Uganda tax on digital services
Countries adopt VAT on digital services to level the playing field between local service providers that are already mandated to charge VAT and the foreign service providers that did not have this obligation before. Uganda recently joined the list of countries around the world collecting Value Added Tax (VAT) on electronic services, an official from
US “healthy” relationship with China
A trade war, launched by former US President Donald Trump, concerns over increasing Chinese aggressiveness in Asia and the Pacific especially regarding the autonomy of Taiwan and China’s support for Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine have all soured relations between the two superpowers. But a series of talks between high-ranking ministers over the past
Teams and Xbox outage
Microsoft last faced outages in January when tens of thousands of customers reported problems. Microsoft has said problems with accessing its Teams messaging app and XBox gaming platform across the United Kingdom and Europe have now been resolved. The problem was unique to customers in the UK and Germany, Microsoft had said earlier on Friday,
Tentative deal between actors and Hollywood studios
Studios have been experimenting with AI in recent years, and safeguards for actors formed a key part of the negotiations. There were some fears that background actors could be the first to lose their jobs as a result of AI. tentative deal between actors and Hollywood studios includes AI safeguards and requirements for intimacy co-ordinators
The NFTs
NFTs are digital tokens of ownership usually bought with cryptocurrency. They’re often linked to images or videos, but owning an NFT does not normally mean the buyer gets the copyright of the picture. Anyone can view it online and even copy and save it, but only the buyer has the status of being the official
Twenty years before Ukraine can join the European Union
On Wednesday, the EC recommended starting negotiations on EU membership with Ukraine and Moldova, conditioning the process on the fulfilment of several conditions by Kyiv and Chisinau. On Feb. 28, 2022, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky signed Ukraine’s application for membership in the community bloc. Ukraine’s accession to the European Union (EU) will probably take at
Australia to release immigrants in detention
Australia on Friday announced it would begin releasing immigrants held in indefinite detention. This landmark decision comes after Australia’s High Court ruled against indefinitely holding immigrants, marking a significant shift from the country’s longstanding policy. The ruling was prompted by the case of a stateless Rohingya man, previously detained for child sexual offenses and unable
American plug on Israel’s invasion of Gaza
Israeli troops are now operating in the city’s centre, where they believe Hamas has its underground headquarters, having encircled it from three sides. The advance units on different axes are now so close to each other that one of their chief concerns is avoiding “friendly fire” incidents. Israel’s ground offensive is entering a dangerous new
Ukraine’s counter-offensive
The long-awaited counter-offensive, which began in earnest on June 4th, has fizzled, with few territorial gains or losses on either side. The ukraine war is at a stalemate. General Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, acknowledged so himself. To the Ukrainians’ credit, in moving slowly they have probably avoided the enormous losses suffered by Russian forces. Ukrainians
Artificial intelligence and fame
Artificial intelligence (ai) is coming for the most glamorous ones. Hollywood has been at a standstill for half the year, until studios agreed on November 8th to offer striking stars protection from robotic rivals and now Stars may worry that Artificial Intelligence is stealing their work and giving less talented performers the skills to snatch