Exclusive: Early this month, diplomats worked toward a treaty to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weapons. But U.S. and Russian diplomats removed a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of AI in weapons, according to people familiar with the talks.

Exclusive: In July, a ton of cotton shirts was unloaded at the port of Los Angeles after a trip from southern Vietnam. The apparel had come from a garment manufacturer closely related to Chinese textile giant Esquel Group, shipment records show. Esquel has effectively been banned from selling to US customers since November 2024, when Washington sanctioned the company over alleged links with forced labor programs in China’s Xinjiang region. Hong Kong-based Esquel denies the allegations. More here -