Asia was most impacted by extreme weather and climate in 2023, UN report shows

cnbc.com Asia was the most disaster-hit region in the world last year as extreme weather and climate threats intensified amid global warming, according to the World Meteorological…

Vladimir Putin wants to catch up with the West in AI

economist.com SIX YEARS ago, before anyone had heard of ChatGPT, Vladimir Putin said that the country that led the development of artificial intelligence (AI) would become the “ruler of…

Asia is Warming Faster, Hit Hardest by Climate Disasters: WMO

asiafinancial.com Asia was the most disaster-prone region in the world last year, rocked by dozens of floods, storms and other climate-related dramas, according to the World Meteorological…

The Kremlin wants to make Ukraine’s second city unliveable

economist.com IT HAS BEEN a few days since a 250kg Russian glide bomb landed in Iryna Tymokhyna’s courtyard on 23rd August Street, and it is fair to say she is not happy. Sitting on the…

A Russian airline that ditched an Airbus A320 in a Siberian wheat field last year is abandoning plans to rescue the jet

businessinsider.com A Ural Airlines A320 has been stranded in a Siberia wheat field since September 12. Alexey Malgavko/Reuters Ural Airlines has abandoned plans to rescue its Airbus A320…

Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia

economist.com A guard looks on nervously. With every step, the air thickens with the smell of petrol. Around a corner is the workshop, and the buzz of manufacturing. Inside, lab-coated…

Putin has a dam problem

newsweek.com Widespread flooding in Russia exacerbated by dams not holding up have raised questions about the the disaster response of President Vladimir Putin's officials and the…

‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Features Memories From Real Felicia

thewrap.com and Felicia’s (Artemisia Pagliano) plight in episodes 4 and 5 of Hulu’s “We Were the Lucky Ones,” based on the book by Georgia Hunter, came from a firsthand source — the…