CHINAChina's campaign to build an independent semiconductor industry received a powerful endorsement from investors.

BRICS & BRIFuture historians may discuss how large parts of the world began building their own systems of research, production, and technological development.

MEDICAL INDUSTRY & VACCINESValerie Anne Smith: "This isn’t medicine. It’s a business model. Statins generate over $22 billion every year."

WAR & PEACEThe Church of Sweden is intensifying contingency planning so that at least 500,000 people could be buried if a Swedish-Russian war were to break out.

CULTUREActress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles as Claire Bennet on NBC’s Heroes and Juliette Barnes on Nashville, has died at age 36.