How many of us expected 2023 to begin with claims that Google is threatened by emerging technology? I found it fascinating, and I am sure many of us have tried out the AI ChatGPT. Whether it disrupts Google or anybody else is a moot point. […]
A Yuan-class submarine built by China, which features an air-independent propulsion system. Youtube The Royal Thai Navy will send a team of officers to observe performance tests on the Chinese-built CHD620 submarine engines between Feb 7 and March 4, a source in the RTN said. The […]
The EU has extended the current economic sanctions against Russia for six months because of the aggression against Ukraine. According to a decision by the EU states today, the measures will now run until July 31, as the EU Council announced. The first EU punitive […]
Ukraine’s military said its forces drove back an assault in the eastern Donetsk region after Russia’s paramilitary Wagner Group said it took control of Blahodatne village. The forces “repelled attacks near … Blahodatne” and 13 other settlements in Donetsk, the Ukrainian military said in its […]
A top Republican in the United States Congress says the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan “are very high” after a US general caused consternation with a memo suggesting war would happen in two years’ time. In a memo dated February 1 but released […]
A roadside stop by police in Memphis resulted in a young Black American man losing his life after a brutal beating by officers. Tyre Nichols’ name has now been added to a long list of victims killed by those entrusted with enforcing the law and […]
Israel appears to have been behind a drone attack on a military factory in Iran, United States officials say. Iran said on Sunday that it intercepted drones targeting the facility near the central city of Isfahan, adding there were no casualties. The extent of damage […]
The Maldives’ President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has been declared the winner of a contentious presidential primary, but his rival has yet to concede the election amid allegations of voter fraud, heightening political uncertainty in the popular Indian Ocean tourist destination. The governing Maldivian Democratic Party […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has again pushed back against demands in Germany and from Ukrainian officials for fighter jets to repel Russia’s invasion, urging Western nations not to join a “bidding war” for sophisticated weapons. Last week, Germany announced it will deliver its Leopard 2 battle […]
Israel has sealed off the home of a Palestinian man who killed seven people outside a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem, in a preliminary step ahead of the expected demolition of the building. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet took steps towards approving other punitive measures […]
