Chinese authorities are instructing the country’s top artificial intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid travel to the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (February 28, 2025) citing people familiar with the matter. Also read:Has China achieved AI breakthrough with DeepSeek? The authorities are concerned that Chinese AI experts traveling abroad could divulge … Read more
File picture of spokeswoman of Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Friday (February 28, 2025) said U.S. President Donald Trump showed “restraint” by not hitting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their shouting match in the White House. “I think Zelenskyy’s biggest lie of all his … Read more
Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The IMF has agreed to release the fourth tranche of $334 million from its $2.9 billion bailout package to Sri Lanka to strengthen the island nation’s recovery from its 2022 bankruptcy. The release of the fourth tranche was approved … Read more
Ukraine’s European partners as well as other global leaders rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while the White House touted support for President Donald Trump’s “American First strength” after a remarkable showdown in the Oval Office between the two leaders. Mr. Zelenskyy departed the White House on Friday (February 28, 2025) after an unprecedented verbal clash in … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The fiery altercation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday (February 28, 2025) was shocking but not entirely … Read more
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif commended security forces for their “successful operation” in North Waziristan. File | Photo Credit: AP Security personnel killed six “terrorists” in an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Friday (February 28, 2025). According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), … Read more
Representational image of U.S. President Donald Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House. The order will allow government agencies … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday (February 28, 2025) berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the war in Ukraine, accusing him of not showing gratitude after he challenged Mr. Vance on the question of diplomacy with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump-Zelenskyy clash in White House LIVE updates The argument in the … Read more
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on February 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP It all seemed to be going so well. Then things between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went jaw-droppingly wrong, jaw-droppingly fast. Also read: Trump-Zelenskyy … Read more
The German national election concluded on 23 February with the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their partners Christian Social Union (CSU), together known as the Union, garnering 28.6% of the vote share. Its leader, Friedrich Merz, is slated to become Germany’s next Chancellor. German national elections generally happen in September. This election took place earlier … Read more