1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (555+ words) Iran's Alternative Trade Routes: With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, Iranian imports and exports are going through border crossings with Turkey and Pakistan, as well as a freight route to China via Central Asia. It is also using its Caspian…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (242+ words) A physics filter cannot prove that a future capability will never exist. It can show that today’s evidence does not support today’s mission claim. That distinction preserves room for discovery while preventing a scientific noun from doing the work of…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (582+ words) Toromocho accounts for approximately 10 percent of Peru’s copper production and has incorporated autonomous drilling and fleet management technologies developed in partnership with Huawei. The integration of Chinese digital technologies into one of Peru’s largest mining operations adds another dimension to…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (516+ words) Joint India-Japan Veer Guardian 2023 exercise conducted from the Hyakuri Air Base in Japan. Credit: Indian Ministry of Defence/Press Information Bureau/Government of India By Indo-Pacific Defense Forum India and Japan will expand maritime security cooperation, including in mine countermeasures,…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (404+ words) The proximate cause is capacity. China accounts for roughly half of global smelting and more than 90 percent of the growth in smelter output since 2005. Mine supply has not kept pace, and the result is a bidding contest for concentrate in…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (866+ words) Hitherto, China has been castigated for fueling the trade deficit of India. It has been the main force for widening the trade deficit by splurging exports to India and importing less. Eventually, it unleashed pressure on Balance of Payments. China’s…...