Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high end Nvidia NVDA.O artificial intelligence chips through resellers, despite the U.S. widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology to China.A Reuters review of hundreds of tender documents shows Chinese entities...

   Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers opportunities to join the war.As Ukraine’s efforts to conscript enough men to fight Russia are stymied by public scepticism, defence officials and military...

   Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday, killing all crew members aboard, the navy said in a statement.The incident occurred at the Lumut naval base in the western state of Perak at . a.m. on Tuesday morning GMT , the navy said...

   The same day Iran launched its first ever direct attack on Israel it embarked on a less noticed confrontation at home, ordering police in several cities to take to the streets to arrest women accused of flouting its strict Islamic dress code.Iranian authorities insist that their so called Nour ...

   Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control the entire internet .At a hearing overnight, Australia’s Federal Court...

   Police arrested dozens of people at pro Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S. university campuses.The police crackdowns came after Columbia University canceled in person...

   Asia was the world’s most disaster hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization WMO said, with floods and storms causing the highest number of casualties.In a report published on Tuesday, WMO said that disasters linked to hydro meteorological events...

   The U.S. State Department’s annual human rights assessment found significant abuses in India’s northeastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, journalists and dissenting voices in the rest of the country.Manipur has seen fierce fighting between its tribal Kuki Zo and majority...

   New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no crime.Jurors in...