This week’s TAMIM Reading List explores global tension, technological shifts, and the power of storytelling. Japan’s convenience stores are turning to offshore-controlled robots, while Australia’s submarine program promises to reshape the nation’s industrial base. In the US, debt levels are set to surpass even Italy and Greece, and the country’s EV policy reversal could play straight into China’s hands. Locally, WiseTech finds itself under regulatory scrutiny, and Brisbane students face exam chaos after being taught the wrong syllabus. Finally, we unpack how the structure of a story can directly shape the way we remember it, scientifically speaking.

📚 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines 

📚 US debt crisis: America to surpass Italy and Greece for first time in 100 years

📚 USA’s EV retreat is a huge win for No. 1 trade rival China

📚 Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told

📚 WiseTech offices searched by AFP and ASIC over share trading allegations

📚 How Australia’s submarine program will transform our industrial landscape

📚 Brisbane year 12 students told they’ve been taught wrong subject two days before exam