YT to rising singer-songwriter svn4vr, some of the UK underground’s hottest names are placing Christianity at their centre of their music
The insidious ubiquity of application fees, a bill to fund the arts advances to the Senate, and a sexual history of the internet.
Visual artists Edra Soto and Eric-Paul Riege are among the recipients of this year’s unrestricted award.
Interdisciplinary, online, and connected to New York’s art ecosystem. Applications are due on January 15.
This week, we honor a painter of Colombian national memory, a founder of Art Informel, and an Italian conceptual photographer.
Although many of her earthworks have been erased by time, the late Cuban-American artist’s interventions attest to her continued presence, etched into the land.
Sculptor Mehdi Salahshour and filmmaker Javad Ganji are among the members of Iran’s creative community reportedly killed during anti-government protests.
The exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora moves between history and futurity without settling on a singular narrative of the universe, instead prompting reflection.
Curator Natasha Boas described the news as “another massive shock in a series of cultural shocks” for San Francisco’s arts community.
The same government that has held Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza must revoke its culture minister’s decision to axe the Venice Biennale performance.