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LONDON – Former Russian intelligence operative Sergei Skripal’s daughter Yulia, who was poisoned in the British city of Salisbury alongside her father, told the BBC that she does not wish ... Read more
LONDON — Network technology company Cisco Systems said on May 23 that a half a million routers had been compromised in preparation for what could be a major cyberattack against Ukraine, raising the sp ... Read more
MINSK – A Belarussian court has sentenced a Ukrainian radio correspondent to more than eight years in prison for spying, Ukraine’s ambassador in Minsk Ihor Kizim told Reuters on May 23. Read mor ... Read more
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has faced criticism for not answering questions faced with the leaders of the European parliament on May 22. Read more here. The post Euronews: European politicians expre ... Read more
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on May 23 he would know next week whether his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would take place on June 12 in Singapore as scheduled, casti ... Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his efforts to discredit the Russia investigation Wednesday, saying the FBI has been caught in a “MAJOR spy scandal” over its use of a secret informant to ... Read more
Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine, has called for the release of Uk ... Read more
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is set to focus on the dispute over Iran while meeting his US colleague Mike Pompeo in Washington. Ties between the two allies are already frayed by rows over climat ... Read more
Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his attacks on the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the US election, and his fightback against the Department of Justice reached a turning point ... Read more
As Washington and Beijing prepare to move forward with a deal that would lift the sales ban on ZTE, the Chinese telco has reportedly been busy getting ready to resume the operations that were ceased d ... Read more
At today’s Tencent 2018 “Cloud + Future” Summit in Guangzhou, CEO Pony Ma introduced his new vision for the Tencent Cloud platform, dubbed the “three-net” concept (三张网), local media is reporting. The ... Read more
JD is very serious about AI and other emerging technologies. The online retailer wants to lead China’s innovations not only in terms of business models but also in technologies. “Technology underscore ... Read more
Kaifu Lee’s Sinovation Ventures has announced the launch of its new AI company named Chuangxin Qizhi (创新奇智), which has completed its angel financing round and raised over RMB 100 million, according to ... Read more
Some birds come to the world for fulfilling their duties rather than just dodging bullets. —Luo Yonghao, founder of Smartisan From Bullog—Luo Yonghao’s blog started in 2006—to Luo And His Friends Educ ... Read more
You know that thing where you hide body parts so that a mythical creature can find them? Right? No, it’s not the premise for a supernatural serial killer drama – I’m talking about the tooth fairy, and ... Read more
Regardless of whether one considers professional wrestling a sport or merely choreographed entertainment, one cannot deny that wrestlers often risk serious injury in the ring. High-flying stunts and f ... Read more
Didi Chuxing (Didi), the largest ride-hailing platform in China, is rumored to IPO in Hong Kong in the second half of the year at the soonest, our sister site has reported (in Chinese). In what could ... Read more
When we study Nationalism in the nineteenth century in my ELL World History class, I have students compare it with nationalism today. Here’s a new video I’ll be adding to that section of o ... Read more