The Biden administration on Monday issued sweeping rules on how AI chips and models can be shared with foreign countries, in an effort to establish a global framework that will guide how artificial intelligence spreads around the world in the years to come. . With the power of AI growing rapidly, the Biden administration said … Read more
Israeli security and policy chiefs were expected to arrive in Qatar on Sunday for high-level talks about a proposed cease-fire deal in Gaza, in the final days of President Biden’s term and Donald J. The hostages will be released before Trump takes office. Biden administration officials are pushing for a deal that would become part … Read more
fear of falling Global fertility is to many on the right what climate change is to the left: the central problem of the era, a slow-moving crisis that is still destabilizing societies. Elon Musk wrote, “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much greater threat to civilization than global warming.” JD Vance has … Read more
The Biden administration on Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, prompting President-elect Donald J. It has become nearly impossible for Trump to quickly snatch away the gains once he takes office. The extension of Temporary Protected Status, as the program is called, allows … Read more
The United States announced new sanctions on Friday targeting Russia’s energy sector and its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, the Biden administration’s final effort to cripple the Russian economy in response to Moscow’s war in Ukraine. It is possible President Biden has been cautious in his approach to sanctions on Russia’s energy sector due to … Read more
United States Ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns said the Biden administration is making a last-ditch effort to persuade China to stop transferring equipment to Russia for the war in Ukraine. Mr. Burns said in an interview at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing that about 400 Chinese companies have supplied Russia with so-called dual-use products, … Read more
The Pentagon said on Monday that the US military has flown 11 Yemeni prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay to Oman to rebuild their lives, in a bold move at the end of the Biden administration that leaves just 15 people at the prison, leading to The prison population has declined more than any other. time … Read more
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets President-elect Donald J. Trump for an informal meeting on Saturday. Has gone to meet Trump at his Florida golf club. The trip to Mar-a-Lago comes just days before Ms. Meloni is scheduled to welcome President Biden to Rome for an official visit to Italy and the Vatican on Jan. … Read more
The State Department has told Congress it intends to approve $8 billion in purchases of US-made weapons by Israel, the department’s office in charge of arms transfers said Friday. This could be the final set of arms transfers to Israel by President Biden, and it is a symbol of the administration’s continued support for a … Read more