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The head of the Wagner mercenary group threatened to attack Russia’s Defense Ministry after what he said was a missile strike that killed “huge” numbers of his men, as tensions surged between the two feuding Russian camps over the war in Ukraine. The Defense Ministry denied the claims by Yevgeny…

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: It's a bit behind schedule, but Intel's Aurora supercomputer is now complete. The new star in the high-performance computing (HPC) market can theoretically do an enormous amount of calculations per second and will provide…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is in Russia as part of a peace-seeking delegation, on Saturday, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the conflict in Ukraine had to stop. "This war must be settled... through negotiations and through diplomatic means," said Ramaphosa. He added that his delegation, consisting…

Several African leaders met with Russian President, Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Saturday, hoping to help bring an end to the war in Ukraine. A statement released by the office of South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed his arrival in St. Petersburg, alongside the leaders of Zambia, the Comoros,…

Jiangning, a district within China’s Nanjing City, has signaled a desire to advance its metaverse development in a bid to compete with other Chinese cities. The city’s ambitious plan was disclosed at a summit bordering on metaverse and artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC) at the Jiangning High-tech Development Zone. Jiangning’s roadmap outlines a…

MOSCOW: South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, on Saturday (Jun 17) told his Russian counterpart the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed "very difficult to implement", a day after…

A delegation of the joint African initiative to settle Russian-Ukrainian crisis met on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg to present elements of the African initiative.  The African delegation included the Presidents of South Africa, Senegal, the Comoros, and Zambia, and representatives of Uganda and the Republic…

Putin said he was open to 'constructive dialogue' - Copyright AFP Jim WATSON South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, on Saturday told his Russian counterpart the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that…

Advanced computing has helped researchers solve a decades-old mystery about light localization in 3D structures. The study found that light can be trapped or “localized” in random packings of metallic spheres, paving the way for potential developments in lasers and photocatalysts. Credit: Yale University A team of researchers has harnessed…

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Moscow's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus has already happened, reminding the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. "The first nuclear warheads were delivered to the territory of Belarus. But only the first ones, the first part. But…