• New phase in Russia-Ukraine war roils energy markets as battlefield stalemate makes economic assets bigger targets

    “Both sides are probably realizing that the war on the front is turning into a stalemate and they cannot get any decisive outcome there.”

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    Tipping on Delivery Apps, Rat Control; Dan Doctoroff's New York; The New Cold Wars; Who Are You Tracking?

    Coming up on today's show: Shaun Abreu, Council Member for District 7 (Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights), and Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Workers Justice Project, talk about proposed changes to how tipping on delivery apps works—and Council Member Abreu discusses his plan to control the rat population. Now facing a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Dan Doctoroff, founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS,...

  • Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China's "Political Warfare"

    Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China's "Political Warfare" While China has spent decades conducting deep espionage throughout US institutions - mostly in the form of plucky PhD candidates handling sensitive projects at American universities, and places like Los Alamos National Laboratory, Congressional Democrats simply can't shake their fixation with Russia. Point in case, during a Wednesday House Oversight hearing on defending...

  • Russia would lose a war with NATO, Poland warns

    “It is not we, the West, who should fear a clash with Putin, but the other way around,” Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said.

  • New Parade Ground at Australian War Memorial

    Officer Cadet Tom Delaney is looking forward to marching on the new parade ground at the Australian War Memorial. It will be good for his feet and good for his honour. "It offers the opportunity to think deeply about why I am in the Defence Force," the 20-year-old said as he stood on the gravel of the expanded parade ground. "I joined the Defence Force to develop myself but also to defend Australia's national interest." And good for his feet? The gravel suits marching. He is used to the bitumen...

  • How Ukraine is finding new soldiers to fight Russia

    Every weekday The Telegraph's top journalists analyse the Russian invasion of Ukraine from all angles and tell you what you need to know

  • Russia in BRICS+ and Creating a New Economic Order

    TRENDS Research & Advisory strives to present an insightful and informed view of global issues and challenges from a strategic perspective. Established in 2014 as an independent research center, TRENDS conducts specialized studies in the fields of international relations and political, economic and social sciences.

  • Putin Faces New Rebellion in Russia's Back Yard

    Fresh protests against a Russian-inspired security law are roiling Georgia—a small but strategically located nation in the South Caucasus—as the Black Sea nation struggles to chart a strategic path between its massive northern neighbor and its own Euro-Atlantic ambitions.Thousands have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi in recent days to march against a proposed foreign agents registration law. This would require organizations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad...

  • Microsoft Announces “Phi-3,” its New Small Language Models

    The company says that its new Phi-3 family outperforms competing models.

  • Armenians fear new war with Azerbaijan despite talk of peace

    Ethnic Armenians who lost their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh worry Azerbaijan plans another war.

  • Russia convicts Meta spokesperson over comments related to the war in Ukraine

    A court in Russia on Monday convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism, and sentenced him to six years in prison in a swift trial in absentia, Russia’s independent news site Mediazona reported. According to the outlet, the charges against Meta communications director Andy Stone stem from his remarks in 2022 following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 that year. Stone, who is based in the United...

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    New York's New Budget

    WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.