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Description: Canada’s early election polls gave Liberal party leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney considerable lead ahead of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party. Carney’s political campaign solely rested on his previous experience as head of central banks in Canada and Britain, which he promoted in his campaign events across the country in an attempt to attrach larger voting groups. He was also strongly endorsed by previous Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau which made him even more credible choice for Canadian voters. Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, hasn’t represented a strong strategy countering existential issues such as the US tariffs which
Description: Turkish Energy Minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, has announced Turkey’s plans to leverage existent and potential oil and gas partnerships. Bayraktar outlined Bulgaria, Libya and Iraq as potential markets where Turkey could import oil and gas from which would ultimately end on the European market. Europe has been in a constant pursuit of gaining energy independence from Russian oil and gas ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which puts Turkey in an advantageous position to broker energy deals from countries tapped to the vast potential of the Middle East and the Black Sea. The Trans – Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline is a considerable strategic advantage for Turk
Description: OpenAI’s production executive, Nick Turley, testified in an antitrust probe launched against Google’s parent company Alphabet regarding anti-competitive practices on the tech market. The probe revolved around Google’s monopolization of the search engine market, and not allowing access to competitor companies to their digital infrastructure as well as the ownership over advertising rights. Turley further testified before a Washington court that Google has stifled all and any attempts made by OpenAI towards a more collaborative and transparent usage of search engines and chatbot products such as Gemini AI and ChatGPT while making exclusive deals with companies suc
Description: Chinese Huawei Technologies reportedly plans on launching massive shipments of the 910C advanced artificial intelligence microchips as Nvidia’s market dominance fell as the latest victim of the US – China trade war. The decision was apparently prompted by Trump’s prohibition imposed on Nvidia to sale their H20 chips on the Chinese marker without an export license. The announcement has been positively received by Chinese tech companies and start ups which have been in search for adequate alternatives for Nvidia chips. Taiwanese chip giant TSMC has been initially floated as the main manufacturer of Huawei’s 910C, as previous cooperation between the companies was s
Description: Following the meet between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Myanmar’s military junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 04 Mar, Russia’s state – owned Rosatom stated they planned on continuing to develop a nuclear powerplant in Myanmar. After the meeting early last month, Myanmar suffered one of its worst natural disasters when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake leveled cities and left 3,500 dead, which raised concerns over positioning a nuclear plant on its territory. Officials from Rosatom, however, have stated the company upheld the highest standards of safety and strict seismic resistance requirements. The project would undertake the development of SMR (Sm
Description: The global trade war instigated by US President Donald Trump intensified as US market indexes and the dollar plummeted on market closings on Monday. Trump in the meantime has publicly attacked the Chief of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, blaming him for not lowering interest rates which could substantially halt US economic progress. China has issued strict warnings towards countries leveraging the trade war in line with US geoeconomic interest while damaging China’s global outreach. The escalation followed last week’s trade tour from Chinese President Xi Jinping who attempted to flock numerous countries and strengthen strategic ties in the region. Investme
Description: UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to meet his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon on Tuesday, as the leaders are set to broaden defense and security ties between the countries. Starmer and Luxon are set to discuss UK’s continued involvement in the Indo – Pacific, with both countries conducting joint naval drills and defense cooperation operations. The discussions would also underline the continued support for Ukraine from both countries in the midst of intensified Russian ground advances and stalled out US – led peace talks. Ministers from both countries were reportedly working on a new joint defensive partnership which would outline a larger scope
Description: US Major General Francisco Lorenzo has announced the commencement of the joint combat drills with Philippine’s military labeled as Balikatan (shoulder to shoulder). The drills would last for three weeks where more than 14,000 troops would be deployed in live fire exercises in the South China Sea, which China continuously contests as their sovereign territory. US advanced weapons, such as the HIMARS rocket launcher and the NMESIS anti – ship missile system would be showcased as well as various modern missiles which the Philippines would introduce. According to Major General Lorenzo, the drills weren’t aimed at a specific country but were a signal of US deterrent
Description: Leaders from Israel’s political opposition such as Yair Lapid, the head of the Tesh Atid party, State Camp party leader Benny Gantz and the leader of the Democrats, Yair Golan have jointly called for Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation. The concerns over the Prime Minister’s leadership originated from the multiple corruption cases leveled against him in Israeli courts as well as his decision to dismiss Shin – Bet’s current Chief Ronen Bar. Bar submitted a letter to Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday which blamed Netanyahu for demanding personal loyalty from Shin Bet’s Chief as opposed to loyalty to his country. Opposition leaders have also cited concerns that Netanya
Description: UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al – Nahyan met his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar in Islamabad, where they signed several pacts for joint cooperation on trade, culture and consular affairs. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry in an official statement said that Sheikh Abdullah arrived on a two – day visit which would also underscore cooperation between the countries in the fields of energy and security. Chambers from both countries would also cooperate as both Deputy Prime ministers signed a pact for a joint commercial business council which would facilitate easier trade and economic development. Impact: Pakistan and the UAE have