World
WordPress is a favorite blogging tool of mine and I share tips and tricks for using WordPress here.
-
U.S. Defends Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories
[ad_1] new video loaded: U.S. Defends Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories transcript Back transcript U.S. Defends Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories The United States urged the International Court of Justice not to call for immediate withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian territories, and to consider the country’s security needs. Any movement towards Israel’s withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza requires…
Read More » -
China’s Rush to Dominate A.I. Comes With a Twist: It Depends on U.S. Technology
[ad_1] In November, a year after ChatGPT’s release, a relatively unknown Chinese start-up leaped to the top of a leaderboard that judged the abilities of open-source artificial intelligence systems. The Chinese firm, 01.AI, was only eight months old but had deep-pocketed backers and a $1 billion valuation and was founded by a well-known investor and technologist, Kai-Fu Lee. In interviews,…
Read More » -
How an Election Shattered the Image of Pakistan’s Military
[ad_1] Pakistanis once thought of the military as the iron hand controlling the country’s politics. That illusion has been broken following a contested election in early February, creating one of the establishment’s biggest crises yet. [ad_2] Source link
Read More » -
U.S. Warns Allies Russia Could Put a Nuclear Weapon Into Orbit This Year
[ad_1] American intelligence agencies have told their closest European allies that if Russia is going to launch a nuclear weapon into orbit, it will probably do so this year — but that it might instead launch a harmless “dummy” warhead into orbit to leave the West guessing about its capabilities. The assessment came as American intelligence officials conducted a series…
Read More » -
Russian Forces Press On With Attacks in Southern Ukraine
[ad_1] Russian forces in recent days have launched multiple attacks around the southern Ukrainian village of Robotyne, military officials and experts said, targeting land hard-won by Ukraine in a rare success of its counteroffensive last summer. The Ukrainian Army said it had repelled four consecutive days of assaults from Saturday to Tuesday involving armored vehicles and large numbers of troops…
Read More » -
Middle East Crisis: U.S. Defends Israel’s Policies Toward Palestinians
[ad_1] At the United Nations’ top court, a U.S. official argued that calls for Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories ignore the country’s “real security needs.” [ad_2] Source link
Read More » -
Israeli Raid in West Bank Kills 3 in Jenin, Military Says
[ad_1] Israeli forces killed three people and detained at least 14 others in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Israeli military said on Wednesday. The military said that the Jenin raid had targeted “terrorism” and was part of a broader operation in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority’s news agency, Wafa, said the Israeli…
Read More » -
Small Businesses Sound Alarm Over Weakening German Economy
[ad_1] Thousands of the small and midsize companies that form the backbone of the German economy warned this week that the country was losing its edge, as the country’s central bank signaled the threat of a recession would loom over Germany in the first three months of 2024. “Every day, Germany is losing its ability to remain internationally competitive,” read…
Read More » -
What a Tel Aviv Plaza Means to Hostage Families and Supporters
[ad_1] A week after Hamas-led terrorists stormed his kibbutz and kidnapped his wife and three young children, Avihai Brodutch planted himself on the sidewalk in front of army headquarters in Tel Aviv holding a sign scrawled with the words “My family’s in Gaza,” and said he would not budge until they were brought home. Passers-by stopped to commiserate with him…
Read More » -
Why a Small Island Has Been Fighting to Reclaim .nu on the Web
[ad_1] The South Pacific island of Niue is one the most remote places in the world. Its closest neighbors, Tonga and American Samoa, are hundreds of miles away. The advent of the internet promised, in a small way, to make Niue and its 2,000 or so residents more connected to the rest of the world. In the late 1990s, an…
Read More »