Month: August 2022
US Rules on Tiktok
TikTok is taking extra measures to limit misinformation and violations of its policies ahead of the US mid-term elections. The video platform has announced new steps to ensure influencers understand that paid political ads are prohibited. TikTok said it would publish educational content and host briefings with influencers and advertising agencies “so the rules of
Taiwan “Immigrants”
prospects of an invasion by China since it began military exercises in response to visits to Taiwan by U.S. lawmakers. Held by Taiwan since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a Chinese civil war, the archipelago of small islands, less than 10 km (6.2 miles) from China’s coast
Estonia hit by cyberattacks
With tensions already high between Moscow and NATO-member Estonia over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has criticized Estonia’s decision to remove the remaining Soviet-era monuments in Narva. Russian hacker group said it carried out the attacks after Tallinn removed a Soviet-era monument. Killnet, a Russian hacker group, claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks on Estonia.
Afghanistan’s women in exile for their rights
Within days of taking over the presidential palace, the Taliban began reversing the many advances in gender equality achieved over the past two decades. The Taliban dismissed female employees from banks, universities, media and most other places of employment. Afghanistan’s new government allows women to exit their homes only if accompanied by a male guardian,
Ukraine nuclear plant security
Nato is the latest international organisation to call for United Nations inspectors to be let into the Zaporizhzhia power plant, claiming its seizure posed a serious threat to Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Officials say the plant could be cut off from power as Moscow tries to redirect electricity to Crimea, which it annexed eight years
global tree losses from fires
Climate change is a key factor in the increase as it leads to higher temperatures and drier conditions. The impacts of fire-related losses are being felt primarily in forests in more northerly countries like Canada and Russia. While fire is a natural part of how these forests have long functioned, the scale of destruction seen
Heat waves in china and electricity cut
Millions of residents in China’s south-western Sichuan province have been hit with rolling power cuts amid a severe heatwave and drought. Factories in the province have been forced to cut production or halt work as part of emergency measures to redirect power supplies to households. As a result, electricity demand for air conditioning in offices
Ghosting in workplace
Ghosting is considered bad practice for both companies and workers; no one likes being on the receiving end of it. Yet its rise seems inexorable: digital hiring processes deluge companies with candidates, making replying to everyone hard, even as labour shortages give job-hunters more options as employers scramble for talent. Rather than sending a withdrawal
The “war” in Taiwan
Taiwan is a self-governing island with a thriving democracy, the Chinese Communist Party claims it as part of China. A recent visit by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of America’s House of Representatives, has triggered a crisis. Now the uneasy status quo between China and Taiwan, which has existed for six decades, is looking more fragile
Xi Jinping’s economic revolution
China’s recent development has concentrated wealth in eastern cities. Now President Xi Jinping wants to spread it inland to places like Changsha, and wants the process to be driven by innovation in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence , cloud computing and smart manufacturing “industrialisation 4.0”, in his words. Central-government directives often seem far removed