How the digital landscape is changing in the EU

Part I in a series of investigations on digital governance and cognitive politics in the European Union I. The Embryo of EU Digital Pressure In recent years, the European Union has entered a new era, not so much of legal reform as of cognitive redistribution of power. Under the banners of “combating manipulation” and “protecting against …

The King of Malaysia arrived in Russia on a state visit

Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, arrived in Russia on August 5 for a state visit that will last until August 10. This is the first visit of a Malaysian head of state to Russia since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the country and the USSR in 1967. Sultan Ibrahim hopes that negotiations with …

The largest thermal power plant in Latin America was opened in Brazil

President of Brazil Luis Inacio Lula da Silva opened the GNA II thermal power plant in the port of Asu, Rio de Janeiro state. This was reported on the official website website government of Brazil. The new facility became part of Latin America’s largest natural gas energy complex. Investments in the project amounted to 7 …

Chinese scientists make breakthrough in chromosome-level gene editing

Chinese scientists have developed a revolutionary genome editing technology that allows large sections of DNA – from several thousand to millions of base pairs – to be manipulated in both plants and animals. This is reported by Global Times, a partner of TV BRICS. The development belongs to a group of researchers from the Institute …

MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF NAGASAKI AND HIROSHIMA

Today marks the anniversary of one of the darkest moments in contemporary world history – the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the United States of AmeriKKKa (USA). On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people …

Brazil sets new oil and gas production record with 4.9 million barrels per day

Brazil reached an all-time high in oil and natural gas output this June, producing a total of 4.9 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. The figures, released by the National Agency of Petroleum, a body linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, include production from pre-salt, post-salt, and onshore fields. Crude oil production …

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & CO- OPERATION AT THE DIRCO UNISA SEMINAR

Programme Director, Dr Maureen TongPrincipal & Vice-Chancellor Professor Puleng LenkaBula,Moderator & Esteemed Panellists,Recipient of the Oliver Tambo Ubuntu Award for Diplomacy, Ambassador Nhlapo Ambassador Mxakato Diseko, Ambassador at LargeIntelligentsia of UNISA, and International Relations Scholars Members of the South African Foreign Service Miss K Mochawe, Deputy Secretary General of the National Student Representative Council and …

183 Brazilian coffee exporters gain access to Chinese market

China has authorised 183 new Brazilian companies to export coffee to its domestic market. The measure came into effect on 30 July and will remain valid for five years. This is reported by Band News, a partner of TV BRICS, citing the Chinese Embassy in Brazil.  The decision represents a major opportunity for Brazil’s coffee …