Russia on Thursday (Mar 12) accused the United States and its Western allies of whipping up “hysteria” about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, as tensions flared at the United Nations over Washington’s military campaign Operation Epic Fury against Tehran. China also slammed the US, calling it the “instigator” of the Iranian nuclear crisis. US envoy to the…
Apple CEO Tim Cook was among a handful of top tech executives who attended a classified CIA briefing warning that China could attack Taiwan by 2027, according to a sweeping investigative report by The New York Times ($). The previously unreported briefing was apparently held in a secure room in Silicon Valley in July 2023….
There is this old British chestnut that says justice must not only be done, but must be seen to be done. Justice has been amply served in the 20-year sentence handed down to former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, but it has not been seen to be done in many quarters, especially in the West….
Video-game players are returning to an old technology to get their dopamine fix: websites. While much of the US$189 billion video-game industry is stagnant or shrinking, the appetite for web-based games like GeoGuessr and chess is soaring. Sales for such titles – advertising and the sums players spend on in-game items – were expected to…
A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to disclose the security clearances held by Elon Musk during his brief tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), intensifying scrutiny of the billionaire’s unusual role at the center of U.S. national-security operations. The ruling follows earlier calls from Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)…
The United States formally determined in January 2021 that China’s actions in Xinjiang constitute genocide, according to the US State Department. Photo : AP Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Urumqi in late September to mark the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to Reuters. The trip was heavily publicised by state broadcaster…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s father Errol Musk has been reportedly accused of child sexual abuse. A recent report by New York Times revealed that the 78-year old Errol Musk has been accused of child sexual abuse after the allegations from South Africa started surfacing and claimed that Musk engaged in abusive conduct involving a minor….
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos once revealed that he never took additional compensation during his tenure as the CEO, saying he was proud of this decision to forgo the stock grants and bonuses, despite leading one of world’s most valuable companies. Speaking at the 2024 New York Times DealBook Summit, Bezos revealed that he asked the…
United States President Donald Trump (File Image) Photo : AP United States President Donald Trump will arrive in Britain on Tuesday for his unprecedented second state visit. This is the first time any world leader received the honor of a second state visit, and the first time the invitation was delivered in a personal letter…
The scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, expanded after a collection of unseen letters from influential individuals to Epstein, as well as photos from inside his notorious Manhattan mansion, were released by the New York Times. These letters were compiled as a birthday tribute for Epstein’s 63rd birthday in 2016….