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ByteDance profit plunges on AI push as TikTok Shop powers overseas growth: reports
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, saw its net profit plummet by more than 70 per cent in 2025 as it poured money into artificial intelligence, according to Chinese media reports. At the same time, revenue from overseas markets surged by nearly 50 per cent, far o…

Philippine army kills at least 10 Maoist rebels during battles in Negros
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Government forces in the central Philippines have killed at least 10 Maoist guerrillas in several gun battles, the military said on Monday, in a deadly flare-up of the decades-old insurgency. Troops were fighting “remnants” of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebel group on Sunday nea…

Hong Kong launches AI flood alert system to boost forecasting and response
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Hong Kong authorities have developed an artificial intelligence-driven flood forecasting and alert system capable of three-dimensional simulations, aimed at enabling more timely pre-emptive measures and emergency responses to flooding. The technology is the latest addition to the…

Russia arrests German woman over bomb plot it says is linked to Ukraine
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Russia said on Monday it had arrested a German woman found with a home-made bomb in her backpack in what it alleged was a Ukrainian-hatched plot to blow up a security services facility in the south. Russia has arrested dozens of people throughout the four-year war, mostly its own…

US-Iran talks in the air as high-seas ship seizure reignites Hormuz tensions
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Pakistan moved ahead on Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about whether the meeting would take place. Over th…

India and China wall off border rows to focus on trade and security
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

A cautious reset in India-China relations is taking root, according to analysts, with the two rivals increasingly walling off their border disputes from expanding cooperation on trade, security and multilateral diplomacy. The clearest marker yet came last week in New Delhi, where…

What does the US and Iran’s ‘fight-talk’ dynamic mean before their ceasefire expires?
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Risks of conflict in the Gulf of Oman are rising after the US Navy fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, though analysts say both Washington and Tehran have shown a reluctance to prolong the war. US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that the guided-missile destroyer US…

‘Worst I’ve seen’: forest fires rage across Thailand, Mekong region
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Forest fires raging through Laos, Myanmar and Thailand have smothered large areas in dangerous smoke, leaving overstretched firefighters battling blazes and smog-choked communities looking to the skies for rain and their governments to fix a scourge that worsens each year. Dry se…

Japan warship’s Taiwan Strait voyage reignites China tensions
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

China issued a “strong protest” after a Japanese destroyer, travelling to military exercises in the Philippines, passed through the Taiwan Strait on the anniversary of an 1895 treaty ceding the island to Japan. Friday’s voyage was a “deliberate provocation”, said Guo Jiakun, a sp…

China presses IMF for quota reform, better surveillance of advanced economies
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

China’s central bank chief has urged the IMF to serve as a bulwark against “rising unilateralism”, at a time when escalating trade restrictions and an intensified Middle East conflict threaten energy and food security. The International Monetary Fund should “take a clear stand ag…

Can a US-governed ‘Pax Silica’ hub turn Philippines into a chip powerhouse?
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

The United States is planning to build an “economic security zone” in the Philippines to counter China’s dominance in critical technologies. The 4,000-acre (1,619-hectare) hi-tech industrial hub will reportedly be the first of its kind in the world, operating under US common law …

Delays, rising costs hit Asia’s trade as Gulf crisis spills beyond oil
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Malaysia’s busiest container port has started refusing Middle East-bound cargo unless shipping lines can guarantee prompt pickup, in one of the clearest signs yet that the Gulf crisis is working its way past oil and into the everyday trade that moves across Asia. Longer transit t…

China’s trade with Iran, Gulf states plunges as Strait of Hormuz crisis hits energy flows
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

China’s trade with Iran and Gulf countries fell sharply in March as restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz tightened amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. Newly released data by Chinese customs showed imports from Iran plunged 48 per cent year on year last month, while exports to the co…

Asian financial bodies sound alert on Anthropic’s Mythos AI hacker
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Regulators across Asia are stepping up scrutiny of cybersecurity risks in their financial systems, as concerns over Anthropic’s latest AI model Mythos spread. Singapore’s financial regulator is urging banks to plug holes, while South Korea’s government agencies have met to review…

Hong Kong launches Skytopia marina project to drive tourism and yacht economy
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Hong Kong’s Airport Authority has launched its marina project as part of the broader Skytopia blueprint, and is soliciting partners from the global yachting, hospitality and water sports sectors to help shape the 200-hectare (494 acres) development, with the first phase of the fa…

Is Malacca Strait at risk from Hormuz ‘chain reaction’ after warning from Iranian adviser?
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Any “mischief” in the Strait of Hormuz would trigger “a chain-reaction response” in more critical shipping lanes, including the Malacca Strait in Southeast Asia, an adviser to the Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has warned. The warning from Ali Akbar Velayati, internati…

Pfizer, Amgen among 22 majors spreading wings in Hong Kong under investment drive
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Global drug maker Pfizer and biotech firm Amgen, each valued at more than HK$1 trillion (US$153 billion), are among 22 strategic enterprises from the fintech, cloud computing and aerial transport sectors to open or expand offices in Hong Kong. The firms attended a ceremony on Mon…

Indonesian rights body says soldiers killed 12 civilians in Papua. Military denies claim
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

Indonesia’s National Human Rights Commission strongly criticised the military ⁠on Monday as it ⁠investigated the killing of 12 civilians ⁠last week during an operation against rebels in Papua province. The military said it had no information about the deaths, but the state-run ri…

China’s armed police mull riot control with zero human contact
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

A new study from mainland China’s internal security forces offers a glimpse into a future where urban unrest is managed by autonomous machines instead of police in riot gear. In a scenario laid out by engineering experts from the People’s Armed Police Force (PAP), a crowd – incit…

How Vietnam’s ‘Four Nos’ Can Help a Region Manage the U.S. Rogue Use of Force
Geopolitika · The Diplomat · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Think-tank

The country's preference for an open and predicable international order is shared by most of its Asian neighbors.

South Korea’s President Set to Pay 4-Day State Visit To Vietnam
Geopolitika · The Diplomat · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Think-tank

Lee Jae Myung is the first foreign leader to visit Vietnam since the confirmation of the country's new leadership earlier this month.

New Myanmar Administration Releases Ousted President Win Myint in Mass Amnesty
Geopolitika · The Diplomat · Azija · 20. travnja 2026. · Think-tank

Newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing also announced a reduction in the 27-year prison sentence of ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

NDS 2026 – The three ways to count Australian defence spending
Geopolitika · ASPI Strategist · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Think-tank

So you thought that watching defence spending was complicated. Well, Australia’s new National Defence Strategy displays three different ways of counting it. There’s the Defence portfolio’s appropriation from government; the appropriation from government plus Defence’s ...

Washington’s 2026 cyber strategy normalises offensive operations
Geopolitika · ASPI Strategist · SAD · 20. travnja 2026. · Think-tank

The most consequential line in Washington’s new Cyber Strategy isn’t about defence. Released in early March 2026, the document makes clear that the United States intends to use offensive cyber operations as a routine instrument ...

The F-35 Is a Masterpiece Built for the Wrong War
Sigurnost · War on the Rocks · Kina · 20. travnja 2026. · Think-tank

Think of a violin made by a master craftsman: beautiful, precise, capable of extraordinary performance, but impossible to produce quickly or cheaply. It takes time, rare expertise, and materials that cannot be sourced at scale. You would not equip an entire orchestra with instrum…

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