Supported by the Shenzhen and Luohu district governments, Microsoft, eclicktech, and multiple ecosystem partners have officially launched the Shenzhen Global Expansion Center, marking the start of its full-scale operations. Designed as a one-stop platform for international business expansion, the center provides integrated services spanning market readiness, compliance consulting, and overseas gro...
Supported by the Shenzhen and Luohu district governments, Microsoft, eclicktech, and multiple ecosystem partners have officially launched the Shenzhen Global Expansion Center, marking the start of its full-scale operations. Designed as a one-stop platform for international business expansion, the center provides integrated services spanning market readiness, compliance consulting, and overseas growth support for companies expanding globally from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Singapore Remains The World's Most Powerful Passport In 2026 Your passport shapes how much of the world you can access. In 2026, the gap between the strongest and weakest passports spans nearly 170 destinations. This graphic, via Visual Capitalists' Gabriel Cohen, ranks global passport strength using data from the Henley Passport Index , based on how many destinations citizens can enter without a ...
Singapore Remains The World's Most Powerful Passport In 2026 Your passport shapes how much of the world you can access. In 2026, the gap between the strongest and weakest passports spans nearly 170 destinations. This graphic, via Visual Capitalists' Gabriel Cohen, ranks global passport strength using data from the Henley Passport Index , based on how many destinations citizens can enter without a visa. Singapore leads with access to 192 destinations . That’s nearly five times the access available to citizens of the lowest-ranked countries. Meanwhile, the weakest passports allow entry to fewer than 50 destinations. The disparity highlights how geography, diplomacy, and stability influence global mobility. The Top Passports of Asia and Europe Following Singapore, there is a three-way tie for the second-strongest passports, with Japan, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates each offering access to 187 destinations without a visa. The UAE has the strongest passport outside of East or Southeast Asia, though with a notable caveat: Emiratis lack visa-free access to the United States, unlike their peers in Singapore, Japan, or South Korea. From there, Europeans hold many of the strongest passports by visa-free access, led by Northern and Western European countries like Norway and Switzerland (both 185). While the 27-member European Union has a unified passport system, individual member countries still vary in visa-free access, ranging from 177 destinations for Bulgaria and Romania to 186 for Sweden. Taking the average across this range, the EU’s overall passport strength stands at 183 visa-free destinations, tied with countries like Malaysia and the United Kingdom and slightly ahead of North American counterparts like Canada (182) and the United States (179). The World’s Weakest Passports At the bottom of the ranking, mobility drops off dramatically. The weakest passports offer access to fewer than 50 destinations, less than a quarter of what top-ranked countries enjoy. ...
alexsl Stock index futures were lower Monday as there seemed to be no end in sight to the U.S.-Iran conflict after President Donald Trump called Iran’s latest proposal “totally unacceptable.” S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) fell 0.15%, Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) dropped 0.41%, and Dow futures ( INDU ) edged down 0.14%. Iran’s proposal reportedly emphasized Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Horm...
alexsl Stock index futures were lower Monday as there seemed to be no end in sight to the U.S.-Iran conflict after President Donald Trump called Iran’s latest proposal “totally unacceptable.” S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) fell 0.15%, Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) dropped 0.41%, and Dow futures ( INDU ) edged down 0.14%. Iran’s proposal reportedly emphasized Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz while calling on the U.S. to end its naval blockade, guarantee no further attacks, lift sanctions, and end a U.S. ban on Iranian oil sales. The Strait of Hormuz remains mostly closed. U.S. Treasury yields rose across the curve. The 10-year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) climbed 2.9 basis points to 4.39%, while the 2-year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) increased 3.1 basis points to 3.93%. The 30-year Treasury yield ( US30Y ) added 2.8 basis points to 4.96%. Existing home sales data is due during market hours. Top gainers in premarket trading included Moderna ( MRNA ) +3.59%, Insulet ( PODD ) +3.19%, and Qnity Electronics ( Q ) +2.49%. Decliners included DaVita ( DVA ) -2.39%, Live Nation Entertainment ( LYV ) -2.00%, and Solventum ( SOLV ) -1.94%. More on markets S&P 500: Prepare For The Unwind (Technical Analysis) A Hot CPI Report May Trigger A Major Market Shift Week Ahead: Trump-Xi And U.S.-China CPI Wall Street strategists stay calm as stocks rip higher, but BofA sees reasons for caution
A liquefied petroleum gas carrier which has previously ferried Iranian cargoes is moving through the Strait of Hormuz while declaring that its crew and owners are Indian, according to ship-tracking data. The Tara Gas was seen moving northeast from waters off Dubai on Monday morning, the data show. It is currently heading past Iran’s Larak Island in the strait, a sign that it’s sailing along a Tehr...
