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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Marcos was speaking at a defence ministers’ meeting in Singapore.Article informationauthor, Tessa Wongrole, BBC NewsReported by Singapore1 hour agoPhilippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has warned China not to cross red lines in the South China Sea, where tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.He said if Filipinos were killed as a result of deliberate Chinese actions, the Philippines would consider it akin to an “act of war” and respond accordingly.Marcos was speaking at a security forum in Singapore attended by defense chiefs from around the world, including the United States and China.In response, a…
Sting sing “I hope Russians love their children too,” said a Moscow TV studio. Cast By Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Interviews with Ukrainian politicians. Political satire He appeared on one of the top comedy shows in the country. In today’s Russia, isolated from the West since the invasion of Ukraine and under tight Kremlin control, these events would not be shown on television, but just a few years ago they were. One small online project seeks to revive the relative freedom of pre-war Russian television by posting short, eye-catching clips from TV broadcasts from the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. “The…
The University of Georgia and Georgia Tech are scheduled to play this fall on Black Friday, the same day high school football games are typically played in the state, an adjustment made by the GHSA. As Todd Holcomb of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, in a move that makes sense for all involved, the Georgia High School Association has decided to delay the football playoff semifinals by a week to avoid a conflict with a Friday night game between Georgia State and Georgia Tech on Nov. 29. The move of the game to Friday, Georgia’s first home game since 1994, was…
NEW DELHI: ChatGPT developer OpenAI said it acted within 24 hours to thwart the deceptive use of AI in a covert operation focused on India’s elections, which it said did not lead to a significant increase in viewership.In a report on its website, OpenAI said Israeli political campaign management company STOIC produced content about the Indian elections in parallel with content about the Gaza conflict.”In May, the network began focusing on India, making comments criticising the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and praising the opposition Indian National Congress,” it said. “In May, we disrupted several election-focused activities within 24 hours of…
Purdue-bound center Daniel Jacobsen is heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to compete in the 2024 AmeriCup as a member of the USA Basketball U-18 National Team. The 7-foot-3 freshman is one of 12 players on the roster to represent his country in the tournament.For Purdue fans who want to see Jacobsen’s basketball prowess before he arrives on campus, there’s a way to make that happen. Team USA is in Group B with Argentina, Belize and Brazil. Starting Monday, June 3, Team USA will play three consecutive games against each of the three teams. Each game will be broadcast on FIBA’s…
Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has suggested that the conflict between his country and China could escalate into war if clashes with the Chinese coast guard escalate and result in the deaths of Filipinos.When asked how his government would respond if Philippine soldiers were killed as a result of Chinese coast guard actions, President Marcos said, “When you intentionally kill not just our soldiers but Philippine citizens, that comes very close to what we would define as an act of war.”Speaking at an…
SINGAPORE — Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue Defense Summit in Southeast Asia, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. laid out a nearly black-and-white standard for what would be considered an act of war by China.The remarks came in response to questions about Second Thomas Shoal, a reef in the South China Sea where the Philippines has a base. Beijing claims the area, contrary to a 2016 UN ruling, and has launched monthly attacks on Philippine ships that resupply the base, including firing water cannons and ramming Philippine vessels.But if the aggression led to the deaths of Filipino civilians, it “would come…
Actions are nothing new, but they’re making a comeback in the world of JavaScript frontends. At the React conference livestreamed from Las Vegas earlier this month, the React compiler and React 19 were the focus of attention. But buried in the presentations was talk of React Actions. Then last week, Astro announced its own support for actions, which Astro front-end developer Ben Holmes said on Twitter are similar to React Actions. “This is how you define an RPC endpoint in Astro,” Holmes says. It takes the basics of a server action and adds error handling and input validation.” Andrew Clark,…
During his first meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin stressed the importance of maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication at multiple levels between the United States and China. The two men met on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore today to discuss U.S.-China defense relations and regional and global security issues. The Secretary expressed concern over recent provocative actions by the Chinese military around the Taiwan Strait, and reiterated that China should not use Taiwan’s political upheaval – part of the normal democratization process – as a pretext for coercive measures.…
Image caption, The attack on Mannheim’s market square took place just before midday on Friday.Article informationauthor, Sarah Fowlerrole, BBC News1 hour agoPolice said a man attacked several people with a knife in a market square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim.The incident was captured on a YouTube live stream and showed the gunman stabbing the man and then a police officer who tried to help him. The man remains in a critical condition.The gunman was shot and wounded by another police officer.Unconfirmed reports said one of the injured was a far-right, anti-Islam activist who had been rallying in the…