By NathalieCollins, Paul Haskell-Dowland and Jeff Volkheimer for The Conversation. Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines ... Also Read ... What’s the damage? ... Also Read ... Sign Up ... Twitter .
The more Russian PresidentVladimir Putin tries to break NATO, the stronger it gets. Not for the first time in the war in Ukraine, PresidentJoe Biden took decisive action that closed fissures in the alliance ... This represented a significant symbolic, political and military win for Ukraine ... “He expected our support for Ukraine to crumble with time ... .
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of Australians marked the country’s national holiday on Thursday with rallies in support of the nation’s Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as “Invasion Day” ... 26 should be considered “Australia Day”, largely unchanged from a year ago ... Sign Up ... ....
KAMPALA, Uganda (LifeSiteNews) — A leading Ugandan politician warned fellow parliamentarians about the effect of homosexuality in the country’s schools. Deputy SpeakerThomas Tayebwa told parliament yesterday that he had heard “painful” and “grueling” stories of the homosexual influence being felt by students.
A former Colombian drug trafficker has admitted to overseeing a vast network of criminal operations and cocaine smuggling, including a violent paramilitary group known as the Clan del Golfo or the Gulf Clan cartel ... “Tons of cocaine were moved with my permission or at my direction,” he told the court ... He was extradited to the US in May 2022 ... .
Israel has continued to step up its near-daily raids across the occupied West Bank, killing numerous Palestinians over the past three months ...Civilians confronting the army during raids and uninvolved bystanders have been killed, as well as Palestinian fighters in targeted assassinations and during armed clashes ... What led to the uptick in violence? ... .
The thaw in Anglo-French relations has begun. For the first time in five years, a British prime minster will attend a summit with a French president... They will meet in Paris on March 10 ... It would be premature to attach weighty significance to these two events ... Yet, there is ample evidence that Mr Sunak and Mr Macron share a spirit of pragmatic respect.
TAIPEI. Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen told PopeFrancis in a letter that war with China is "not an option" and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting Taipei's democracy ...Taiwanese leaders are uneasy about Vatican's efforts to develop relations with Beijing ... ....
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has visited neighbouring Sudan on Thursday for meetings with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his first visit to Khartoum since a 2021 military coup there ... Sudan’s ruling sovereign council said in a statement that Burhan and Abiy held talks on “ways to strengthen and enhance bilateral relations” ... .
The Chinese government says the United States should stop pressuring Beijing on debt relief for Zambia and focus on averting a government default at home, which could have repercussions for the global economy ...The US government has a cap of $31.4 trillion on how much it can borrow, and it reached that limit on Thursday ... .
UNITED NATIONS. The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations said Wednesday she used everything in her “toolbox” during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to reverse their crackdown on Afghan women and girls, and she urged Muslim countries to help the Taliban move from the “13th century to the 21st.” ... — United Nations (@UN) January 24, 2023.