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Moscow has accused the U.S. and other allies of Ukraine of preparing strikes on Crimea, warning that in such a scenario, there would be “retaliation.” Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Friday that the Crimean bridge, which links Russia with the peninsula illegally annexed by Moscow since 2014, was “again under […]
For two months now, the United States and other Western countries, backing Israel, have been talking about “the day after” in Gaza. They have rejected Israeli assertions that the Israeli army will remain in control of the Strip and pointed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as their preferred political actor to take over governance once […]
Paul Daly/The Canadian Press/AP Debris from the Titan submersible recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic is unloaded Wednesday in Newfoundland. CNN — “Presumed human remains” have been recovered from the seafloor in the area of the
[1/2] A sign reads “FDIC Insured” on the door of a branch of First Republic Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder May 15 (Reuters) – Banking regulators have been pushed by market volatility in recent weeks into doing things that they haven’t really wanted to do, like letting
RSA Conference The RSA Conference this year had a decidedly Black-Mirror-meets-modern-warfare feel to it, with AI permeating almost every session, and conversations about geo-political threats happening as frequently as plans to meet for cocktails. Cisco’s former CEO John Chambers predicted that AI will be bigger than the internet and cloud combined “in every aspect of […]
RSA Conference The RSA Conference this year had a decidedly Black-Mirror-meets-modern-warfare feel to it, with AI permeating almost every session, and conversations about geo-political threats happening as frequently as plans to meet for cocktails. Cisco’s former CEO John Chambers predicted that AI will be bigger than the internet and cloud combined “in every aspect of […]
In 2021’s third quarter, inventory-building accounted for 99% of the 2.3% rise in real gross domestic product at annual rates and 78% of the fourth quarter’s 6.9% increase. Much of the inventory accumulation was in anticipation of robust consumer spending if households dug into their excess savings. But they didn’t. So, liquidation of excess inventories […]
CNN — An incoherent strategy to rebuild Afghanistan, flush with resources but lacking cohesive leadership and a well-defined mission, doomed the 20-year US reconstruction effort that saw American taxpayers pour $145 billion into projects that were often unsustainable, corrupt, and forced through on unrealistic timelines.
There’s the hapless victim who can’t flee from the monster without falling, the stubborn homeowner who won’t move out of a haunted house, and my favorite: the person who walks toward, not away, from a sinister noise at night while asking, “Hello, is anyone there?” As I watch some Democrats handle the voting rights issue, […]
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