Month: January 2024
Lebanon fires at Israel
The deadly strike came on the 100th day of a conflict between Israel and Hamas that has killed nearly 24,000 Palestinians, devastated vast swaths of Gaza, driven around 85% of its 2.3 million residents from their homes and pushed a quarter of the population into starvation.Two civilians were killed in northern Israel on Sunday after
Ukraine-Russia peace talks
Ukraine presents peace formula to meeting of national security advisers at Davos. China needs to be involved in efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, Switzerland’s co-chair of a meeting in Davos of top diplomats to prepare the ground for a peace plan said on Sunday. There is unlikely to be peace in
The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative in Asia
Ten years on after China’s leader, declared his intention to make a world-girdling web of infrastructure China’s gift to the planet, there is no missing the wave of Chinese money that has broken over the region, bringing giant earth-moving machines, Chinese construction crews, Chinese business folk and diplomats, and not a few criminal chancers. Many
Moscown Opinion on Taiwan being part of China after this year elections
The president-elect said it was a “victory for the community of democracies” around the world and that Taiwanese voters had successfully resisted efforts from “external forces” to influence the election a reference to Beijing’s efforts to have the DPP ousted. Moscow continues to consider Taiwan an integral part of China, a spokesperson for Russia’s foreign
Taiwan’s ruling party candidate wins for a third term
Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, has won a crucial election that will chart the trajectory of the island‘s democracy and relationship with China over the next four years. The Chinese government responded to his win by calling Taiwan “China’s Taiwan” and adding that their commitment to “reunification” remained “as firm as
Israel Ambasador to UN: “The UN should be sit on trial in Hague”
The U.S. has classified Hamas a foreign terrorist organization. Hamas’ sponsor, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been designated by the U.S. State Department as the world’s worst international state sponsor of terrorism. South Africa’s use of the top United Nations court to charge Israel with genocide sparked an angry response Friday from the Jewish
The Trump Campaign
Former president dispenses with conventional campaigning in Iowa but eldest son and his team are confident they can beat warring rivals. The Trump campaign is hoping for a decisive result in Iowa to swiftly eject his GOP challengers from the race for the White House. But, unlike his rivals, the former president has not spent
The AI pillows
Motion Sleep, a South Korean company, has a large space in one of the main exhibition halls at CES.First I’m offered a few stats about the consequences of bad sleep.The solution the company has landed on is a pillow that detects snoring. It then pumps air into different compartments of a pillow, which gently lifts
Ukrainians fight on
Russia is trying to break the Ukrainian spirit of resistance. But as the second anniversary of the invasion on February 22, 2022, draws closer, war appears to have become normality for many. There are reports of people who no longer rush to take shelter in the depths of the Kyiv subway when the air sirens
United Kingdom Military support to Ukraine
The UK will give Ukraine a further £2.5bn in military support, Rishi Sunak has said – Britain’s largest annual commitment since Russia’s invasion. Officials said the package will provide Ukraine with long-range missiles, air defence and artillery shells. Some £200m will be spent on drones, most of which will be UK-made. The UK commitment comes