Author: synergia
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China’s Year of the Pig turns sour
China fights a swine flu epidemic as economic indicators continue to demonstrate a downturn.
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Australia to go to polls in May
Australia will go to polls on May 18, 2019, in an election that will either see that ascendancy of the Labor Party or the return of the incumbent PM Scott Morrison. Key electoral considerations are likely to be taxation, climate change and foreign interference. The Commonwealth of Australia comprises the mainland of the Australian…
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Finland suffers major cyber attack
Finnish police are probing a cyber-attack on a web service that publishes vote tallies less than a week before national elections. Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland…
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Microsoft working with the Chinese military?
Microsoft has been working with a Chinese military-run university on artificial intelligence research that could be used for surveillance and censorship. Artificial Intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the…
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The US-Russia nuclear tussle
America and Russia are currently engaged in a legal, normative and political battle to ensure their nuclear advantage, although this may mean a new nuclear arms race. Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms or the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is an agreement between…
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Will Brexit happen this month?
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been in talks with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, to see if they can come up with a common approach to Brexit. She is also asking European leaders for another Brexit delay, until the end of June, but will they agree? On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted…
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Singapore, Malaysia deescalate tensions
Singapore and Malaysia are expected to undertake negotiations to address a number of concerns, undertaking a measure of good faith before deliberations gather steam. Malaysia, a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia, gained independence from the British in…
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Canada mulls social media regulations
Canada, perceiving foreign interference in its October general elections, floats the idea of government regulations. Social media companies must be seen to do more, lest they face similar regulations across the world. In May 2017, it emerged that Facebook was a key influencer in the outcome of…
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Umbrella revolution leaders convicted
Hong Kong’s Occupy movement leaders are convicted for causing a public nuisance, in the latest move by the Chinese sponsored government to stifle freedoms of speech and expression.
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NAFTA replacement yet to be ratified
The USMCA has yet to ratified by all parties, potentially making the issue an electoral captive, although immediate considerations such as tariff concerns are likely to grab airwaves. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico…