The search giant’s cached links long helped researchers keep track of China’s heavily censored internet. Taipei, Taiwan – For researchers of China, keeping up with the country’s politics or economy is hard enough due to its opaque leadership and pervasive censorship. Now they face a challenge from an unexpected source: Google. Late last year, Google began…
Foreign support may be dwindling, but Ukrainian determination to win the war is not. As the second anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion approaches, Ukraine finds itself at a crossroads. Waning external assistance is now a reality that threatens its future. For months now, United States President Joe Biden has been unable to push through…
As Rafah braces for Israeli ground assault, Biden says ‘ceasefire’ more often U.S. President Joe Biden spent months wanting a “pause” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But with Israel preparing for a ground offensive in Rafah, his rhetoric is shifting to emphasize the need for a “temporary ceasefire”. It sounds like…
US pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire, oppose Rafah assault The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah. The move comes after the U.S. signalleded it would…
US to soften tailpipe rules, slow EV transition through 2030 U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is set to ease proposed yearly requirements through 2030 of its sweeping plan to aggressively cut tailpipe emissions and ramp up electric vehicle sales, two sources told Reuters on Sunday. Automakers and the United Auto Workers had urged the Biden administration to…
Trump tells supporters his $355 million fraud fine is election interference Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, telling thousands of supporters at a campaign rally the decision was an “election interference ploy.” Addressing…
US signals it will block proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN The United States has said it will block another resolution that will soon be presented at the United Nations urging a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Algeria has proposed a new resolution be put to a vote on Tuesday at the UN Security Council…
African countries that have long traded with others outside the continent are now shipping goods to each other. African leaders will this weekend gather in Addis Ababa for the annual summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss key business issues, including plans to make Africa a global economic powerhouse. In the spotlight during the two-day high-level…
Many accuse Zimbabwe’s ruling party of infiltrating the opposition, but say Nelson Chamisa’s cult of personality politics made it possible. Harare, Zimbabwe – On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoil. In…
From the United States to the Global South, the genre has gained broad appeal by casting a spotlight on social ills. It was 1982, and as New York was emerging from one of the worst financial crises in its history, these lyrics by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five struck a chord with listeners. The…
