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An Israeli woman, Noa Zion, discovered Channel 12 had used her photograph in a news segment that portrayed her as a casualty of protests in Iran. She posted video proof that she was alive, sparking social media debate about media verification and the potential consequences of misidentified images amid tense IsraeliâIranian relations.
Iranâs foreign ministry spokesman warned that the countryâs armed forces will fully respond to any aggression and accused the United States and Israel of sabotaging negotiations. While professing openness to diplomacy, Tehran stressed it would resist if war were imposed and framed the stance as defending the survival of the state.
The Pentagon is preparing Misawa Air Base in Japan to host 48 F-35A stealth fighters to replace 36 F-16s, part of a 2024 modernization plan. The upgrade strengthens U.S.-Japan deterrence, requires significant base infrastructure and will reverberate across regional strategic dynamics.
Indonesia has received three Rafale fighters from France, the first deliveries under a multibillionâdollar defence deal that includes up to 42 jets plus naval vessels. The move advances Jakartaâs military modernisation and has implications for regional security and Franceâs role in Southeast Asia.
The U.S. has positioned a carrier strike group and additional air and missile-defence assets in the Middle East to deter Iran, which has entered maximum readiness and warned its response to any attack would not be limited to U.S. bases. Hezbollah and Israel have signalled that the confrontation could draw in regional proxies and force civil contingencies, while Gulf states worry that military action could trigger widespread instability and economic shocks.
NATO secretaryâgeneral Mark Rutte told European lawmakers that, absent U.S. support, Europe cannot defend itself and would need sharply higher defence spending and the loss of the American nuclear umbrella. His comments, made amid rows over Greenland and Trumpâs Afghanistan remarks, have intensified debate over transatlantic ties and European strategic autonomy.
President Trump said he has not ruled out diplomacy with Iran even as he deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to the Central Command region and kept military options open. The administrationâs stance blends deterrence with a rhetorical openness to talks, leaving outcomes dependent on Tehranâs response and choices by regional actors.
A Wuhan Institute-led study finds that VV116, an oral antiviral developed in China for COVID-19, inhibits Nipah virus in cell cultures and improves survival in a rodent model. The result offers a potential stopgap against a pathogen with high fatality and no approved treatments, but clinical trials and regulatory approval are still required before human use. Corporate partners gave mixed responses and markets briefly rallied on the news.
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is moving to the Middle East, prompting Iran to declare maximum military readiness and threaten strikes on U.S. bases. Tehran is simultaneously engaging in active diplomacy to limit the political space for American action and to rally regional support, while analysts warn the situation carries high risks of miscalculation and wider regional escalation.
A US carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln has moved into the Indian Ocean, prompting stern warnings from Iran and its regional allies. Washington signals readiness to deter while keeping a door open to talks, but proxy forces and incendiary propaganda raise the risk of a wider regional confrontation.
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra warned that Canadaâs decision not to buy 88 Fâ35 fighters would force changes to North American defence arrangements and lead to more frequent U.S. fighter operations in Canadian airspace. The remarks intensify a fraught Canadian procurement debate over interoperability, cost and sovereignty, and highlight the diplomatic leverage Washington can exert over allied defence choices.
A passenger ferry sank off Basilan on 26 January, leaving at least 18 dead, 24 missing and more than 300 rescued. The accident highlights persistent maritime safety failures in the Philippines â from poor maintenance and rough seas to inadequate enforcement and limited rescue capacity â and will likely spur calls for regulatory and operational reforms.
A PLA Rocket Force unit held a realistic night exercise to test the autonomous combat capabilities of dispersed launch teams under drone surveillance and simulated harassment. The drill emphasised rapid concealment, quick emplacement, integrated logistics and simulated launches to improve resilience and complicate adversary targeting.
Pianzaihuangâs controlling shareholder will buy CNY 300â500m of Aâshares after the stock plunged 67% from its 2021 high. The company is reporting its first sustained revenue and profit declines in years, with cash flow collapsing and inventories ballooning, signaling a structural slowdown in the appetite for its premium products.
Robam has proposed a RMB100 million investment in YouTe Zhichu, a commercial smartâcooking robot company, aiming to pivot away from slowing rangeâhood and gasâstove sales. The move targets institutional kitchens and leverages YouTe's patent portfolio, but success hinges on sustained R&D, integration challenges and wider macro headwinds in China's appliance market.
Muxi Co. forecasts 2025 revenue of 1.6â1.7 billion yuan, more than doubling yearâonâyear, while predicting a narrowed net loss of 650â798 million yuan versus a 1.409 billion yuan loss in the prior year. The company attributes improvement to stronger GPU sales, AI integration with industry customers, and lower shareâbased compensation.
Shanghai announced that its aggregate smartâcompute capacity has surpassed 120,000 petaFLOPS and outlined an agenda to build a selfâreliant compute ecosystem linking domestic chips, models and cloud services. Officials and industry groups also floated an integrated spaceâground architecture that would treat LEO satellites as programmable compute clusters to achieve global, lowâlatency coverage for selected applications.
An openâsource AI agent, Moltbot, has gone viral for its ability to run locally and call major language models, prompting a twoâday surge in Cloudflareâs stock as investors bet edge infrastructure will benefit from agentâdriven traffic. The boost raises questions about whether increased traffic will convert into revenue, and spotlights security, governance and competitive risks for the AI ecosystem.
Richard Liu organised a highâprofile delivery of New Year goods to his home village in Suqian led by JDâs sixthâgeneration autonomous âIndependent Wolfâ vehicles. The event doubled as both a charitable distribution and a live demonstration of JDâs rural lastâmile logistics capabilities, underscoring the commercial and political stakes of scaling autonomous delivery in challenging rural environments.
Jinlang Technology and Tongguang Cable publicly denied involvement in supplying components for space-based photovoltaic systems, pushing back on market rumours. Their statements highlight the technical, commercial and regulatory gaps between terrestrial solar manufacturing and the nascent industry of space photovoltaics.
