Chinese jets fly sorties over Taiwan strait
Before Blinken’s three-day visit to China, US officials had pointed to a period of relative calm in the Taiwan strait over the past few months, after years of aggressive Chinese military manoeuvres and threats, as a factor in improving US-Chinese relations. Taiwan has reported that a dozen Chinese warplanes flew sorties close to the island
The gain in Russia’s Gas Production
This year, natural gas production in Russia is expected to add 4.6 per cent and climb to 666.7 bln cubic meters in the base case scenario, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development said in its socioeconomic development forecast for the country. Gas production is expected to continue growing to 695.4 bln cubic meters in 2025,
America- China Tech wars
Started during Donald Trump’s first term in office, between 2017 and 2021, they have continued under Joe Biden.The struggle is reshaping relationships and supply chains the world over. And its costs are mounting. Estimates vary, but the imf reckons that the elimination of high-tech trade across rival blocs could cost as much as 1.2% of
The ban of Tiktok in India
India is not the only country to have taken the step either in November 2023, Nepal also announced a decision to ban TikTok and Pakistan has implemented a number of temporary bans since 2020.Banning a massive social media app would be an unprecedented moment in American tech history, though the looming court battle currently leaves
Destroyed Ukraine Railways
Ukrainian railways, with an estimated 12,000 miles of tracks and 230,000 employees, have played a crucial role in the war, evacuating civilians from frontline areas, transporting everything from grain to humanitarian assistance around the country, and moving heavy weapons supplied by Western allies along carefully guarded and hidden supply lines. Russia attacked railway facilities in
Ukraine removes Abrams tanks from frontline
Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack. News of the sidelining of the tanks comes as the U.S. marks the two-year anniversary of the Ukraine Defense
Probe in Tesla Autopilot recall
The US auto regulator is investigating whether Tesla’s biggest ever recall successfully addressed safety concerns relating to its driver assistance system. The new investigation comes shortly after Tesla recalled thousands of its new Cybertrucks over an accelerator crash risk. 2024 has also seen sales and profits fall at the car-maker, and an on-going row about
Tiktok will not be sold to US
Beijing’s tightening grip on private companies has raised concerns in the US, and other Western countries, about how much control the Chinese Communist Party has over ByteDance, and the data it holds.TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to
Google Dominance in Tech Industry
Google’s algorithm uses a number of factors to determine the ranking of search results. When the algorithm is updated, it can have a big impact on businesses that rely on the visits search sends to their websites. There was an update in early March, as a result of which Google warned there would be more
Russia is “weakening” America
In March 2024, historian and Russian propaganda translator Ian Garner explained in Foreign Policy magazine that the West was still oblivious to Moscow’s information war and said the Kremlin’s influence campaigns have “deeply penetrated Western politics and society.” Leaked Russian documents have revealed Moscow’s secret plan to weaken Ukraine’s partners and allies in the West