BRICS Leaders to Call for Data Protections Against Unauthorized AI Use
July 6 By Reuters Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations will call for protections against unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid excessive data collection and allow mechanisms for fair payment, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters. The diplomatic bloc…
Will the United States succeed in taking over Greenland?
July 5 By Hank Folly This is the third attempt in modern history. The prospect of the United States joining an ice island the size of half of Europe is an exciting issue for many countries around the world. In the event of a successful…
Trump Says He Will Put 20% Tariff on Vietnam’s Exports
July 2 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Khanh Vu The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20% tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said on Wednesday, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could raise levies on most imports. Vietnamese…
China’s Huawei Must Face US Criminal Charges, Judge Rules
July 1 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Huawei Technologies’ bid to dismiss most of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals, and misleading banks about its work in Iran. In a…
Russian forces advance and take first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, state media say
June 30 By Guy Faulconbridge Russian forces have taken control of the first village in the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, Russian state media and war bloggers said on Monday, after Russia took 950 square kms of territory in two months. There was no immediate…
Trump Says US Ending Trade Discussions With Canada Over Digital Tax
June 27 By Reuters President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. is immediately ending trade talks with Canada in response to the country’s digital services tax on technology companies, calling it a “direct and blatant attack on our country.” “Based on this egregious Tax,…
Trump Signals US May Ease Iran Oil Sanction Enforcement to Help Rebuild Country
June 25 By Jeff Mason President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. has not given up its maximum pressure on Iran – including restrictions on sales of Iranian oil – but signaled a potential easing in enforcement to help the country rebuild. “They’re…
Gulf States on High Alert After US Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Sites
June 22 By Menna AlaaElDin, Pesha Magid and Maha El Dahan Gulf states, home to multiple U.S. military bases, were on high alert on Sunday with their leaders calling on all parties to exercise maximum restraint following U.S. strikes on Iran that raised the possibility…
Iran Adapts to Maintain Oil Exports During Conflict, Trackers Say
June 19 By Robert Harvey Iran is maintaining crude oil supply by loading tankers one at a time and moving floating oil storage much closer to China, two vessel tracking firms told Reuters, as the country seeks to keep a key source of revenue while…
‘Let’s Have a Debate:’ Why Sen. Tim Kaine Wants Congress to Vote on War With Iran
June 19 By Olivier Knox I’ve discussed questions about war powers – who decides whether, when and how young Americans are hurled into conflict – with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia for a decade, whether a Democrat like him or a Republican has held the…