Author: admin

Simon Cheng is still visibly tense when describing his detention in China. In 2019, Mr Cheng, a pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong and former employee of the British consulate there, was arrested after a business trip to mainland China.For 15 days he was interrogated and tortured, according to his account. Beijing confirmed his detention but denied that he had suffered mistreatment. When he was finally released, he no longer felt safe in Hong Kong and in early 2020 he fled to Britain and claimed asylum.“In some ways it's not difficult to adjust to a new life in the UK,” said Mr Cheng, 33. "But at the same time I can't abandon the fate of my hometown."His activism – and China's pursuit of him – didn't stop once he moved to London. Last year, Hong Kong authorities pla...

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI said Sunday it has raised $6 billion, helping close the funding gap with OpenAI, Anthropic and other rivals in the red-hot sector.The funds would be used "to bring xAI's first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate research and development of future technologies," the company said in a statement.Musk, who founded xAI in July, said in a social media post that the funding round valued the company at $18 billion, not including new money. Investors included Silicon Valley heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, along with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia.Investors and big tech companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft have poured billions into companies developing artificial intelligence ...

A member of the Egyptian security forces was killed near the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip and an investigation is ongoing, an Egyptian army spokesman said on Monday, after the Israeli army reported a shooting at the border .Al Qahera News, Egypt's state television station, quoted an anonymous, "well-informed" security official as saying that there appeared to have been an exchange of gunfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters and that the battle that that followed resulted in the death of the soldier. The New York Times could not independently verify the circumstances of the shooting.The shooting reflects growing tension at the border since early May, when the southern Gaza city of Rafah became the hub of Israel's military campaign to defeat Hamas, an armed grou...

On Kenya's stunning coast, halfway between 15th-century ruins and the bustling city of Mombasa, a small factory is helping achieve one of Africa's greatest health goals: self-sufficiency.With fewer than 700 employees, Revital Healthcare produces 300 million syringes a year, enough to meet more than half of Africa's routine immunization needs.In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, when governments found themselves having to vaccinate millions of people under severe shortages, Revital shipped syringes to Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan – and even sent 15 million syringes to India, said Roneek Vora, the company's director of sales and marketing.“This is the first time in the lifetime of Africa that a medical industry is exporting syringes to India...

Queues for the show snake down the block, with people waiting up to seven hours to buy tickets at the theater in central Kiev. Videos of the performance have attracted millions of views online.The Big Hit is not a popular Broadway musical or a pop star's concert series: It's a play based on a classic 19th-century Ukrainian novel, "The Witch of Konotop," and the atmosphere is anything but How optimistic. Consider the opening line: “It's sad and dark.”Mykhailo Matiukhin, an actor in the production, said this is what struck Ukrainians because it shows "what we are experiencing now."“Tragedy comes and takes everything away from you, your love and your home,” he said.The play dramatizes the story of a Cossack leader in a nearly 400-year-old Ukrainian community as he tries to eradi...

A one-man startup believes it has an answer to the US government's concerns about Chinese-made drones dominating commercial sales in the American market.The CEO and founding partners of Anzu Robotics are all Americans, and the company is headquartered in Texas. The company's drones, which are expected to be used by law enforcement, utilities, architects and others, are assembled in Malaysia and run on servers located in Virginia.There's just one problem: Anzu has multiple, close ties to China and to DJI, the Shenzhen-based company targeted by legislative and regulatory efforts to curb Chinese drone sales in the United States.About half of Anzu's parts come from China. Much of its software originated there. Anzu has licensed its drone design to DJI, which receives payment...

Tesbih, asırlardır insanların ruhani bir bağ kurduğu, anlam yüklü bir objedir. Vovoyo, bu anlamı ve ruhu taşıyan özel tasarımlarıyla tesbih severlerin gözdesi haline gelmiştir. Erzurum Oltu Tesbih, Gümüş Tesbih ve Ağaç Tesbih gibi ürünler, Vovoyo'nun özgün tasarım anlayışını ve kalite odaklı hizmetini yansıtmaktadır. Erzurum Oltu Tesbih: Doğanın İncisi Erzurum'un eşsiz doğasının yansıması olan Erzurum Oltu Tesbih, doğal taşın zarafetini ve anlamını taşıyan özel bir üründür. Vovoyo'nun titiz seçimi ve ustaca işçiliğiyle her bir tesbih, doğanın incisini yansıtır. Gümüş Tesbih: Zarafet ve Şıklığın Sembolü Gümüş Tesbih, zarafet ve şıklığın tam bir temsilcisidir. Vovoyo'nun özel tasarımı ve kaliteli malzemesiyle şekillenen bu tesbihler, kullanıcılarına estetik bir deneyim sunar. ...

Eyal Ben-Ari tugged at the heavy assault rifle hanging over his shoulder as he tiptoed out of his pink house at sunrise, hoping not to wake his wife or six children.Walking to synagogue in Safed, a hill town above the Sea of Galilee known for centuries as a center of kabbalah, or ancient Jewish mysticism, he said he still didn’t feel great about the gun.Sleeping with the rifle under his pillow, he worried about it being stolen. After his 13-year-old son came home with a toy replica, Mr. Ben-Ari considered returning the real thing, doubting his decision to join the newly formed civilian militia that had given him the weapon.“I feel like it’s very — artificial,” he said, struggling to find the right word in English, looking down at the gun. “It’s not human. It’s not life.”At the synagogue, m...

Antalya, sadece güneş, deniz ve kumunun tadını çıkarmakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda dijital dünyada da adından söz ettiriyor. İşte bu dijital dünyada başarıya ulaşmak isteyenler için Box Bilişim, her türlü ihtiyaca yönelik profesyonel çözümler sunuyor. Antalya'nın İhtiyaçlarına Özel Çözümler: Antalya, hem yerli hem de yabancı turistlerin akınına uğrayan, dinamik bir şehir. Dolayısıyla burada iş yapmak isteyenlerin, dijital alanda da güçlü bir varlık göstermeleri gerekiyor. İşte tam da bu noktada devreye Box Bilişim giriyor. Antalya Prodüksiyon Hizmetleri ile markanızın hikayesini en etkileyici şekilde anlatın. Grafik tasarım, video edit ve ürün çekimi gibi hizmetlerle markanızın dijital yüzünü güçlendirin. Sosyal Medya Yönetimi: Markanızı Online Platformlarda Parlatın! Günümüzde s...

Unpasteurized milk contaminated with the H5N1 virus, the avian flu virus that has appeared on dairy farms in nine states, was found to make mice rapidly sick, affecting multiple organs, according to a study released Friday.The findings aren't entirely surprising: At least half a dozen cats have died after consuming raw milk containing the virus. But new data confirms that virus-laden raw milk may not be safe for other mammals, including humans.“Don't drink raw milk: That's the message,” said Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who led the study.Most commercial milk in the United States is pasteurized. The Food and Drug Administration found traces of the virus in 20% of dairy products sampled from supermarket shelves nationwide. Officials ...