Day: September 17, 2023

By Steve Holland and Laurie Chen WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta for hours this weekend, Beijing and Washington said on Sunday, as the World’s two largest economies seek to stabilize troubled relations. Both sides held “candid, substantive and constructive” talks during multiple meetings held Sept. 16-17, according to separate statements from the White House and the Chinese foreign ministry published on Sunday. There were also “limited” early signs that severed military communications between t… Read More “Biden aide held hours of ‘constructive’ talks with Chinese diplomat”

By Steve Holland and Laurie Chen WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta for hours this weekend, Beijing and Washington said on Sunday, as the World’s two largest economies seek to stabilize troubled relations. Both sides held “candid, substantive and constructive” talks during multiple meetings held Sept. 16-17, according to separate statements from the White House and the Chinese foreign ministry published on Sunday. There were also “limited” early signs that severed military communications between t… Read More “Biden aide held hours of ‘constructive’ talks with Chinese diplomat”

Madison Beer refuses to see other pop stars as “competition”. The 24-year-old singer has actually been “conditioned” to assume that other women in the industry look at each other as competition – but Madison doesn’t see things that way. Speaking to PEOPLE, Madison explained: “I’ve always felt like that’s so f****** weird, and I hate that. “I’ve never looked at other girls, really, as competition. “There have, unfortunately, been people l’ve met that I’ve loved that I’ve been like, ‘Oh, f***, I don’t have your support because you might look at me and not want me to win because something in your… Read More “Madison Beer: I’ve never looked at other girls as competition”

The Republican Party is facing “a bigger and more claustrophobic reality” than “passively sliding into the inevitability” of next year’s anticipated showdown between President Joe Biden and his embattled predecessor Donald Trump, Katherine Miller opines in Sunday’s New York Times. GOP presidential primary contenders, Miller writes, “have constructed their identities as Trump alternatives and ended up all the same” as their beleaguered frontrunner. “It can be hard to remember what made Trump distinct eight years ago, because it has become the texture of our lives. The 1980s tabloid dimension of… Read More “‘Blood and carnage’: Columnist torches the ‘inescapable sameness’ of Republican ‘Trump alternatives’”

This week in the AI sector, we witnessed a whirlpool of activities with industry giants making significant moves and statements from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Goldman Sachs and Google. Here is a round up of the top stories: Musk Rings the Caution Bell for OpenAIDuring a virtual appearance at the All-In Summit, Elon Musk expressed his ongoing concerns about OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI but left in 2018, pointed out Microsoft’s significant influence over OpenAI, having access to all the source code and future versions of GPT-4. Musk stressed the potential d… Read More “Elon Musk’s Caution For OpenAI, Google’s Gemini AI, Musk And Zuckerberg’s Truce: Top AI Stories This Week”

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, has had a conversation with António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, wherein they discussed the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Russian war against Ukraine. Source: press service of the US Department of State Blinken had a conversation with Guterres before the 78th General Assembly session and discussed a wide range of issues, including the grain initiative and Russia’s war against Ukraine. In addition to this, Blinken shared the information about parallel events held in the US dedicated to the fight against the threat of synthetic drugs, use of art… Read More “US Secretary of State and UN Secretary General discuss grain initiative”

New York [US], September 17 (ANI/WAM): Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, will lead the United Arab Emirates’ delegation to the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York from September 18 to 26. Sheikh Abdullah will present the UAE’s policy priorities and vision for international peace, security, and cooperation in his September 23 address at this year’s gathering, which is expected to have more than 150 heads of state and government in attendance. Under Sheikh Abdullah’s leadership, the UAE delegation will engage with Member St… Read More “UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed to lead UAE delegation to 78th UN General Assembly in New York”