Rest of World - Politics https://restofworld.org Reporting Global Tech Stories Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa https://restofworld.org/2026/lobito-railroad-america-china-africa-metals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Nicolas Niarchos https://restofworld.org/2026/lobito-railroad-america-china-africa-metals/ Paul Popper/Getty Images A train on the Benguela railway between Lobito and Luau, Angola, circa 1910. The Gulf was Silicon Valley’s bet on the future. Trump has put it in the crosshairs https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-aws-data-center-attack-ai-investment-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Bobby Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-aws-data-center-attack-ai-investment-risk/ Rest of World/iStock India’s tech sovereignty is built on digital dependence https://restofworld.org/2026/dwaipayan-banerjee-india-technology-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Dwaipayan Banerjee https://restofworld.org/2026/dwaipayan-banerjee-india-technology-book/ iStock/Rest of World While politicians shape U.S.-China relations, their families turn to the stock market https://restofworld.org/2026/us-politicians-china-policy-family-tech-stock-trades/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:33:58 +0000 Hazel Gandhi https://restofworld.org/2026/us-politicians-china-policy-family-tech-stock-trades/ iStock/Rest of World Iran’s internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-blackout-tiered-internet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:45:27 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-blackout-tiered-internet/ Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images An Iranian flag hangs on a wall of the Aqsa Mosque, which burns during anti-government protests in eastern Tehran, Iran, on January 21, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying https://restofworld.org/2026/maduro-mercadolibre-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:49:24 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/maduro-mercadolibre-venezuela/ Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images TOPSHOT - A supporter of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro carry his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on January 5, 2026. Venezuela's parliament swore in Delcy Rodriguez as interim president on January 5, two days after US forces seized her predecessor Nicolas Maduro to face trial in New York. Members of the new National Assembly offered their full backing to Rodriguez -- who had been Maduro's vice president -- and reelected her brother Jorge Rodriguez as parliament head. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP via Getty Images) Cheap and powerful AI campaigns target voters in India https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-india-election-campaigns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Saurabh Sharma and Raihana Maqbool https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-india-election-campaigns/ Satoshi Kambayashi for Rest of World How TikTok cozied up to wealthy investors in Saudi Arabia and the UAE https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-saudi-uae-investors-us-ban/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Emily Baker-White https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-saudi-uae-investors-us-ban/ Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty Images Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., in 2022. DJI drones are everywhere. The U.S. may still ban them https://restofworld.org/2025/dji-drones-china-us-ban/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 22 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Nicole Fan https://restofworld.org/2025/dji-drones-china-us-ban/ Rest of World Tracking the global fallout of Trump’s escalating trade war https://restofworld.org/2025/trump-tariffs-us-trade-crackdown-targets-global-imports/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Rest of World Staff https://restofworld.org/2025/trump-tariffs-us-trade-crackdown-targets-global-imports/ Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images Workers sort out packages at a delivery company warehouse to be delivered to customers during "Singles' Day" -- the world's biggest 24-hour shopping event -- in Beijing on November 11, 2019. - Chinese consumers closed in on a new spending record November 11 during the annual "Singles' Day" frenzy, the world's biggest 24-hour shopping event, which kicked off this year with a glitzy show by US megastar Taylor Swift. Trump’s tariffs are testing Nvidia’s chip supremacy. Can Jensen Huang weather the storm? https://restofworld.org/2025/nvidia-ai-chips-stephen-witt-jensen-huang-tariffs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:20:00 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2025/nvidia-ai-chips-stephen-witt-jensen-huang-tariffs/ David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., on March 18, 2025. What we learned from tracking AI use in global elections https://restofworld.org/2025/global-elections-ai-use/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Khadija Alam https://restofworld.org/2025/global-elections-ai-use/