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Report: Foreign billionaires fund millions to orgs that oppose American AI infrastructure
38+ min ago (708+ words) (The Center Square) "A new American Energy Institute report shows that foreign billionaires have provided funding upwards of $39 million to the anti-AI data center movement in the United States, with experts saying AI infrastructure must be advanced in order to…...
Will Trump's War in Iran Kick Off a High-Seas Toll Binge?
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (1227+ words) Forty-six years ago I told an editor of The New Republic that I'd like my first article for this publication to be about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. I was an earnest summer intern, less…...
China's Xi invokes 'threat' of Taiwan independence in first cross-strait opposition talks in a decade
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (671+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Kuomintang party chair Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, the first encounter between Xi and a sitting Taiwanese opposition leader in nearly a decade. In a readout released by Chinese state media, Xi said…...
Taiwan sees only warships and warplanes as China talks peace with opposition
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (756+ words) By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, April 10 (Reuters) " Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even as Beijing presses a message of peace and cooperation…...
Behind China's 'active efforts' for an Iran ceasefire: Business trumps politics
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (915+ words) BEIJING " China's ties with countries such as Iran and Russia have raised expectations of a bigger diplomatic role, but Beijing remains focused on protecting its own domestic interests, including global exports. That stance underpins Beijing's circumspect acknowledgment of reports that…...
Anne-Marie Trevelyan: On the issue of defence spending and deterring any aggressor Trump is actually right
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (1104+ words) Anne-Marie Trevelyan is a former MP, Secretary of State for International Development, and for Business and a former Foreign Office Minister. Have you watched The Diplomat? As one of the Foreign Office ministers in post when it came out, I…...
People on both sides of the strait are Chinese, Xi tells Taiwan opposition leader
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (390+ words) BEIJING, April 10 (Reuters) " People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and the future of relations lies in the hands of the Chinese people, President Xi Jinping told Taiwan opposition "leader Cheng Li-wun on Friday in Beijing. Cheng,…...
Myanmar president says many challenges ahead, seeks to normalise ASEAN ties
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (277+ words) April 10 (Reuters) " Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday his new government has many challenges to overcome and would seek to enhance "international relations and normalise ties with the Southeast "Asian bloc ASEAN. In his inauguration address to parliament,…...
South Korea President Lee to hold summit with Polish PM Tusk on April 13, media reports say
9+ hour, 53+ min ago (203+ words) SEOUL, April 10 (Reuters) " South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold a summit meeting with Poland's Prime "Minister Donald Tusk on April "13, with defence industry cooperation and global security expected to top the agenda, media reports said on Friday. Tusk…...
Australia PM in Singapore as he seeks to secure fuel supplies from regional allies
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (426+ words) By Renju Jose and Helen Clark SYDNEY/PERTH, April 10 (Reuters) " Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet his counterpart Lawrence Wong in Singapore on Friday as Canberra looks to secure fuel supplies from regional allies amid disruptions due to the…...