Smart cities share stories of digital governance
Busan in South Korea, the first smart city approved by the country in 2018, has introduced innovative services like smart parking and intelligent medicine.
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The 21st century is no one’s century
Today, trade war and economic rivalry have led to a grand strategic stand-off between the US and China, with the world witnessing a superpower showdown.
The global war for talent is expanding
The writer says it is no longer the West versus East, with the Middle East picking up the pace.
Beijing chides hosts Japan and ‘anti-China’ G-7 summit
Despite Beijing’s reaction, US President Joe Biden said he expected a thaw in frosty relations with China “very shortly”.
G7 leaders seek to decarbonise existing cars
“It’s a fragile agreement, like glasswork,” a senior official of Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said. “It requires careful handling.”
Animal health body urges bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic
The risk to humans from bird flu remains low but countries must prepare for any change in the status quo, the World Health Organization has said.
Dark cloud over ChatGPT revolution: The cost
With the advent of generative AI, a dependency on cloud computing and tech giants deepened, leaving the same players in the driver's seat, experts warned.
Dollar coaster: rolling downhill?
What backs the dollar is people's trust, but trust is all too fragile given what the US has induced with its currency dominance, the author writes.
Taming AI to the benefit of humans
History has shown that major technological advancements can be a double-edged sword, capable of bringing both benefits and drawbacks, writes the author.
Next five years set to be hottest period ever: UN
Global temperatures are poised to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of the next five years will do so, said…