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New Russia and North Korea partnership
The Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un has signed a strategic partnership agreement, promising to come to each other’s aid when facing aggression. Mr Kim turned away from talks with America following the failed summit in Hanoi and began making fresh overtures to Russia. The response was lukewarm until Mr Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
China scientific prowess
Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s largest research organisation and institutions around China produce a huge amount of research into the biology of food crops. In the past few years Chinese scientists have discovered a gene that, when removed, boosts the length and weight of wheat grains, another that improves the ability of crops like
China and Russia plans for Arctic
Rising temperatures in the Arctic are slowly opening up new possibilities for transport. But geopolitics are changing the region faster. China’s support for Russia is fuelling Western distrust of the Asian power’s “polar silk road” plans. But China is not retreating from the Arctic. It still sees a chance to boost its influence there, and
Airtel Africa partners with WebEngage
Airtel Africa has partnered with WebEngage to drive its digital customer base management. Airtel is the second largest telecom service provider in Africa, with more than 60 million data users among a total of 150 million customers. The integrations will enable Airtel to monitor user service activities and in a highly personalized manner while retaining
Emmanuel Macron Gamble
Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a parliamentary election this month is looking like one of the most self-destructive gambles by a French leader in modern times. The stockmarket has fallen by 4% since he made his announcement on June 9th, the night of his party’s drubbing in the European Parliament elections at the hands of
Nvidia and Microsoft’s dominace in AI industry
The tech giants have a combined market value of $6.6 trillion (€6.16 trillion), making them two of the three largest companies in the world. Microsoft’s recent success has been underpinned by its $13 billion bet on OpenAI, the startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, while Nvidia can boast the world’s most advanced chips that are vital
Threat to American patents
India, South Africa, and other developing countries petitioned in October 2020 to waive TRIPS protection for COVID-19 patents. The Biden Administration supported the petition, and it was granted in a June 2022 vote of WTO TRIPS Council members. Under the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of International Property , which was adopted in 1994, virtually all nations
New vaccines against Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases, causing over one million deaths each year worldwide.The current anti-tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, is administered worldwide. However, considering that more than 10 million new tuberculosis cases are reported each year, its effectiveness is deemed insufficient.In developing tuberculosis vaccines, scientists have studied proteins from M. tuberculosis that trigger
Wider conflict between Israel and Hezbollah
The Israeli military plans outline an assault into Lebanon should a larger-scale conflict between Israel and Hezbollah break out. The operation would need approval from the Israeli government. Hezbollah’s video showed what it claimed were sensitive sites located miles inside Israeli territory and was perceived as a warning that the militant group has intelligence about
China Aiding drug trafficking from Mexico to US
The US has accused a Chinese “underground banking” network of helping Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drugs cartel with money laundering and other crimes. Law enforcement officers have seized about $5m (£4m) in proceeds, as well as guns and hundreds of pounds of cocaine, methamphetamine and ecstasy pills.The US accuses the Sinaloa cartel of helping to fuel