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Here are the key developments on the 1,093rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Friday, February 21: Fighting Russian forces took back more than 800 square kilometres (309 square miles) from Ukrainian troops in western Russia’s Kursk region, the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper reported, quoting Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi, head…
Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 12: Fighting A Ukrainian drone attack damaged an industrial facility in the Saratov region of Russia, regional Governor Roman Busargin said. A Ukrainian Security and Defence Council official, Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko, said the…
Ex-Soviet nations warn of sabotage and cyberattack threat as they cut power links with Moscow to hook up to EU network. The three Baltic states have cut links with Russia’s power grid as part of an energy security plan that will see them integrate with the European Union network. The grid operators in Estonia, Latvia and…
A major trade war between the United States and Canada has been averted after US President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on imposing a 25 percent tariff for 30 days. But anger has erupted in Canada, with people calling for a boycott of US products, and some even calling to stop the export of…
DeepSeek startled everyone last month with the claim that its AI model uses roughly one-tenth the amount of computing power as Meta’s Llama 3.1 model, upending an entire worldview of how much energy and resources it’ll take to develop artificial intelligence. Taken at face value, that claim could have tremendous implications for the environmental impact…
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is walking back the federal funding freeze memo that set off a day of chaos and confusion on Tuesday up until a judge paused the order right before it was set to take effect. “In light of the injunction, OMB has rescinded the memo to end…
The state of electric vehicle charging in North America is shaping up like the smartphone charging wars — but focused on much more expensive hardware. Right now, like USB-C and Android phones, the Combined Charging System (CCS, Type 1) plug is on a greater variety of cars. Meanwhile, Tesla’s plug was long compared to Apple…
Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president. Trump on Tuesday had talked up a joint…
Donald Trump has held off on tariffs during his first day as the president of the United States and is placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation. But it’s unclear whether his orders will be enough to move the US economy as he promises. As a candidate,…
Most journalists patiently awaiting an interaction with filmmaker Shankar would have their minds set on how candidly or otherwise the filmmaker would address their questions. Has the failure of last year’s Indian 2 made him a more reluctant speaker? Surely the incessant trolling has gotten to him? Is he nervous about how the audiences would…
