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Massive Disaster Puts China's Global Influence to the Test, Raising Questions Over Belt and Road Observations suggest that the tsunami-scale disaster has put to the test China's strategy of strengthening relations with developing countries through the Belt and Road Initiative (its land and maritime Silk Road connecting China, Central Asia, and Europe). SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:53 AM

China Secures Overland Route to Flood-Hit Tibet Area, Intensifies Search for 541 Missing According to China Central Television and the state-run Xinhua News Agency on the 3rd, Chinese rescue authorities announced the previous day that they had effectively secured an overland rescue route leading to the hardest-hit area of the Gyirong Port in the Xizang Autonomous Region. SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:44 AM

Lutnick Says "Now We Trust Anthropic," Signaling Possible Thaw with Trump Administration Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has stated that he now trusts the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, following months of friction with the Donald Trump administration. SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:41 AM

Tropical Fruits Flourish in Japan Amid Rising Temperatures, But Intense Sunlight Poses New Threat At a farm in Gunma Prefecture, located north of Tokyo, greenhouses are filled with tropical fruit trees such as mangoes, bananas, and papayas. SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:38 AM

Japan Speeds Up Used Destroyer Exports to Southeast Asia to Counter China and Boost Security Ties This move is interpreted as an effort to keep China in check—as Beijing expands its influence in regions like the South China Sea—and to strengthen security cooperation with key Southeast Asian nations. SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:37 AM

US Court Blocks Trump Administration's Executive Order Limiting 'Birth Tourism' federal district court granted a preliminary injunction on the 2nd halting the enforcement of Donald Trump's executive order restricting "birth tourism" aimed at acquiring U.S. SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:20 AM

Trump Vows to "Flip Midterm Defeat Formula," Plans Intensive Campaigning in 35 Battlegrounds President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the 2nd that he will personally tour swing states to conduct intensive support rallies to help the Republican Party maintain its majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives ahead of the midterm elections in November. SBS Sep 3, 2026 11:12 AM

"That Phone Call Was the Last One," She Tearfully Recalls... Joint Funeral Held Without Bodies Portraits of 19 men were posted all at once at the entrance of the main dharma hall of a Buddhist temple in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. SBS Sep 3, 2026 10:37 AM

"18 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Pass Through Strait of Hormuz Under U.S. Escort... Maximum Since Post-War" military sources, that 40 merchant ships carrying 18 million barrels of crude oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz on the 1st, local time, under the escort of the U.S. SBS Sep 3, 2026 10:36 AM

US Government Backs Big Tech in AI Copyright Lawsuit, Citing National Security Department of Justice has thrown its support behind AI companies in the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft, defining the advancement of the artificial intelligence industry as a matter directly linked to U.S. SBS Sep 3, 2026 9:43 AM