A liquefied petroleum gas carrier which has previously ferried Iranian cargoes is moving through the Strait of Hormuz while declaring that its crew and owners are Indian, according to ship-tracking data. The Tara Gas was seen moving northeast from waters off Dubai on Monday morning, the data show. It is currently heading past Iran’s Larak Island in the strait, a sign that it’s sailing along a Tehran-approved route. Draft readings indicate that the vessel is fully laden with LPG, primarily used as cooking fuel, though tracking platforms did not identify where its cargo was from. Vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf have resorted to different methods to ensure a safe exit. Several governments — including India, Thailand and Malaysia — have negotiated with Tehran to secure energy cargoes are released and some carriers have taken to broadcasting their affiliations. Ships with a history of lifting Iranian cargoes also need to consider that passing the first blockade is only the start — they then need to navigate around a US blockade of Iranian shipping, awaiting in the Gulf of Oman. The US Navy’s Central Command said Sunday that American forces have redirected 61 ships and disabled four since the blockade began in mid-April. Tara Gas has carried Iranian cargoes previously, according to data from platforms Vortexa and Kpler, most recently an LPG shipment that was taken from Iran in January and delivered to a Chinese port in late February. The vessel entered the Persian Gulf through Hormuz on May 2, according to Vortexa. The ship’s owner is listed as Global Gas Inc., which is based in the United Arab Emirates, according to database Equasis, while its manager is listed as Matrix Maritime Solutions FZE that shares Global Gas’s address. Matrix Maritime Solutions didn’t answer a call made to its listed phone number.
Ever since Covid, central banks around the world have had the same problem. They have tools that are designed to modulate demand, but so many challenges have involved the supply side of the economy. Whether we're talking about supply chain disruptions, the war in Ukraine, and now the war in Iran, these are all issues for which monetary policy is of limited value. Of course, the temptation is to "l...
Ever since Covid, central banks around the world have had the same problem. They have tools that are designed to modulate demand, but so many challenges have involved the supply side of the economy. Whether we're talking about supply chain disruptions, the war in Ukraine, and now the war in Iran, these are all issues for which monetary policy is of limited value. Of course, the temptation is to "look through" these issues, recognizing the fact that these disruptions don't say much about the actual underlying state of the economy. On this episode we speak with Megan Greene, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England. We talk about the compounding effects of all these shocks (including the trade war), how she's thinking about the first- and second-order effects of each one, and why, for now, despite the underlying weakness of the UK economy, she remains squarely focused on the risks of higher inflation. (Source: Bloomberg)
Foreign ministers meet to discuss latest on Ukraine, the Middle East and the western Balkans German Europe minister Gunther Krichbaum has just shot down Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that former pro-Russian German chancellor Gerhard Schröder could act as a mediator on Ukraine. Schröder, 82, has remained close to Putin long after leaving office , standing apart from most western leaders since Russia ...
Foreign ministers meet to discuss latest on Ukraine, the Middle East and the western Balkans German Europe minister Gunther Krichbaum has just shot down Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that former pro-Russian German chancellor Gerhard Schröder could act as a mediator on Ukraine. Schröder, 82, has remained close to Putin long after leaving office , standing apart from most western leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. “As you know, a mediator must be accepted by both sides, and this seems to be noticeably lacking here. ” “Close friendships may be legitimate everywhere in the world, but they do not contribute to being perceived as an honest mediating partner.” Continue reading...
