To help guide the future of artificial intelligence governance, the Global Enlightenment Leaders at the Boston Global Forum have established a dedicated team to develop an AI Legal Framework and Actions. Led by influential figures such as Governor Michael Dukakis,...
Based on the idea that music possesses a spiritual power that can elevate humanity toward a more optimistic, creative, innovative, and hopeful life, the Global Enlightenment Music Club (GEMC) was created as a stage for musicians from all over the world to contribute...
The Guardian and Reuters passed on not totally confirmed reports that Vietnam has fortified several islands it controls in the South China Sea with mobile rocket launchers so that it can strike Chinese military bases in the region. This would be one of the...
In the sort of mass public protest that is increasingly unusual under Russia's authoritarian government, hundreds of critics of the Russian government of President Vladimir Putin armed with a rare demonstration gathered in Moscow on Aug. 9 to protest a new set of...
Rodrigo Duterte, the new president of the Philippines, has called the U.S. ambassador to the country, Philip Goldberg, a ‘'gay son of a whore'’. He made the comments Aug. 5 during an address to Filipino military officials, sparking, of course, a diplomatic row. To...
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has ruined hopes for a recall referendum on leftist President Nicolas Maduro this year. Electoral council chief Tibisay Lucena announced several procedural details that would clearly push the referendum into 2017. The...
The leader of Poland's conservative ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, met on Aug. 9 with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The meeting of two right-wing and nationalistic leaders raised some concerns in more liberal parts of Europe about the growing right-wing...
Japanese Emperor Akihito, in a rare televised address to the nation, talked about his ill health and cast doubts on his ability to carry out his duties as emperor much longer. He said that he wanted an orderly imperial family succession. Observers speculated...