Biden and Xi’s talks may not move the needle on US-China tensions
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping emerged with modest but important gains, signalling the potential start of a recalibration in US-China relations. But a question of trust remains.
Day: November 16, 2023
Singtel rejects Optus claims it caused network outage; gillnet fishing banned in Great Barrier Reef – as it happened
This blog is now closedLabor’s emergency immigration detention bill includes strict visa conditions, electronic monitoring and curfewsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor MPs furious over ‘one political party’ …
Hamas Chief Hiding in Gaza Tunnels Is in Israeli Crosshairs – Bloomberg
Hamas Chief Hiding in Gaza Tunnels Is in Israeli Crosshairs BloombergAn inside look at Gaza City’s vast network of tunnels NBC NewsIDF says it captured key Hamas terror training site ‘Palestine Outpost’ after gun battle  …
Queensland government to moving to establish peak youth justice body as crime issues dominate
Exclusive: Palaszczuk government expected to begin process of establishing peak body amid pressure to crack down on youth crimeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland is looking to establish a youth justice p…
Israeli Air Strike Destroys Home Of Top Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh
Israeli troops have struck the house of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza. The Israeli Defence Forces shared a video today of fighter jets bombing a house, which they claim is Ismail Haniyeh’s.
Polls open in Madagascar amid violent protests and opposition boycott
Madagascar’s voters headed to polls early on Thursday in a presidential election boycotted by 10 out of 12 opposition candidates and marred by weeks of violent protests.
Biden says he still considers China’s Xi a dictator
US president Joe Biden was asked if he would still call Xi Jinping a dictator.
Some companies providing Microsoft, Google, and others with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring minors, often exposing them to traumatic content (Niamh Rowe/Wired)
Niamh Rowe / Wired:
Some companies providing Microsoft, Google, and others with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring minors, often exposing them to traumatic content — Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-label…
CNBC Daily Open: Rate cuts might not be in the cards despite cooling inflation
After a very encouraging consumer price index reading on Tuesday, we have more evidence that inflation’s truly cooling. But don’t expect rate cuts soon.
Revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive [EU Legislation in Progress]
Trucks and buses are responsible for 28 % of road transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 34 % of road transport nitrogen oxide emissions.