China mulls major boost to nuclear arsenal – media  

The stockpile of warheads possessed by Beijing is set to more than double in just over a decade, sources have told Kyodo news agency China is aiming to increase the number of its nuclear warheads to 900 by 2035 as a deterrent against the US, Chinese sources have told Kyodo news agency.

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Apple scraps electric car project – Bloomberg

US tech giant Apple has abandoned its decade-long effort to build an electric car, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.  The anonymous sources told the outlet that the announcement, which Apple made internally on Tuesday, came as a surprise to the nearly 2,000 employees working on the project. The decision was…

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Israel headed for sharp economic downturn – S&P

The conflict with Hamas will negatively affect GDP in 2023 and 2024, according to the rating agency Israel’s economy will contract 5% in the fourth quarter of this year amid rising geopolitical and security risks due to the conflict with Palestinian military group Hamas, credit rating agency S&P said in a report this week.

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