Month: December 2023

The European Commission’s decision to begin formal proceedings against social media platform X under the Digital Services Act (DSA) shows it “can’t wait” to start enforcing its content moderation provisions, an expert has said.

Rising Philippine-China tensions over disputes related to the South China Sea have coincided with deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington. Elections next year in Taiwan and the US could further inflame tensions in the region. There is an urgent need for compromise on high-stakes issues.

Police instructed a nickel-processing facility linked to a Chinese metals giant to halt operations until an investigation into the death of 10 Indonesian workers and eight Chinese workers from a furnace blast is complete.

276 of the 303 passengers on the Airbus A340 originally bound for Nicaragua took the nearly 9-hour flight to Mumbai.

Aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly have called for a new search based on revelations about the fate of the flight.

The US and Japan are also discussing putting a second Japanese astronaut on the moon, according to sources.

The blast occurred during furnace maintenance on Sunday morning, and is the third deadly accident this year at Chinese-owned nickel smelting plants in Central Sulawesi province, which has the largest nickel reserves in Indonesia.

The move comes soon after 4 executives at the company’s Indian unit, including a Chinese national, were arrested for alleged money laundering.

Survivor Muhammad Jubair, of another refugee boat, says the ailing vessel disappeared from view after a storm destroyed the engine on Jubair’s vessel and severed the ropes between the two boats.

The recent election of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has injected new impetus into India and China’s focus on Indian Ocean states. However, the real challenge for major powers will be dealing with exigencies, such as rising sea levels, that go beyond hard security issues.