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Rory Jones

ARTICLES BY RORY JONES

Chinese billionaire Neil Shen is betting big on artificial intelligence. (istockphoto)

The Hong Kong investor putting American money into China’s AI push

5 min read . 22 Feb 2026

In the past few months alone, U.S. tech companies have unveiled tens of billions in investment in Indian data centers as they race to build AI infrastructure around the world. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Why Big Tech is throwing cash into India in quest for AI supremacy

4 min read . 05 Feb 2026

Beijing has been seeking to chip away at the dollar’s ubiquity.

Fed turmoil is threatening dollar supremacy just as China pushes the Yuan

5 min read . 18 Jan 2026

Although the Houthis only control around a third of Yemen’s territory, the area includes ports, state companies and other economic assets that yield the group as much as $2 billion in annual revenue. (AFP)

The Arab world’s last militant leader is elusive and defiant

11 min read . 03 Nov 2025

Trump Towers Delhi NCR in Gurugram, India, in August, amid ongoing construction.

Trump Organization expands in India, where many of its partners face accusations

16 min read . 17 Oct 2025

Auto giant BYD, consumer electronics-turned-car maker Xiaomi and internet behemoth Alibaba have all also raised billions of dollars this year via Hong Kong’s capital markets. (REUTERS)

American bankers are making a mint helping China Inc. go global

5 min read . 16 Oct 2025

Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL, in Shanghai in April.

This battery pioneer is worth $40 billion, but he’s no ‘rich guy’

6 min read . 08 Aug 2025

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn. (File Photo: AP)

Five years after he escaped, fugitive Carlos Ghosn is teaching business strategy

5 min read . 28 Apr 2025

Israel wants Hamas to disarm and give up any role in the governance of Gaza. (Image: Reuters)

A decimated Hamas prepares for a new fight With Israel

6 min read . 26 Feb 2025

Residents look on as a bulldozerr clears the rubble as they return to the southern Lebanese village of Blida on February 18, 2025. Lebanon's army said it deployed in southern border villages and areas vacated by Israeli troops on February 18, as a withdrawal deadline expired under a truce between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo: AFP)

Hezbollah, once dominant in Lebanon, shows new signs of weakness

6 min read . 24 Feb 2025

Avera Mengistu, his image on a TV screen, became a symbol for Israelis of Ethiopian descent of their marginalized position in Israeli society.

After 3,800 days in captivity, Hamas’s longest-held hostage is set for release

7 min read . 22 Feb 2025

A protester waves a Palestinian flag during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people and against US President Donald Trump's plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza in front of the US Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 13, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Trump wants the US to control Gaza. So, who owns it anyway?

4 min read . 14 Feb 2025

Crowds mobbed Zubeidi as he got off a bus in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, hoisting him on their shoulders and thrusting a Palestinian flag into his hand. (Image: AP)

Heroes to Palestinians, but killers to Israelis: Either way, they now go free

6 min read . 02 Feb 2025

Looming over the hostage releases is the question of whether Israel and Hamas can negotiate toward a permanent end to the fighting in Gaza. (Image: AP) (AP)

Hamas turns hostage releases into a humiliating spectacle for Israel

4 min read . 31 Jan 2025

The multiphase deal’s protocols call for female hostages—civilians and soldiers—to be released first, followed by elderly and wounded men, and then the bodies of the dead. (AFP)

What to know about the next Gaza hostage release

5 min read . 24 Jan 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu steps away from Middle east conflict for prostate removal surgery today (AP)

How months of geopolitical upheaval paved way for Gaza cease-fire

7 min read . 16 Jan 2025

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold pictures of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a protest condemning the killing of Sinwar, in Istanbul, Turkey. (File Photo: Reuters)

Hamas has another Sinwar. And he’s rebuilding.

7 min read . 13 Jan 2025

The presidential palace in Damascus. Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images

The hunt for the Assad dynasty’s missing billions begins

8 min read . 15 Dec 2024

Mourners at the funeral in Israel of Rabbi Zvi Kogan. Photo: Amit Elkayam for WSJ

How the killing of a rabbi in Dubai upended a community that thought it was safe

6 min read . 01 Dec 2024

A view of Tehran after several explosions were heard early Saturday. (AFP/Getty Images)

How Israel pulled off its largest-ever strike on Iran

4 min read . 27 Oct 2024