• Russia & China Strike Shipping Deal With Houthis To Ensure Safe Vessel Transits, Report Says

    Russia & China Strike Shipping Deal With Houthis To Ensure Safe Vessel Transits, Report Says According to Bloomberg's sources, Russia and China have sealed a deal with Iran-backed Houthis to allow their commercial vessels to transit the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without fear of drone and or missile attacks. One of the sources said China and Russia reached a deal with diplomats in Oman with Mohammed Abdel Salam, one of the Houthis' top political leaders. They said the safe passage...

  • Apple pursuing ways to launch TV+ and more in China, report says

    Over the weekend, Tim Cook confirmed that Apple Vision Pro will launch in China later this year. The Information now reports that Apple has reached a key deal with Tencent to make a number of China’s most popular apps available on Vision Pro. The report also makes mention that Apple is “pursuing” ways to launch its own content services, like Apple TV+, in China. more

  • Apple will use Baidu AI in China, reports say

    While Apple may be talking to Google about adopting the search giant's Gemini AI for upcoming releases of iOS, over in China that's not a feasible plan, seeing as how Google services are banned. So, a local player is the answer, and it seems like Apple found it in Baidu, long called "the Google of China" - how fitting. News from China today reveals that Baidu is set to provide AI services to Apple's latest devices - only in China, of course. Baidu will be Apple's generative AI provider in the...

  • What did US Gaza ceasefire resolution say and why did Russia and China veto it?

    Draft resolution put before UN represents important tonal – but not substantive – shift for White HouseUS resolution on Gaza ceasefire vetoed After months of vetoing other UN security council resolutions in an effort to defend Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, the US has in recent weeks gone on to the diplomatic front foot in New York, drafting and tabling its own resolution that was put to a vote on Friday before being vetoed by Russia and China.The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said...

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    Series of costly losses in 2023 contributed to Just for Laughs insolvency: report

    An underachieving comedy festival in England and attempts by Facebook and YouTube to compete with the increasingly popular TikTok are among the factors that led revenue to plummet at the Just for Laughs festival parent company last year, a Quebec Superior Court filing suggests.

  • Russia's Foreign Ministry says Spanish reporter denied a visa was invited to stay

    Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it issued the necessary documents for a Spanish journalist to stay in the country although the reporter claims he was forced to leave because his visa was not renewed

  • Houthis granting China, Russia safe passage in Red Sea, CENTCOM says

    China and Russia are supporting the Houthis—and reaping safe passage

  • Likelihood of Hot War Between US-China Could Increase If Taiwan Isn’t Secure, Report Says

    A special report released by The Heritage Foundation on Wednesday lays out how U.S. national security could be impacted should China take over the self-governing Read More

  • Likelihood of Hot War Between U.S.-China Could Increase if Taiwan Isn’t Secure, Report Says

    "If a Chinese attack on Taiwan turned into a Sino-Japanese war, the U.S. would almost certainly be compelled to defend its treaty ally where roughly 56,000 U.S. servicemembers are stationed." The post Likelihood of Hot War Between U.S.-China Could Increase if Taiwan Isn’t Secure, Report Says first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.

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    China says US has 'no right' to interfere in South China Sea

    China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the disputed waterway. "The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime issues that are between China and the Philippines," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing. Blinken is in the...

  • China says US has 'no right' to interfere in South China Sea

    BEIJING: China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the disputed waterway."The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to interfere in maritime issues that are between China and the Philippines," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing.Blinken is in...