Month: September 2023
Russia bans Diesel export
Russia last week announced a ban on exports of gasoline and diesel, as the Kremlin tries to tackle rising prices of the fuel at home and ensure enough domestic supply. The country in recent months has suffered shortages of gasoline and diesel. The ban affects all kinds of diesel and took effect on September 21.
US-China space investment
China is the only country to have its own space station, it has already brought moon samples back to earth, and it has plans to reach the polar regions of the lunar surface. In late August, India became the fourth nation to achieve a soft landing on the Moon and the first to reach the
Amazon investment on Anthropic
The focus on this type of AI is driven by an urgent need for conversation on how nations can work together to meet the novel challenges these risks pose, combat misuse of models, and utilise AI to do real, tangible public good across the world – from curing disease to improving education. Amazon will invest
AI-made music won’t be banned from Spotify
In May, It was reported that thousands of tracks had been removed from Spotify after a discovery that bots were being used to artificially inflate their streaming figures. Artists are increasingly speaking out against the use of AI in the creative industries. While AI is not banned in all forms on the platform the company
Reddit to Start paying Gold rated posts
Gold has been a part of Reddit for a long time, and was originally intended as a sort of virtual reward for posts or comments that people particularly liked. Reddit users – or Redditors – will typically join a variety of subreddits, rather than following individual users on other platforms, and see posts from these
Ukraine to offer free grans to counter Putin’s offer
The Russia-US supremacy wars took centre stage during this year’s UNGA, when the President Joe Biden told the UN that the territorial integrity and human rights that form the foundation of the UN must be collectively defended, a thinly veiled attack on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The grain initiative was brokered by the UN and
United Kingdom backs down on climate goals
The original plan was to replace gas heaters with electric ones while urging homeowners to improve insulation and other measures to their houses. However, the new policy also eliminated the requirement for landlords to make homes energy-efficient. Under the original plan, landlords could have faced fines. The UK has set the net-zero emissions goal for
New Russian attacks on Odesa port
Ukraine has carried out a drone attack on the western Russian region of Kursk, damaging several private houses and an administrative building and now An overnight Russian missile and drone attack has injured one woman and damaged port infrastructure in Odesa. The Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine said Russia directed 19 drones and
American police in Romania
The American military is coming to Romania after remains of three drones similar to those used by Russia in the invasion of Ukraine were found on Romanian soil. Adetachment of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), made of approximately 100 soldiers and four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, arrived on September 22 at the
Terrorist attack on Kosovo police
Most of Kosovo’s territory is populated by ethnic Albanians. The Balkan nation was once a part of Serbia, but the Serb forces were driven out in 1999 following an uprising by Albanian guerrilla fighters and the subsequent NATO bombing. The remaining Serb population is now concentrated in northern Kosovo, near the Serbian border. Ethnic tensions