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16 dead after gunmen open fire in 2 separate attacks in Honduras
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Gunmen opened fire in two separate attacks on Thursday on the Honduran coast, killing at least 16 people, including six police officers, police said. The first incident took place at a plantation in the municipality of Trujillo in northern Honduras, where at least 10 workers were…

AI boom fuels US$11.6b data centre investment in Asia-Pacific as Hong Kong eyes niche role
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The artificial intelligence boom is partially spurring investment in Asia-Pacific’s data centre properties with a record US$11.6 billion worth of capital poured into the segment in 2025, according to CBRE. In Hong Kong, while AI-related demand is unlikely to be met because of tec…

US to send 5,000 troops to Poland, Trump says, after earlier deployment called off
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was sending 5,000 troops to Poland, after Washington said an earlier planned deployment had been called off amid pressure on Europe to fend for itself. Trump said the move was based on his relationship with Poland’s president Karol Na…

First Gaza flotilla activists arrive in Turkey after Israel deportation
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by its forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as the first group arrived in Turkey following global outcry over their treatment in custody. Hundreds of activists from countries around the world were placed in de…

China is replacing Middle East oil with Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China’s coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang – one of China’s four major bases for large-scale, modern coal-ch…

Not even a quick end to Iran war can save AI stock bubble now
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The Iran war has baked in stagflation and starvation through big reductions in the supply of oil and fertilisers. This inflationary pressure will only increase. As inflation sucks liquidity out of financial markets and into the real economy, bond yields are being pushed up across…

US voices hope on Iran deal progress before Pakistan army chief visit
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope on Thursday of progress on ending the war with Iran, with mediator Pakistan’s army chief due to arrive in the Islamic republic for talks. The expected visit by Field Marshal Asim Munir, a powerful figure with a growing role in Pakista…

US casts Cuba as China-linked security threat while still pushing for talks
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

One day after the United States brought criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro over the 1996 shooting down of two civilian aircraft, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio portrayed Cuba as both a growing national security threat tied to China…

2 men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography. Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, were both arrested on Tu…

Trump scraps signing AI executive order to keep ‘lead’ over China in industry
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had postponed the signing of a planned executive order on regulating artificial intelligence (AI), out of concern that it might undermine America’s leading position over China in the field. “We’re leading China, we’re leading eve…

UN ‘concerned’ over Taliban law that includes child marriage provision
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches discrimination against women and girls. The government rej…

Residents set fire to an Ebola centre in DR Congo as fear and anger grow over outbreak
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Afrika · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

People set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern DR Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors ar…

Court annuls leadership of Turkey’s main opposition party
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

An Ankara court on Thursday annulled the 2023 leadership election of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party, state news agency Anadolu reported, in a sharp escalation against the country’s embattled opposition. The ruling overturns the result of the leadership election that brought i…

Historic Legco trip to Beijing to include tech sector tours, seminars and visits
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

All 90 Hong Kong lawmakers are set to head to Beijing for a historic “national affairs study visit” in July, attending seminars, visiting key authorities and inspecting the tech sector during their week-long trip. The visit to the capital from July 19 to 25, which will include se…

China and Russia unite on world order, but Putin departs without concrete gains
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit this week offered China another opportunity to showcase its diplomatic weight after hosting US President Donald Trump. But behind the display of solidarity and trust, the packed trip appeared to yield few concrete gains for Moscow – notabl…

Young Indians protest through parody ‘cockroach’ party
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

It began as a satirical online project. Now millions of young Indians are flocking to it as an outlet for their frustration. A parody political party called the Cockroach Janta Party, with the insect as its symbol, has exploded across India’s social media by turning absurdist hum…

2 Chinese supertankers join flotilla exiting Hormuz as stand-off appears to thaw
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Three fully laden supertankers – including two Chinese vessels – crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, in a possible sign that Tehran may be starting to open up the vital waterway to more shipping traffic. The exit of the three very large crude carriers (VLCCs) came on the s…

Philippine justice chief orders arrest of senator wanted by ICC
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The Philippine justice chief ordered authorities on Thursday to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of a senator wanted on an alleged crime against humanity. He warned that anyone helping the senator evade a nationwide hunt would face criminal charges. …

US jobless claims fall as lay-offs remain low despite economic uncertainty
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Fewer Americans filed for jobless aid last week as lay-offs remain low despite a number of uncertainties that continue to cloud the economy. US applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 16 fell by 3,000 to 209,000, the Labour Department reported Thursday. Tha…

AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of solar, wind installations as data-centre demand booms
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

In a significant leap for green-energy tracking, researchers from Peking University and Alibaba Group’s Damo Academy have used AI to map hundreds of thousands of solar and wind installations across China. The initiative resulted in a first-of-its-kind national inventory designed …

Singapore Airlines faces narrow window to gain market share from Gulf rivals
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

As high fuel prices and disruption from the Middle East conflict force many Asian carriers to cut capacity and rearrange routes, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is moving in the opposite direction: adding long-haul flights to Europe in a bid to capture traffic from its Gulf rivals. Avia…

Russia, US increasingly see China as an anchor for peace and prosperity
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Beijing is increasingly seen as key to securing international stability and economic opportunities, a status which both Washington and Moscow are converging on. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent foreign policy interactions with the leaders of the United States and Russia high…

Queen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy, documents show
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Queen Elizabeth pressed ⁠for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ⁠to be made a government trade envoy back in 2000, according to documents released on Thursday. Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles, served as the UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Inve…

Hong Kong issues red travel alert for DR Congo as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Hong Kong has issued a red travel alert for the Democratic Republic of Congo as Ebola outbreaks escalate in Central Africa, with at least 139 suspected deaths reported. The red alert – the middle level in a three-tier outbound travel alert system under the Security Bureau – means…

China breaks ground on US$5b aviation complex in UAE as Iran war risks linger
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Despite instability in the Middle East, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has begun building the world’s largest aircraft maintenance complex in the United Arab Emirates, underscoring China’s growing dominance in overseas infrastructure. The project, worth more than U…

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