Paris — Former French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy’s chances of returning to office suffered a blow on Monday after he was found guilty by a Paris court of corruption ... His lawyer and the court official were also convicted ... She said the wrongdoing he committed was “particularly serious” ... Bloomberg .
WASHINGTON—The Chinese communist regime has recently signaled that it could leverage its dominance in rare earth minerals, raising alarm bells in the United States.
WASHINGTON — Early last summer, Chinese and Indian troops clashed in a surprise border battle in the remote Galwan Valley, bashing each other to death with rocks and clubs. Four months later and more than 1,500 miles away in Mumbai, India, trains shut down and the stock market closed as the power went out in a city of 20 million people ...Gen.D.S ... .
JAKARTA — Forests in parts of Indonesia regions that have remained largely untouched are now fast disappearing as deforestation driven by agribusiness and infrastructure development moves east, according to a new report ... “We can’t [just] see…This article was originally published on Mongabay .
Residents of Bar'goni, Mokowe, Kwasasi, Ingini and Kiangwe in LamuCounty are now being forced to go without food due to an acute water shortage which makes it hard for them to cook ....
The United States has said its envoy to the Afghan peace process will travel to the capitals of Afghanistan and Qatar to resume talks with Afghan leaders, government officials and representatives of the Taliban ...The Department of State did not provide dates or other details ... Some 2,500US troops remain in Afghanistan, alongside 10,000NATO personnel.
The US and its allies should reject calls for a global ban on AI-powered autonomous weapons systems, according to an official report commissioned for PresidentBiden and Congress. It will "compress decision time frames" and require military responses humans cannot make quickly enough alone ...Nuclear limit ... 'Brain drain' ... Chip limits.
Californian food start-up Eat Just has become the first company to receive approval for the sale of its lab-grown cultured chicken meat. And it all started with a single cell ... .
Anti-Semitism is very real, of that there is no doubt, but the greatest threat to Jewish people today comes not from those on the political left who criticise the Zionist state of Israel. It comes from those on the far right whose pernicious influence is spreading across North America and Europe... ....
Real Madrid's chances of chasing down La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid were dealt a blow on Monday as they needed a late Vinicius Junior equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad... Atletico also have a game in hand ... Barcelona kept their own resurgence going on Saturday by overcoming Sevilla ... March 1, 2021 ... ....
Instagram on Monday began allowing up to four people to live stream together in virtual "rooms," following in the footsteps of group-broadcast rising stars like Clubhouse. In this file photo taken on September 28, 2020 shows the logo of the social network Instagram on a smartphone, in Toulouse, southwestern France...AFP ... .