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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 31, 2018
Google to fund “humane” AI
Google will give away $25 million to projects that propose ways to use the artificial intelligence of computers to help create a more humane society. The grant program announced Monday is part of a…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 31, 2018
France's Macron backs Ethiopia's reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to back Ethiopian Prime Minister on regional efforts and moves to strengthen the economy. Ethiopia’s reforms under PM Abiy so far have resulted in a 50%…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 30, 2018
China’s private space company fails on debut launch
The first-ever attempt by a private Chinese company to send a rocket into space has failed in an increasingly heated competition between commercial space start-ups. This isn’t the first-ever launch…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 30, 2018
New Election Setback for Angela Merkel
Voters in Germany’s most prosperous states, Hesse, upset Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives again in an election that was seen as a barometer of her and her party’s standing with the German…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 30, 2018
Gold demand up as countries abandon US dollar
Central banks around the world are turning to gold as an alternative to the US dollar, which they see as being undermined by America’s aggressive trade policy and geopolitical uncertainty. Gold is a…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 27, 2018
U.K. imposes fines on Facebook
British regulators slapped Facebook with a fine of £500,000 ($644,000) for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Cambridge Analytica had accessed crucial…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 26, 2018
Most Devastating Airline Hack in History
Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific claims a "malicious, criminal attack" on its website hit over 9 million passengers. Data including passport numbers, identity card numbers, email addresses and…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 24, 2018
'Mystery Illness' Paralysing Children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week issued a warning about illness it says it knows very little about that causes arm or leg weakness and paralysis, particularly in children.…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 23, 2018
Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones, Infowars
On Monday, Twitter Inc confirmed that it has permanently removed 18 more accounts affiliated with Infowars, the website of U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter is an American online news and…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 23, 2018
DRC gets controversial voting machines
The tablet-like voting machines for December’s election have been ordered and will arrive this month, despite suspicions by diplomats and the opposition that they can be tampered with. The vast…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 22, 2018
Bolsonaro will use force against violence
Brazil’s leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday that, if he is elected, he intends to use the armed forces for routine street patrols, describing the country as “at war.” Crime…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 21, 2018
Old Drug with Potential to Revolutionise Cancer Treatment
Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that papaverine, a drug that has been used as a muscle relaxant since 1848, could make radiation therapy more…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 19, 2018
Facebook activates election ‘war room’
The social media company is gearing up for the upcoming US Mid-term elections by opening a “war-room” to fight disinformation campaigns. Facebook has been heavily criticised for its inaction during…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 19, 2018
‘United States, High Stakes Merger’
The United States has decided to merge the US Consulate General in Jerusalem with its newly opened Embassy. This is the second instance of the US concentrating its diplomatic presence in the disputed…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 19, 2018
Trump Deters Migrants with Military Threat
2,000 Honduran Migrants have been making their way north through Guatemala, and have tried to cross into Mexico. Some believe their final destination is the United States. U.S President Donald Trump…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 19, 2018
NATO launches new military exercise
Trident Juncture 18 is a NATO-led military exercise to be held in Norway from the 13th of October to the 24rth of November 2018. The main goals of Trident Juncture are to train the NATO Response…
General Interest - Op-Eds - Oct 16, 2018
Can democracy survive in the information age?
Since the 1970-s, the contemporary world has been experiencing the Digital Revolution, the change from mechanical and electronic technologies to high tech, digital technologies. States have always…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 15, 2018
Bridgewater warns Federal Reserve
Bob Prince, the co-Chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund expects more market turbulence as the US economy begins to cool. The United States is the largest economy in the world in…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 15, 2018
Merkel’s allies lose
Voters in the southern German heartland of Bavaria dealt a stinging blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative allies by voting in favour of the Greens, and the anti-immigration AfD party.…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 13, 2018
US halts F-35 operations
The United States temporarily suspended operations for its fleet of F-35 fighter jets for 24 to 48 hours to check for possible faulty fuel tubes in the engines of the planes. The Lockheed Martin F-35…