What is the St Petersburg forum, Putin’s economic outreach to the world?
A Ukrainian drone strike targeted energy facilities near St Petersburg hours before the forum began.
Month: June 2026
Amazon announces new visual search features, including displaying AI-generated images of products within its app based on users’ search queries (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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Amazon announces new visual search features, including displaying AI-generated images of products within its app based on users’ search queries — In what may be one of the more questionable uses of AI to da…
Trump’s ballroom chief, conspiracy theorists and Steven Seagal: The surprise US guests attending Putin’s own ‘Davos’
Russia’s version of the international economic forum comes after Moscow’s top finance officials reportedly urged the Kremlin to rein in defence spending. Alex Croft reports on some of the more unexpected attendees
Trump’s ballroom chief, conspiracy theorists and Steven Segal: The surprise US guests attending Putin’s own ‘Davos’
Russia’s version of the international economic forum comes after Moscow’s top finance officials reportedly urged the Kremlin to rein in defence spending. Alex Croft reports on some of the more unexpected attendees
St Petersburg oil terminal on fire after Ukrainian drone strike
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes attack on Russian port as ‘long-range sanctions’
Russia Ensuring Africa’s Food Security
MOSCOW, June 3 (IPS) – Within the framework of the Expert Council on Africa at Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of parliamentarians, during its annual round-table conference, held in late May 2026, focused concretely on food security in Africa….
SpaceX targets $135 IPO price at valuation of $1.77 trillion
The valuation would make Elon Musk’s company the seventh-biggest in the U.S., above Tesla, which has a market cap of about $1.6 trillion.
Leading the Future, the pro-AI super PAC backed by Greg Brockman, appears to be linked to multiple sockpuppet accounts, including a purported anti-AI activist (@themidasproj)
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Leading the Future, the pro-AI super PAC backed by Greg Brockman, appears to be linked to multiple sockpuppet accounts, including a purported anti-AI activist — A Pro-AI Super PAC’s Secret Meme Sockpuppets
As Off-Limits World Opens Up, Stunning New Species Emerge – Newser
As Off-Limits World Opens Up, Stunning New Species Emerge NewserGlowing Blue Spider Among the Dozens of New Species Discovered in One Area on Research Expedition People.comGlowing blue spider among dozens of unknown species discov…
Raúl Castro celebrates his 95th birthday but remains mum on US indictment
He has made sporadic public appearances since announcing his retirement from politics