Saudi Arabia’s big AI educational leap
The juxtaposition of artificial intelligence and Saudi Arabia might strike most as an unlikely pair, and even this writer, who has been reporting on the Middle East for over a decade, would have agreed not too long ago.
Read StoryYandex parent closes Russia exit to focus on AI startups in Europe
Yandex wants to focus on a collection of AI-related businesses that it aims to build up into a major European tech player.
Read StoryHungary's OTP Bank unlocks potential in Uzbekistan's fast-growing market
OTP Bank's Ipoteka Bank is serving as a model for the future privatisation of state-owned banks in Uzbekistan and represents a pivotal moment in the country's economic transformation.
Read StoryTurkey simply relabels Russian oil products and exports them to Europe, research indicates
Country appears to have quite brazenly emerged as a strategic pitstop for fuel products from Russia rerouted to the EU.
Read StoryMOSCOW BLOG: Putin's guns and butter plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a lovefest to China this week as the two continue to move closer together. But before he left, Putin told its military bosses that they need to focus on both guns and butter as he plans for the long term.
Read StoryUS says sending military “trainers” to Ukraine is “inevitable”
In another step in the creeping escalation, the US said sending military trainers” to participate in the War in Ukraine is “inevitable"
Read StoryAssassination attempt on Fico shows radicalisation of Slovak society
The shooting of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is already the third shooting to shake the country’s politics in six years.
Read StoryCOMMENT: Orbán’s new challenger is a bigger threat to the opposition
Magyar's TISZA party seems to attract not the voters of Fidesz, but those of a few smaller opposition parties that may now struggle to cross the threshold to enter parliament.
Read StoryPutin, Xi hold in-depth wide-ranging talks in Beijing in symbolic meeting
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have jointly called for a political resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine, during the latter's visit to Beijing on May 16.
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