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Russia issued a formal warning to foreign diplomatic missions in Kyiv to evacuate staff ahead of threatened retaliatory strikes if Ukraine disrupts the Victory Day parade on May 9. Both sides accuse each other of violating the unilateral truces they each declared, amid a dual military and rhetorical escalation.
Zelensky declares a unilateral ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9. Russia violates it 1,820 times, strikes a kindergarten in Sumy killing two, and Kyiv threatens a mirror response during Moscow's parade.
Tokyo authorizes the sale of warships, missiles, and combat drones to 17 countries -- Beijing denounces 'militarism,' the Philippines applaud.
Twenty-one hours of negotiations yielded nothing — the US-Iran ceasefire agreement unravels and Trump orders the US Navy to block the world's most strategically critical maritime passage.
Vance lands in Islamabad as China secretly ships air defense systems to Tehran, Iran loses track of its own mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump announces there is no Plan B.
Within 48 hours, Beijing hosts Taiwan's opposition leader and sends its top diplomat to Pyongyang — a dual offensive that reshapes Asia's strategic landscape.
Wall Street is on fire, Brent crude crashes below $91, but Tehran wants payment for Strait of Hormuz passage — and Trump responds with 50% tariffs on Iran's arms suppliers.
One month after the Strait of Hormuz closure, the oil crisis is no longer measured in barrels but in kilos of rice, bottles of LPG, and canceled tricycle trips.
India consolidates its semiconductor self-reliance strategy with 10 approved plants totaling $18.3 billion in investments. The HCL-Foxconn joint venture in Uttar Pradesh, inaugurated by Modi, targets 36 million chips per month by 2028. S&P raises India's FY27 growth forecast to 7.1%, driven by the China Plus One strategy attracting global supply chains.
The 2026 Zhongguancun Forum brings together over 1,000 participants from 100 countries in Beijing under the theme 'Full Integration Between Technological and Industrial Innovation.' China showcases its ambitions in 6G, brain-computer interfaces, intelligent robots and AI, targeting 10 trillion yuan in AI-related industries by 2030. A strong signal in the global technology race.
The Zhongguancun Forum opens in Beijing from March 25-29 under the theme of integration between technological and industrial innovation. China showcases its advances in AI, humanoid robots, brain-computer interfaces and 6G, asserting its ambition to dominate tomorrow's technologies.
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