Protest blocked highway ramps near Hopkins airport

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Ramps near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport were blocked Saturday afternoon starting around 3 p.m. due to a reported protest. Although the ramps reopened, a law enforcement presence was on scene for a while afterward, as seen on Ohio Department of Transportation/OHGO camera footage. Winter Weather Advisory for NE Ohio: Snow, gusty winds … Read more

Asia Defense Spending Ramps Up Amid U.S.-China Tensions

As conflicts rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, countries around the world are spending more on their militaries. In 2023, total global defense expenditure reached $2.2 trillion, a 9% increase from the previous year, a new report from the think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies revealed on Tuesday. The major drivers of this … Read more

France ramps up weapons production for Ukraine and says Russia is scrutinizing the West’s mettle

PARIS — France announced more planned deliveries of its Caesar artillery system to Ukraine on Thursday and accelerating weapons manufacturing as it seeks to avoid depleting its own military stocks while continuing to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion. “The logic of ceding materiel taken from the armies’ stocks is reaching its end,” the … Read more

UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of trying to “grandstand” over the disputed Parthenon Marbles and breaking a promise to the U.K. government. Mitsotakis, meanwhile, said the dispute had helped draw international attention to Greece’s longstanding claim … Read more

Inside Brex and Ramp’s AI ambitions

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! This week, we dig into spend management companies’ AI aspirations, and one U.K. fintech’s recent growth. AI ambitions At one … Read more

Vietnam ramps up South China Sea island expansion, researchers say

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has been ramping up its dredging and landfill work in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, creating another 330 acres of land since December last year, a U.S. think tank said in a report. The expansion, much larger than 120 acres it had created between 2012 and 2022, made … Read more

Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain ground near two key front line cities, Ukrainian military officials said Sunday. Moscow’s troops have begun a push to regain territory near Bakhmut, the eastern mining city that was the site of the war’s bloodiest battle before falling … Read more

Scarlett Johansson ramps up pressure on SAG-AFTRA to end strike

Scarlett Johansson ramps up pressure on SAG-AFTRA to end strike The writers’ strike is successfully over, but the actors’ strike is far from over as the latest deadlock persists; Scarlett Johansson, including other A-listers, is ramping up pressure on SAG-AFTRA leadership to seek a way out of the impasse after talks broke down with the … Read more

China targets boost in computing power as AI race with U.S. ramps up

An undated conceptual illustration of China’s technology aspirations. Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty Images China plans to increase its computing power by 50% by 2025, the country’s key ministries said Monday, as it looks to keep pace with the U.S. in artificial intelligence and supercomputing applications. The world’s second-largest economy wants to have computing capacity … Read more

Microsoft ramps up AI sport with guess on no-code startup Builder.ai

Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO, Builder.ai, April 19, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC LONDON — Microsoft invested an undisclosed sum into Builder.ai, a startup that helps corporations make purposes with none coding expertise, doubling down on its synthetic intelligence efforts. Based in 2017 and headquartered in London, Builder.ai falls into the camp of startups that make … Read more