Russia is mediating talks to restore Saudi Arabia's diplomatic ties with Syria after over a decade of strained relations between the two Middle Eastern countries, The Wall Street Journal reported March 23, citing Saudi and Syrian officials ''familiar with the discussions.''
Chinese authorities have detained five local Chinese employees of the U.S. corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group and shuttered operations at the Mintz Group's sole China-based office in Beijing, Reuters reported March 23, citing a company email.
The U.S. State Department is seeking $7.1 billion over the next 20 years to use as economic assistance for the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) as part of the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) agreements that Washington has with the three Pacific Island nations, Reuters reported March 23.Â
U.S. forces on March 23 launched airstrikes in eastern Syria targeting sites linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) following a deadly drone attack on a U.S. base in Hassakeh that left one dead and injured six others, NBC News has reported.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni invoked the country's so-called ''Golden Powers'' tool to block the Dutch cloud services provider Nebius from acquiring a small Italian tech company due to concerns over Nebius' links with Russian internet giant Yandex, Reuters reported March 23.
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a member of parliament after a court found him guilty of defamation over remarks Ghandi made in 2019 about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname, Reuters reported March 24.
OpenAI announced in a March 23 blogpost that it was gradually rolling out ChatGPT plugins for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT.
The election commission of Pakistan's Punjab province announced that provincial assembly elections will be postponed from April 30 to Oct. 8 due to the "deteriorating security situation" and lack of funds, Dawn reported on March 22.
Over the last week, China's largest academic database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), informed a number of global research institutions and universities that it will limit their database access starting April 1 for an unknown duration, Nikkei Asia reported on March 23.
Nationwide strikes and demonstrations are taking place across France to protest President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform bill and his decision to pass it through Parliament without a vote thanks to special constitutional powers, Reuters reported on March 23.
