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Current Affairs
Trump says US has deal with Venezuela for control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves
President Donald Trump on Friday said the US has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American…
US Treasury sanctions Hong Kong-based firm over Iran money laundering ties
The United States announced sanctions on a Hong Kong company on Friday for allegedly helping launder funds for a sanctioned Iranian exchange house, the latest…
UK far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by US immigration
US immigration officials arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Immigration officials announced on…
Can Beijing’s gateway plan for Tibet survive geopolitics and natural disasters?
On the windswept plains just south of Tibet’s second-largest city, the towering smart inspection systems and automated cargo gantries of a brand-new international land port…
US-China AI rivalry needn’t preclude cooperation
Artificial intelligence (AI) poses risks that do not respect national borders, from cyberattacks and misinformation to system malfunction and potentially dangerous misuse. In a geopolitically…