The effort by the U.S. to decouple from China will have a serious impact on knowledge generation across the globe and could threaten long-term growth in Asia, according to the World Bank.
Category: 4 April 2023
MILLEY: U.S. NEEDS TO BE TARGETING IRANIAN FORCES ‘VERY HARSHLY’
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed Congress last week and raised his concerns about the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and said U.S. forces need to begin targeting them more harshly.
MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: IRAN VOWS REVENGE AGAINST ISRAEL AFTER KILLING
Iran promised to avenge the killing of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer during an alleged Israeli airstrike on Damascus, Syria, last week, saying the “Zionist regime will undoubtedly receive a response to this crime.”
U.S. CONTINUES TO INSTIGATE CHINA AFTER WELCOMING TAIWANESE PRESIDENT
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the U.S. last week stirred tensions between the U.S. and China and resulted in new strains in the already frayed relationship.
ORTHODOX MONKS IN UKRAINE REFUSE ZELENSKY’S EVICTION ORDER
Orthodox monks inside a monastery in Kyiv refused to abide by an order to leave the premises after being accused by the Ukrainian government of maintaining close ties to the Kremlin and pushing Russian propaganda.
WWIII: BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT ECHOES OUR FORECAST OF NUCLEAR WAR
Since the Ukraine War began a year ago, The Trends Journal has forecast that WWIII has begun and either a major false event or a nuclear exchange will make it “official.” Now, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko declared last week that “nuclear fires” are looming due to the U.S. and its allies’ effort to weaken Russia and called on negotiations to end the Ukraine War.
NATO’S BORDER WITH RUSSIA WILL INCREASE AFTER FINLAND CLEARS MAJOR HURDLE
Turkey and Hungary gave their approval for Finland to join NATO last week—clearing the way for the Nordic country to more than double the Alliance’s current border with Russia.
TOP U.S. GENERAL CALLS BAKHMUT A ‘SLAUGHTER-FEST FOR RUSSIANS’ IN LATEST PROPAGANDA EFFORT
Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who once said Ukraine should consider negotiating because it made all the gains it could expect in the conflict with Russia, now says the fight unfolding in Bakhmut has been a Ukrainian triumph and a disaster for the Russians.
RAMPING UP WAR, UKRAINIAN ATTACKS RUSSIAN BASE IN CRIMEA
A Russian airbase in Crimea was targeted in a drone attack last week by Ukraine, which showed a willingness by Kyiv to strike the peninsula to neutralize Russia’s air capabilities during its war.
MOVE OVER, CHATGPT AND MICROSOFT—GOOGLE BARD GETS ITS TURN
The Google homepage recently began displaying an invitation to join a waitlist to try its written content generative AI system, called Bard.