In early June 2023, Global Enlightenment Mountain, an initiative as a new Silicon Valley model, will convene a series of discussions with leaders from the banking industry in the US, Japan, India, Europe, and Vietnam. The objective is to collaboratively develop new...
AIWS Leadership Program highlighted by Professor Thomas Patterson
On June 2, 2023, Director of the AIWS Leadership Program, Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, a Global Enlightenment Leader, introduces the Program: Equipping Leaders to Meet the Challenges & Opportunities of the Digital Age with pioneering “Remaking the World –...
Colombian peace talks said to succeed
After a half century of conflict that has killed 200,000 people, talks between the Colombian government and Marxist rebels called FARC have resulted in a peace agreement, say sources on both sides. To read the story on this, please hit this link ...
Singapore to block public servants from using the Web
Reuters reports that Singapore plans to cut off access to the Web for public servants as a defense against potential cyber attack – "a move closely watched by critics who say it marks a retreat for a technologically advanced city-state that has trademarked the...
Turkey attacks both ISIS and Kurds in Syria
After Turkey virtually gave ISIS a pass for many months, the Turkish military and allied forces are seriously attacking both U.S.-backed Kurdish militia and Islamic State group positions across the border in Syria. The Turkish government has fought the Kurds...
China’s hidden unemployment rate
China's real jobless rate may be considerably higher than the official 5 percent. Bai Peiwei, an economics professor at Xiamen University, estimates, in the words of Bloomberg News, that the rate "may be 10 percent in industries with excess capacity, such as...
Eurozone’s Big Three to meet on post-Brexit planning
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy -- the Eurozone's three largest countries -- are meeting on a small southern Italian island for talks on how the European Union should proceed following Britain’s vote to leave. Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, German...
Many young Europeans leave future behind
An increasing number of young people in Europe are neither working, nor in school nor being trained. This bodes ill for the socio-economic future of the Continent. Bloomberg reports that "The problem isn't only that they are currently without a job. They 'face...