USAID Puts All Direct Hire Personnel on Administrative Leave
Personnel handling the State Department agency’s essential duties have been exempted. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a directive on Feb. 4...
Judge Blocks Trump’s Order to Transfer Men Who Identify as Women to Male Prisons
The order states that it is the policy of the United States to recognize that there are two sexes only: male and female. A judge...
10 Unusual Events During Chinese New Year: Shanghai Like a Lockdown, Guangzhou Feels Apocalyptic
This is my first time spending the Chinese New Year in Shanghai, and it’s really opened my eyes. If you didn’t know better, you’d...
ByteDance’s new AI model goes viral for its deepfake capabilities that animate photos
ByteDance, the tech giant behind TikTok, has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) model that is gaining widespread attention for its ability to transform photos...
DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough ‘is biggest shock to come out of China in 185 years’
DeepSeek may prove to be China’s most important technological contribution to the world in almost two centuries, according to a leading scientist. Advertisement Rao...
How is China retaliating against US tariffs, and what impact will it have?
Within minutes of the United States hiking tariffs on all Chinese imports by 10 per cent, Beijing announced a slew of retaliatory measures in...
Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra in China, with trade, railway, scam farms on the table
Published: 7:29pm, 5 Feb 2025Updated: 7:44pm, 5 Feb 2025 Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has arrived in China for a four-day visit as the...
Thailand shuts power to Myanmar’s scam hub, PM Paetongtarn vows firm action
Thailand has pulled the plug on electricity and internet access to Myanmar border areas bristling with scam factories, in a belated effort to disrupt...
Room with a seal view: Dutch hotel gets unusual guest
Published: 7:14pm, 5 Feb 2025Updated: 8:06pm, 5 Feb 2025 A guest at a seaside Dutch hotel got more than she bargained for when she...