Issue 2025-12-29
Stories
- PLA 'Justice Mission 2025' Drills Encircle Taiwan After Record US$11.1 B Arms Deal
- PLA Eastern Theater Command Launches Multi-Axis Live-Fire Drills Encircling Taiwan
- Trump Hosts Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, Moves 20-Point Ukraine Peace Plan to 90% Completion
- Tesla’s Year-End Shock: First Empty-Seat Robotaxi Drives Just As BYD Seizes EV Sales Crown
- Bulgaria Set to Replace Lev with Euro on 1 Jan 2026, Becoming 21st Euro-Zone Member
- Codelco–SQM Launch 35-Year ‘NovaAndino’ Lithium Joint Venture
- Artemis II Crew Completes Full Countdown Rehearsal as New NASA Chief Jared Isaacman Locks In Feb 2026 Launch
- IAEA-Brokered ‘Window of Silence’ Opens for Zaporizhzhia Power-Line Repair
- China Issues Draft Rules to Police Addiction to Emotional AI Companions
At a Glance
- On 29 Dec 2025, China’s Eastern Theatre Command began multi-service exercises that ring Taiwan with five exclusion zo...
- On 29 Dec 2025 Beijing began a coordinated land-sea-air exercise spanning five announced zones around Taiwan, running...
- On 28 Dec 2025, after a 75-minute pre-call with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump met Volodymyr Zelensky in...
- In the same holiday week, Tesla ran fully driver-less test rides in Austin and rewrote its mission statement, yet dat...
- Sofia confirmed the lev will cease to be legal tender at midnight 31 Dec 2025, formally ushering Bulgaria into the eu...
- On 27 Dec 2025, Chile’s state miner Codelco and private producer SQM legally incorporated NovaAndino Lithium SpA, mer...