Claude Code 的工程稳定性问题，再次引发开发者集中讨论。 近日，Reddit 上出现一则投诉帖，发帖者直指最新版 Claude Code 在实际开发中“不再服从或尊重 CLAUDE.md、hooks/rules 等规则”。这名开发者愤怒地反问：“如果 Claude Code 的运行框架（harness）已经不再服从或遵循这些原则，那么定义架构设计原则、指南之类的东西还有什么意义？” 这场...
Claude Code 的工程稳定性问题，再次引发开发者集中讨论。 近日，Reddit 上出现一则投诉帖，发帖者直指最新版 Claude Code 在实际开发中“不再服从或尊重 CLAUDE.md、hooks/rules 等规则”。这名开发者愤怒地反问：“如果 Claude Code 的运行框架（harness）已经不再服从或遵循这些原则，那么定义架构设计原则、指南之类的东西还有什么意义？” 这场争议的核心，并不是 Claude Code 会不会写代码，而是一个更基础的问题：当开发者已经明确告诉 AI 应该如何开发、遵守什么流程、不能越过哪些边界时，它到底能不能稳定执行？ 这名用户称，自己最近不得不反复要求 Claude Code 遵循测试驱动开发（TDD，Test-Driven Development），并通过强制约束让它按照预期方式工作，才能得到相对满意的结果。 问题在于，用户并不只是口头提醒。按照他的说法，他已经要求 Claude 更新 CLAUDE.md 文件，把规则写入 hooks、记忆和相关约束中。但下一条提示发出去后，Claude Code “甚至都没有尝试按照这种方式构建”。 发帖者认为，“显然有什么东西坏得很严重”，并将其描述为一次“非常严重的能力倒退”。在他看来，越来越多个人开发者和企业正在把 Claude Code 这类工具当作工作基础设施的一部分，用户也已经为这些工具支付了高昂费用，但现在却发现，工具的规则遵循能力反而在倒退。 一名评论者将问题归因于上下文腐烂（context rot）。他认为，一旦上下文超过 20 万 token，模型表现就可能开始退化。应用规模越大，越容易触碰到这些限制；到那时，模型会开始忘记指令，因为它实际上已经无法稳定保存和利用早期上下文。因此，他询问原帖作者项目规模和上下文使用情况。 但原帖作者的回应否定了这个解释：“真的只是一个刚开始做的全新项目。我才发了没几个 prompt。我只是先给它设置了一些构建时要遵循的 guidelines。” 这意味着，问题未必只出现在大型项目或超长上下文中。即便是一个全新的绿地项目，在规则刚刚写入不久后，Claude Code 也可能没有持续执行这些规则。 “软规则”无法变成“硬约束” 另一名用户从行为机制上给出解释：模型似乎更倾向于优化“此刻显得有帮助”，而不是遵守此前已经同意的规...
China’s expanding renewable capacity and growing technological edge have turned the country into a stabilizing force in the global green transition. As geopolitical turmoil intensifies across the Middle East, global energy security has rarely felt more precarious. The Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint through which much of the world’s oil passes — remains one of the most vulnerable links in the gl...
China’s expanding renewable capacity and growing technological edge have turned the country into a stabilizing force in the global green transition. As geopolitical turmoil intensifies across the Middle East, global energy security has rarely felt more precarious. The Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint through which much of the world’s oil passes — remains one of the most vulnerable links in the global energy supply chain. Under these circumstances, China’s approach to energy policy deserves closer attention.
The data center liquid cooling valves market is pivotal to the development of efficient liquid-based cooling systems for data centers. This market focuses on the production, supply, and integration of valves essential for managing coolant flow, pressure, and distribution, crucial for advanced cooling setups like direct-to-chip and immersion systems. As tech giants like AWS, Microsoft, and Google s...
The data center liquid cooling valves market is pivotal to the development of efficient liquid-based cooling systems for data centers. This market focuses on the production, supply, and integration of valves essential for managing coolant flow, pressure, and distribution, crucial for advanced cooling setups like direct-to-chip and immersion systems. As tech giants like AWS, Microsoft, and Google shift to liquid cooling for high-performance computing and AI, the demand for precise and reliable va