Before dawn on August 5, 1914, hours after Britain declared war on Germany, a British cable ship, the Alert, slipped out to sea on a secret mission. Her orders were to drag the floor of the English Channel for Germany’s five overseas telegraph cables and cut them all. She succeeded. Submarine cables carry over 95%…
HR McMaster says US counterintelligence is ‘way behind’ Former Trump national security advisor H.R. McMaster told lawmakers that Washington’s focus on terrorism allowed China and Russia to expand espionage, cyber and influence operations while exploiting U.S. technology and investment. (Credit: C-SPAN) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. counterintelligence capabilities have fallen far…
July 20 (Reuters) – An attack on a ship leaving Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa on Sunday killed four Indians and left another at hospital in a critical condition, India’s foreign ministry said in a statement late on Monday. Russia hit the Golden Leo – a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a crew from India and…
Secretary of state Marco Rubio said Asean is the primary means through which the US engages with the region. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Sunday he was open to meeting with his Chinese and Russian counterparts this week while in the Philippines for a gathering of Southeast Asian foreign…
Hong Kong should serve as a hub for the commercialisation of artificial intelligence and as a strategic base for mainland Chinese AI companies expanding overseas, the city’s finance chief has said, while noting the risks and challenges of the technology. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s comments followed a speech on Friday by Chinese President Xi…
KYIV, July 19 (Reuters) – Russia battered Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war, killing at least one person and wounding 16 others, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. A series of powerful explosions thundered across the darkened city in an attack that involved 41 missiles of…
It was an artificial intelligence summit with very real-world geopolitical messaging. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged countries to cooperate on artificial intelligence and ensure no country dominates the technology – in an apparent jab at the United States. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Xi spoke at a major tech conference in…
United States President Donald Trump has renewed a campaign to cast doubts on the 2020 elections that saw him lose to Joe Biden – this time painting China as a major adversary that helped “manipulate” the vote. Speaking in a primetime address on Thursday, Trump claimed that newly declassified intelligence material exposed foreign interference in…
KYIV, July 16 (Reuters) – Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian areas in towns and cities, many on the front line of the more than four-year-old war, killed at least 13 people on Thursday, local officials said. A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia killed three people and wounded 15, regional…
BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) – Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization, an intergovernmental body China says aims to promote international cooperation and global governance in artificial intelligence. • Representatives from the 29 countries, including Russia, Belarus, Serbia, Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela, as well as 10 African and…