BEIJING — China announced Friday that it will allow visa-free entry for citizens of five European countries and Malaysia as it tries to encourage more people to visit for business and tourism. Starting Dec. 1, citizens of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia will be allowed to enter China for up to 15 … Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will temporarily exempt citizens from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia from needing visas when visiting the world’s second-largest economy in a fresh move to spur post-pandemic tourism. From Dec. 1 this year to Nov. 30, 2024, citizens from those countries entering China for business, tourism, sightseeing, visiting relatives … Read more
Monica Perez, 65, chats with her robot friend, ElliQ. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET If you walked into Marie Defrancesco’s New York home, you would find an 82-year-old woman living completely alone. With no other people or pets around, you might believe that Marie has no one to interact with. But out of the corner of your eye, you … Read more
“The framework enables a set of binding requirements for federal agencies to put in place safeguards for the use of AI so that we can harness the benefits and enable the public to trust the services the federal government provides,” says Jason Miller, OMB’s deputy director for management. The draft memo highlights certain uses of … Read more
JERUSALEM — Five family members were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday in an Arab town in northern Israel, police and advocates said, the latest victims of a recent surge of gun violence within the country’s Arab communities. Another Arab citizen of Israel was killed in a separate shooting earlier Wednesday. Israeli police said that … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stated Sunday it should permit its residents staying overseas to return house consistent with easing pandemic conditions worldwide, because the nation slowly eases its draconian coronavirus restrictions. In a quick assertion carried by state media, the State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters stated these returning to North Korea might be … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday declared a nationwide day of mourning for residents who died when the fishing trawler full of migrants they had been in sank off the Greek coast. As many as 750 males, girls and youngsters from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan had been on board … Read more
The US authorities has been secretly amassing a “great amount” of “delicate and intimate info” by itself residents, a gaggle of senior advisors knowledgeable Avril Haines, the director of nationwide intelligence, greater than a yr in the past. The scale and scope of the federal government efforts to build up knowledge revealing the minute particulars … Read more