The Biden administration is building an international coalition to halt the threat the Iranian-backed Houthis pose to international shipping routes in the Red Sea, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in Israel on Friday. “We will continue to take every step we deem necessary and appropriate to deal with the threat the … Read more
A GOOGLE leak has revealed a major Android upgrade that could prove to be a serious rival for Apple’s Siri. The US tech firm has unveiled Gemini, its newest LLM (large language model) to take on AI tasks. 2 A high tec AI assistant called Pixie could be coming to Google phones (stock image) A … Read more
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in its war with Hamas on Sunday, as Israeli tanks fought their way into the main city of the southern Gaza Strip. Two days after the United States vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, … Read more
A still from the new A24 Films movie “Civil War.” SFGATE politics reporter Alec Regimbal unpacks the film’s fictional military alliance between California and Texas. Courtesy of A24 Films Seemingly, the only thing California and Texas have in common these days is their disdain for one another. Forget our similar origins, rooted in an unflagging pioneer spirit … Read more
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Viktor Kovalchuk | Getty Images BRUSSELS — European heads of state are gearing up for a difficult two-day gathering where support for Ukraine is at the top of the agenda, but internal divisions threaten any significant action toward Kyiv. The meeting comes at a crunch time for Ukraine, as President … Read more
Taiwan’s new top diplomat in the United States, Alexander Tah-ray Yui, has called on the U.S. and Europe to not “look the other way” in the face of a potential Chinese invasion of the self-governing island. “The best defense, best help that you can do for Taiwan … is by actively, openly voicing your concerns that … Read more
Washington: A US official said Israel has informed Washington that they have started “carefully testing out” flooding some of Gaza’s tunnels with seawater “on a limited basis” to test the ability to degrade the Hamas militant group’s underground network on a larger scale. The official told CNN on Tuesday that the Israelis were still unsure … Read more
A group of left-wing Israeli organizations submitted a letter to United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday, asking that he encourage Israel to discontinue military actions in the Gaza Strip and continue administering aid. The letter, which begins by condemning the October 7 massacre committed by Hamas but neglects to use the word “terrorist,” … Read more
He proposed a US branch of Bar Cocktailante Oboro, the members-only Tokyo spot run by his friend Shunta Yamakawa, which serves exceptional, digestion-supporting, fruit-based elixirs. In summer 2024, the Tcherassi brothers and Namba will open the multi-concept Ura, a 1,700 sq ft (158 square metre) space that includes Sushi Namba and the Listening Room, a … Read more
THE man given Bitcoin now worth more than £330million for two pizzas has admitted he blew the lot too. Jeremy Sturdivant was just 19 when he struck a deal which should have made him a multimillionaire. 2 Jeremy Sturdivant was just 19 when he struck a deal with crypto cash legend Laszlo Hanyecz He answered … Read more
