• 03/15/2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faces Senate panel as pressure builds to regulate AI

Fox News Senators on Tuesday will grill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the “perils and promise” of artificial intelligence as part of a push to better understand this quickly emerging technology and impose some kind of regulatory regime around it. Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, which…

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Macron hints at supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles

Pravda Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the transfer of missiles to Ukraine with a range that “allows Ukraine to resist”. Source: Macron in an interview with French TF1, as reported by European Pravda Details: Macron noted that France has supplied Ukraine with many weapons, including CAESAR self-propelled artillery systems, ammunition and armoured vehicles.…

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Taiwan shares close up 1.28%

Taipei, May 16 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended up 198.85 points, or 1.28 percent,at 15,673.9 Tuesday on turnover of NT$212.173 billion (US$6.88 billion). https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305160005

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Zelenskyy to deliver speech at opening of Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavík

Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will speak at the opening session of the fourth summit of the Council of Europe, “United around values”, which will be held in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik on Tuesday, 16 May. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/16/7402374/

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Sweden’s move to block foreign investments worries businesses

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Sweden remains one of only nine in the European Union that have no legal possibility of blocking foreign investments on security grounds https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3220702/swedens-move-block-foreign-investments-worries-businesses?utm_source=rss_feed

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Air defence downs all Russian missiles and drones flying over Ukraine overnight, including 6 Kinzhal missiles

Pravda Ukraine The Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 18 missiles of various types and a number of Shahed drones on the night of 15-16 May, with all Russian targets shot down by the defenders. Source: Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Telegram; Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the…

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Cambodia Disqualifies Main Opposition Party Ahead of Election

New York Times Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose grip on power has lasted 38 years, has said he wants his son to succeed him, laying the groundwork for a new political dynasty. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/asia/cambodia-election-candlelight-party.html

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Senior Russian diplomat sees US using methods of state terrorism to preserve its hegemony

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Mikhail Galuzin, a war in the economic, information, and legal spheres is being waged against Russia, apart from a military aggression https://tass.com/politics/1617949

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Hong Kong sees overall crime rise by almost 50% in first quarter of 2023 – fraud and violent crime up

Hong Kong Free Press The overall crime rate in the first quarter of this year has increased by 48.4 per cent compared to the same period last year. At a Monday press conference, Secretary for Security Chris Tang attributed the rise to a continuous increase in fraud-related crime, as well as social activities returning to…

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