China has accused Biden of making “a mistake” after the American President invited Taiwan to a democracy summit featuring 109 other democratic governments, not including China. Taiwan is a self-governing democracy, but Beijing’s ongoing claims that Taiwan is a province of China has led to significant tension in the region. Taiwan was listed amongst the…
In 2018, a cybersecurity activist successfully hacked into China’s facial-recognition system, unveiling a web of CCTV cameras spanning the country that possessed the ability to recognise an individual instantly by their face. Artificial Intelligence, AI, has been incorporated into almost all aspects of modern life, from facial recognition passwords on smartphones to adverts based on…
Japan’s ruling party, the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), won a surprisingly comfortable victory in Japan’s general election held on 31 October. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s party won a total of 261 seats out of the 465 available in the lower house, the most powerful of Japan’s two-chamber government, down slightly from its previous 276…
The World Health Organization defines femicide as the “intentional murder of women because they are women.” Globally, there remains a significant lack of data in regards to femicide rates, with many governments failing to collate data specifically relating to the murder of women. Instead, gender based murder is counted amongst overall homicide figures, obscuring the…
The pandora papers is the name prescribed to the leak of 11.9 million files from companies specialising in offshore trading, a financial practice used by the super-rich to hide assets and avoid taxation. The leak has revealed the offshore assets of more than 100 billionaires, 35 world leaders, and 300 public officials across 90 countries….
American president Joe Biden promised an end to “relentless war” and the beginning of “relentless diplomacy” at a speech delivered to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In the speech, Biden described the withdrawal from Afghanistan in early September as a turning point in American international relations as America marks the “first…
The United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has won a constitutional majority in Russia’s state Parliament in an election marred by allegations of fraud. The United Russia party has won an official 51% of the vote, significantly outperforming their predicted numbers in early polls. Their victory has been overshadowed by allegations of fraud….
Lindsey Graham has repeated his call for the new president’s impeachment over his withdrawal of all American service personnel from Afghanistan. Graham, the Republican Senator for South Carolina, forged a close relationship with Biden when they were both serving as senators, remaining close friends whilst Biden served as vice-president to Barack Obama. Graham is reported…
American forces have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, bringing an end to a 20-year conflict in which more than 2,400 Americans and tens of thousands of Afghans were killed. The Taliban have now secured control of the country following the withdrawal. It was confirmed by General Kenneth F Mckenzie in a press conference at the…
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