Day: February 19, 2026
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China Remains Undeterred in the Grey Zone
By Sean Mullins The final days of 2025 saw Taiwan surrounded by Chinese warships, aircraft and coast guard vessels in what the Chinese Ministry of Defense described as a serious warning to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and foreign interference. ...
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum during the announcement of the creation of a critical mineral reserve, in the Oval Office at the White House, February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
If Trump’s cold, realpolitik, interest-driven critical minerals diplomacy is unlikely to fundamentally shake China’s dominance of the global critical minerals supply chain, it may nevertheless begin to shift certain fault lines and push Chinese interests into spaces where they had previously gone largely unchallenged. In ...
China Slowdown Hits Rio Tinto Earnings Despite Revenue Gains
Mining giant Rio Tinto's net profit fell in 2025 as costs climbed and it took a hit from a slump in the Chinese economy, company results showed Thursday. The British-Australian firm said the results "demonstrate clear progress as we embed our ...
India Tells University to Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own, Sources Say
By Munsif Vengattil An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources ...
How China Plans to Dominate Global Trade Long After Trump
By Joe Cash China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure for the foreseeable future.
U.S. Signs Critical Minerals Deal with Uzbekistan to Counter China’s Resource Dominance in Central Asia
By Marc Jones The U.S. government has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan to secure better access to the Central Asian country's critical minerals, as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to counter China's dominance of crucial resources and their supply chains.
Congo Offers Tantalum Deposit Under M23 Control to U.S. in Minerals Pact, Document Shows
By Ange Kasongo and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila The Democratic Republic of Congo added the rebel-held Rubaya coltan mine, one of the world's richest tantalum deposits, to a shortlist of strategic assets it is offering to the U.S. under a ...