China, Russia and AI

Putin orders Russia's top bank to team up with China in AI push to challenge Western tech dominance
Russian President Vladimir Putin continues seeking to expand his challenge of the West's order — this time in tech. The Russian leader has ordered his government and Russian banking giant Sberbank to work with China on artificial intelligence,
Putin Directs Russia to Strengthen AI Ties with China Amid Geopolitical Challenges
Putin directs collaboration with China on AI, addressing hardware shortages amid U.S. sanctions, highlighting Russia's tech challenges.
China and Russia Forge Major Tech Collaboration To Challenge US
Under Vladimir Putin's orders, Russia and China will work together on AI development, and this could further power Moscow's war.
China, Russia always moving forward 'hand in hand', Xi tells Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and Russia have always moved forward "hand in hand" on the right path, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday, months after the two countries struck a new era strategic partnership on key issues.
Putin wants Russia and Sberbank to work with China on AI to break US dominance
President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian government and the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, to build cooperation with China in AI, to limit Western dominance. The instructions were made public on Wednesday through the Kremlin’s website,

Russia, Blinken and North Korea

Russia's Ally Issues HMPV Update as 30 New Cases Recorded
Kazakhstan said there has been a seasonal rise in reported cases of metapneumovirus (HMPV) following a spike in neighboring China.
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China and Russia Stride Hand-in-Hand Into the New Year
Xi Jinping exchanged New Year greetings with Vladimir Putin last week, saying that both countries have always moved forward “hand in hand” on the right path. China Daily said both leaders vowed to ...
Miliband’s ‘net zero zealotry leaves Britain vulnerable to Russia and China’
Undersea cables to back up unreliable green electricity at risk of sabotage, causing blackouts and price spikes, warns Tory ...
Opinion - Will Trump stand up to Russia and China, or appease their lust for power?
Trump also said repeatedly that if he had been president in 2022, Vladimir Putin would never have invaded Ukraine, as he did ...
How Russia, China, and other world countries viewed 2024’s standout moments
Pundits and experts from Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, Sudan, and China give a sense of what mattered from a local perspective, ...
Russia's Orthodox patriarch, marking Christmas, says West trying to smother Russia
The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday ...
Blinken warns Russia intends to share advanced space technology with North Korea
Pyongyang has provided Moscow with more than 10,000 soldiers, artillery, and ammunition during Russia’s war as the two sides ...
China Told Putin Not To Use Nuclear Weapons, Blinken Says
The U.S. secretary of state told the Financial Times that pressure from Beijing dissuaded Vladimir Putin from using nuclear ...