Month: July 2024
Boosting China’s computing power
In the era of interconnected devices and data surges, computing power, as the “new energy” of the digital economy, is reshaping global economic landscapes at an unprecedented pace.China aims to boost the country’s aggregate computing power by more than 30 percent by 2025, according to a plan released by six government departments in October 2023.
Israel Strike in Syria
Since October and the Hamas attack on southern Israel, Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon have killed over 450 people, most of them Hezbollah fighters, but the dead also include more than 80 civilians and non-combatants.An Israeli strike in Syria Tuesday killed a former personal bodyguard of the Hezbollah leader, an official with the Lebanese militant group
Warrant for exiled Russia’s opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya
Navalnaya has vowed to continue the work of her husband Alexei Navalny, Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s main opponent who died in an Arctic prison in February.Russia issues arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, accusing her of involvement in an extremist organization. Navalnaya’s team refutes the allegations. Navalnaya has been actively opposing Putin’s government from abroad. Is
Destruction Hamas Underground Tunnels
The Israeli military detonated the vast tunnel network in the Shejaiya neighborhood, dismantling a large portion of the underground network used by Hamas and other terror groups in northern Gaza — including several booby-trapped buildings, with intelligence officers also locating a trove of documents and weapons. The Israeli Defense Forces demolished six terror tunnels spanning
Microsoft’s AI push in HongKong classrooms
Microsoft’s AI push in Asia comes as OpenAI restricts its API access in the region amid US-China geopolitical tensions. However, despite ongoing tensions, Sheu assured that Microsoft’s Azure AI services will remain unaffected despite the company’s affiliation with OpenAI. The company’s earlier efforts to get AI into the classroom saw more than 200 grade five
Syria- Turkey talks
Ankara severed ties with Damascus in 2011 after Syria’s civil war began and Turkish forces backed anti-Assad forces in the north. But in the last two weeks Erdogan has stressed the need for reconciliation with Turkey’s neighbour. The number of Syrian arrivals has worried Turks, who wonder if they will ever return home, prompting Erdogan
Boeing 737 Max 8 deadly crash
The first came in 2018 in Indonesia, where Lion Air pilots did not know about the flight-control software that could push the nose of the Boeing 737 Max 8 down without their input. The Lion Air crash killed 189 people. The second was in 2019 in Ethiopia, where an Ethiopian Airlines pilot knew about the
France’s political deadlock as Hungary takes EU leadership
The New Popular Front, a left-wing alliance cobbled together after Mr Macron called the elections, argues that as the leading group in the next National Assembly it has earned the right to choose a prime minister meanwhile Hungary has taken over the presidency of the EU this month, and already Mr Orban has angered several
The New United Kingdom Prime Minister
the new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, spent his first weekend in office travelling to different parts of the United Kingdom starting with Scotland. He will then embark on his first foreign visit as PM for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) meeting in Washington to set the tone for his Labour government’s relations with US
Belarus-China joint military exericeise
The joint training exercise will focus on counter-terrorism operations, with both sides adopting a mixed-unit training model to jointly carry out planned drills, such as hostage rescue and coordinated counter-terrorism actions.The militaries of both countries will conduct a joint training exercise of ground forces in the vicinity of Brest, Belarus, in early to mid-July, the