Category: World News

A new ranking making the rounds this week attempts to answer a deceptively simple question: which U.S. states are the safest places to live, and which are the least safe? Business Insider’s roundup of the 10 safest and 10 least safe states is the latest entry in a long tradition of state-by-state safety scorecards. These…

Downtown Tacoma business owners are pressing city leaders for a stronger public safety response following a double homicide, saying the violence has deepened fears that have been building in the commercial core for months. “Tacoma isn’t safe,” was the blunt assessment shared by merchants who spoke with KOMO, a sentiment that has become a rallying…

Authorities in Northern Virginia are searching for four suspects following an armed robbery at a business in Springfield, according to a report from WJLA. Investigators say the robbery took place at a commercial property in the Springfield area, a densely developed community in Fairfax County that sits along the Interstate 95 and Interstate 395 corridors…

‘Whoever wins AI, wins’: How artificial intelligence is transforming the future of war It has become one of the defining slogans of the current arms race: whoever wins AI, wins. The phrase, repeated by politicians, generals and defence executives alike, compresses a sprawling technological competition into four words — and captures a belief now shaping…

A region racing to modernize u2014 and risking new forms of dependencennAcross Central Asia, governments have embraced technology as a shortcut to development. Digital government portals, smart city pilots, data centers, fiber-optic corridors and ambitious artificial intelligence strategies have become fixtures of national planning documents from Tashkent to Astana. The promise is straightforward: leapfrog the…

A Russian government document reportedly outlines an expansive framework for cooperation with Iran, touching on nuclear energy, financial systems and civil aviation, according to an exclusive report published this week. The document, described in the report as internal Russian planning material, is said to map out a multi-sector relationship between Moscow and Tehran that goes…

Ecuador plans to deploy artificial intelligence technology developed in the United Arab Emirates to strengthen security along its borders, marking the latest example of a Latin American government looking to the Gulf for advanced surveillance and screening tools. The agreement links two countries that have been steadily expanding commercial and diplomatic ties in recent years.…

The appearance of Russia’s finance minister — a figure under Western sanctions — at a G20 gathering hosted by the United States has unsettled several of Washington’s closest partners, exposing fresh strains inside a forum that has struggled for years to manage the fallout from the war in Ukraine. According to NBC News, the minister’s…

A decision by President Donald Trump to invite Russia’s finance minister to a Group of 20 gathering has triggered objections from other member governments, exposing fresh divisions inside the forum at a moment when the United States holds the group’s rotating presidency. Russia has not been expelled from the G-20 — unlike the Group of…