It’s not every day we witness a cloud provider abruptly closing its doors. Yet, that’s exactly what happened when NetEase, a Hangzhou, China-based internet and gaming giant, announced it was shutting down its public cloud service. As of April 7, 2025, the platform will go offline permanently. Clients are being encouraged to migrate to other services. Although this move is …
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US President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy will be released without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign. Mr Trump told reporters on Monday that his administration will be releasing 80,000 files on Tuesday, though it is not clear how many of those are among the …
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Some of the Ebrahim Rasool interventions have the characteristics of strictly confidential draft briefing notes for how South Africa should plot its diplomatic tactics within and outside Washington, writes Mpumelelo Mkhabela.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The relative calm of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came to an abrupt end on Tuesday, when Israel launched dozens of attacks on targets across the Gaza Strip. Palestinian hospital officials say more than 400 people have been killed, including women and children. Israel says the operation is open-ended and expected to expand, raising fears …
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The talks between the Russian and US presidents could have “devastating consequences” for the bloc’s security, the German tabloid has claimed The leaders of EU nations are “trembling” ahead of Tuesday’s phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, which is expected to focus on the settlement of the Ukraine conflict, German tabloid Bild has …
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Local landowners and communities continue to live with the detrimental environmental impacts of the derelict Panguna copper mine, which was never decommissioned, in the mountains of Bougainville Island. Autonomous Region of Bougainville, PNG. Credit: HRLC by Catherine Wilson (london) Monday, March 17, 2025 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 17 (IPS) – Local communities are finally witnessing progress in their mission for …
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Orders issued after Israel launches deadly attacks on Gaza, shattering its ceasefire deal with Hamas. The Israeli army has threatened residents of several areas in Gaza to “evacuate immediately” after launching a wave of deadly attacks on the enclave that killed at least 326 Palestinians. The army issued the forced evacuation orders on Tuesday, targeting the neighbourhoods of Beit Hanoon, …
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Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the film production company behind franchises such as The Matrix, the Joker and Ocean’s has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, according to a filing with a Delaware court. The firm has blamed its financial troubles on a legal battle with its former partner Warner Bros (WB) and a “failed and costly endeavour” into the …
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Israel’s overnight attacks on Gaza stopped short of an immediate ground invasion, suggesting that its leaders may be waiting to gauge Hamas’s reaction before returning to a full-scale ground war, analysts said on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes, which health officials said killed more than 250 people, followed weeks of fruitless negotiations on an extension to the country’s truce with Hamas. …
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The launch this weekend by Baidu of a native open-source multimodal foundation model called ERNIE 4.5 and a reasoning model, ERNIE X1, could lower AI adoption barriers, intensify competition, and reshape pricing strategies across the industry, an analyst said Monday. In order for that to occur, said Thomas Randall, research lead for AI at Info-Tech Research Group, “the success of …
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