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United Nations General Assembly Adopts by Consensus U.S.-Led Resolution on Seizing the Opportunities of Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems for Sustainable Development
On March 21, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly achieved a historic milestone by adopting, through consensus, a resolution spearheaded by the United States on "Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for...
Russia pushes to get more citizens to move to its Far East
The Russian Far East is in red. Many Russians fear that their nation's Far East could end up being absorbed by China, with its 1.4 billion people and huge economy. So the Russian government, following the directive of strongman President Vladimir Putin, is offering...
Chinese hacker/spy sentenced to U.S. prison
Su Bin, a Chinese businessman who admitted being part of a group hacking U.S. defense secrets, has been given nearly four years’ jail. He had been extradited from Canada. Su Bin was convicted of taking part in a multi-year plot by Chinese military officers to...
Google tells patrons of 4,000 state-sponsored cyberattacks a month
Google senior vice president Diane Greene said on July 11 that the company was notifying customers of about 4,000 state-sponsored cyberattacks per month. The Internet search leader has led the sector in notifying users of government spying. Others, including Microsoft...
Downed Russian copter raises questions about the size of Russia’s role in Syria
The apparent shooting down of a new Russian state-of-the-art Mi-35M helicopter, which could only be operated by the Russian military, over a Syrian area controlled by the Islamic State suggests how much the Russians are directly involved in the Syrian civil war...
Abe pushes to end price deflation, boost economic growth
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered Economic Revitalization Minister Nobuteru Ishihara to draft a range of economic measures to end deflation and raise Japan’s growth potential. The program will include a supplementary fiscal 2016 budget. The...
China loses big South China Sea case
The northern South China Sea. China has lost an important international legal case over control of strategic reefs and atolls that it asserts give it the right to control much of the South China Sea. It has been rapidly militarizing some of these features...