The number of Russians signing up to fight in Ukraine at Moscow recruitment centers have dropped 80% over the last six months, according to a new report. Instead, more and more foreigners are signing up in exchange for the enlistment payout of nearly $20,000. Recruitment centers in the Russian capital are seeing about 40 applicants…
Days after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek sparked a global tech stock sell-off, a homegrown rival said its new AI model performed even better. Alibaba Cloud (BABA) released an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, Qwen2.5-Max, that performed better than top open-source competitors, including DeepSeek’s V3 model and Meta’s (META) Llama 3.1 model on…
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 – President Donald Trump’s administration appeared to abandon its proposed freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars in domestic aid on Wednesday in the face of legal setbacks and widespread opposition, though officials said they still planned to block funding for activities opposed by Trump. In a whip-saw reversal to a policy…
Spamouflage, a social media campaign linked to the Chinese state, has called for the overthrow of a foreign government, alleging improper flood relief efforts in Spain. The campaign impersonated the human rights group Safeguard Defenders, criticizing Spain’s leadership amidst its flood crisis and targeting multiple nations since 2017. Graphika, a New York-based online analysis firm,…
Germany is stuck in a deep economic crisis amid a structural break that the country’s leading industry lobby predicts will lead to the most protracted downturn since reunification nearly 35 years ago. The Federation of German Industries (BDI) forecasts the German economy to contract by 0.1% in 2025. That would follow a 0.2% decline in 2024…
Jan. 28 (UPI) — The Trump administration directed federal agencies to stop distributing loans and grants Tuesday until a review is held to ensure the spending meets Trump’s agenda. In a memo late Monday viewed by CNN, The Hill, and The Washington Post Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget…
The United States Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is reportedly among several missions targeted by protesters amid growing anger at a rebel assault in the east of the former French colony. Protesters burned tires and threw stones in front of the U.S. Embassy’s main compound in the capital, Kinshasa, The New York Times…
The Colombian government “agreed to all” of President Donald Trump’s terms regarding the “unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia” who are being deported from the United States. In a press release, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained that based on the agreement, “fully drafted IEEPA tariffs and sanctions” would be “held in…
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday to reinstate thousands of US service members who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, a White House official told The Post. Trump, 78, is preparing to make good on a 2024 campaign promise by bringing back more than 8,000 members of the US…
NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Investors sold off a host of technology stocks from Tokyo to New York on Monday as they worried that the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model would threaten the dominance of current AI leaders such as Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab. Startup DeepSeek launched a free AI…