Four Pillars Roundup: Zelenskyy and von der Leyen discuss EU accession and financial aid in Brussels
President Volodymyr Zelensky, 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, said that the main topics of talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were the negotiation process on Ukraine's accession to the EU and the use of frozen...
Von der Leyen’s mission: Stop Europe’s ‘slow agony’ of decline
The European Commission president, 2020 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, has pledged to boost the EU’s ability to compete with the U.S. and China. https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-mission-europe-economy/
OpenAI announces new o3 models
OpenAI saved its biggest announcement for the last day of its 12-day “shipmas” event. On Friday, December 20, the company unveiled o3, the successor to the o1 “reasoning” model it released earlier in the year. o3 is a model family, to be more precise — as was the case...
Trump Discussed China-Taiwan Situation in Meeting with Abe’s Widow
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reportedly discussed the security environment surrounding China and Taiwan when he met with Akie Abe, the widow of late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, earlier this month. According to sources, Trump said during the meeting, with a...
Google says it has cracked a quantum computing challenge with new chip
Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Monday December 9, 2024 said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the...
Former PM Abe’s widow to meet Trump in Florida: report
Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will meet U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to a CNN report. She is expected to dine with Trump, who is set to begin his second term next...
Trump, Zelensky meet in Paris as Macron hosts three-way talks
The meeting is taking place at the Elysée Palace, ahead of Notre-Dame Cathedral's grand reopening, after five years of reconstruction. President Emmanuel Macron, 2024 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, hosted three-way talks with Ukrainian...