• 11/17/2024

Russia expels five Swedish diplomats in retaliatory move — MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Russian Foreign Ministry recalled that it had described as an openly hostile act Stockholm’s decision to declare five employees of Russian diplomatic missions in Sweden as personae non gratae on April 25, 2023 https://tass.com/politics/1622799

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Is Saudi-Israeli normalization on the horizon or merely speculative media hype?

Jerusalem Post Since the inception of the Abraham Accords expectations have run high that Saudi Arabia would join. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-744208

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‘Permission slip to cartels’: Fentanyl overdoses are surging, so what is Congress doing to help?

Fox News As the House prepares to vote on a bill intended to curb fentanyl overdose deaths, lawmakers weighed in on what’s driving the influx of the synthetic opioid and what’s needed to combat it. “We have a circumstance right now where the open southern border is a permission slip to cartels driving fentanyl into…

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Tech war: Nvidia founder calls China a ‘very important’ market as AI frenzy fuels huge demand for its chips

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Jen-hsun says in an interview that China is a ‘very important’ market for tech, as demand for the company’s specialised chips explodes amid a frenzy over AI. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3221807/tech-war-nvidia-founder-calls-china-very-important-market-ai-frenzy-fuels-huge-demand-its-chips?utm_source=rss_feed

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Students interact with National Palace Museum replica artifacts

Taichung, May 25 (CNA) Disabled students in Taichung have been participating in a range of educational activities, including the opportunity to interact with replicas of cultural artifacts from the National Palace Museum during a three-day event, museum official Lu Yi-wan (呂憶皖) said Thursday. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202305250013

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Explosions ring out near captured airfield in Melitopol

Pravda Ukraine Explosions were heard near the airfield in the temporarily occupied Melitopol, on the morning of 25 May; there is smoke. Source: Ivan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol, on Telegram Quote from Fedorov: “The occupiers of Melitopol are smoking profusely in the area of the captured airfield. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/25/7403815/

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EAEU summit begins in the Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “We will focus on ways to ensure energy and food security, as well as technological and financial self-sufficiency, boost digital transformation processes, remove regulatory and trade barriers and develop transport infrastructure,” Vladimir Putin said https://tass.com/economy/1622795

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Chairman of Ukrainian Parliament addressed Sejm: thanked Poles and mentioned Volhynia

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/25/7162389/

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Massive blaze in central Sydney, close to main train station and business district

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. About 30 fire trucks and 120 firefighters fought the blaze at an abandoned hat factory in a 7-story building near the city’s central railway station. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3221818/massive-blaze-central-sydney-close-main-train-station-and-business-district?utm_source=rss_feed

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