Source: Nvidia eclipses Microsoft as world’s most valuable company Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company on Tuesday, dethroning tech heavyweight Microsoft as its high-end processors play a central role in a scramble to dominate artificial intelligence technology. Shares of the chipmaker climbed 3.7% to $135.87, lifting its market capitalization to $3.341 trillion, just days …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jun/18/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-in-north-korea-visit-pyongyang-kim-jong-un-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-667158768f08459bd7f3b577#block-667158768f08459bd7f3b577 China has urged Nato to “stop shifting blame” over the war in Ukraine after the western military alliance’s chief accused Beijing of worsening the conflict through support of Russia. Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, on Monday called for China to face consequences for what US officials have called a major export push to rebuild Russia’s defence industry. …
Source: Seattle to use illegal migrants to bolster depleted police force after losing 700 officers in just five years | Daily Mail Online Seattle has become the latest Dem-run city trying to replace an exodus of police officers with illegal migrants. Washington’s largest city has just 913 cops to serve its 750,000 people after losing …
Source: Elderly teacher flees Russia after facing criminal charges for telling students about atrocities in Bucha — Meduza A 65-year-old schoolteacher has fled Russia after being charged with spreading “disinformation” about the Russian army for telling her students about atrocities committed by Russian soldiers in Bucha. In April 2022, during a schoolwide initiative called “Lesson of Kindness,” …
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-aircraft-carrier-captain-counters-false-houthi-claims-on-social-media/7658944.html The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy, but it’s still fighting — despite repeated false claims by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis and online accounts supporting them repeatedly have alleged they hit or even sank the carrier in the Red Sea as it leads …
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3875869-putin-set-to-go-on-twoday-visit-to-north-korea.html Russian President Vladimir Putin will be in North Korea on June 18-19 to hold talks with the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un. This was reported by the North Korean state news agency KCNA, as seen by Ukrinform. It will be Putin’s first trip to Pyongyang in 24 years, being a return visit after Kim’s trip …
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-putin-cousin-deputy-defense-minister-anna-tsivileva-1913740 Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly appointed his cousin as deputy defense minister. Putin fired four deputy defense ministers by presidential decree and appointed Anna Tsivileva to the role on Monday, Reuters reported. Tsivileva is the daughter of Putin’s cousin. She was among key Russian figures who were sanctioned by the British government for their ties …
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3875406-argentina-aware-of-value-of-peace-offers-full-support-for-ukraine-milei.html Argentina’s President Javier Milei called his participation in the Global Peace Summit part of “big changes” in his country, stressing that under his leadership it is returning to the civilized world. He said this in his speech at the Peace Summit in Switzerland, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “For us, for Argentina, this is …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2vv2v6v4vvo China’s Premier Li Qiang has offered to send Australia two new pandas during his visit to Adelaide Zoo. The new pandas will replace the zoo’s existing pandas, named Wang Wang and Fu Ni, who are “friendly messengers of China-Australia relations,” Mr Li Said. Mr Li’s arrival in Australia on a four-day trip is the …
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-switzerland-war-conference-burgenstock-568cafee5fbe9c3b19b79b041583a5d6 Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The joint communique capped a two-day conference at the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland marked by the absence of Russia, which was …