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Uzhhorod, Ukraine – The Zakarpattia region, known for its ski resorts and undulating landscapes, has in recent years become an unlikely focal point of a diplomatic dispute between Budapest and Kyiv.Home to more than 100,000 ethnic Hungarians, Zakarpattia has a complex history of shifting borders and empires, having passed through Austro-Hungarian, Czechoslovak and Soviet rule before becoming part of independent Ukraine.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLocated in the country’s southwest, the region’s administrative centre Uzhhorod has been largely unscathed from Russian attacks.The area borders Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, and is viewed by Kyiv as a stable and…

Agentic AI in healthcare is graduating from answering prompts to autonomously executing complex marketing tasks – and life sciences companies are betting their commercial strategies on it.According to a recent report cited by Capgemini Invent, AI agents could generate up to $450 billion in economic value through revenue uplift and cost savings globally by 2028, with 69% of executives planning to deploy agents in marketing processes by year’s end.The stakes are particularly high in pharmaceutical marketing, where sales representatives have increasingly limited face-time with healthcare professionals (HCPs) – a trend accelerated by Covid-19. The challenge isn’t just access; it’s making…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoUnited States President Donald Trump has continued to threaten Iran with possible military attacks if Tehran does not accede to his demands on issues ranging from nuclear enrichment to ballistic missiles.In comments to the Israeli outlet Channel 12, published on Tuesday, Trump hinted at aggressive actions if no deal comes together with Iran.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Either we reach a deal, or we’ll have to do something very tough,” Trump told the news outlet.The remarks come as Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani meets with the sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said,…

Chinese hyperscalers have defined a distinct trajectory for agentic AI, combining language models with frameworks and infrastructure tailored for autonomous operation in commercial contexts. Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei aim to embed these systems into enterprise pipelines and consumer ecosystems, offering tools that can operate with a degree of autonomy. These offerings are accessible in the West markets but have not yet achieved the same level of enterprise penetration on mainland European and US soil. To find more common uses of Chinese-flavoured agentic AI, we need to look to the Middle and Far East, South America, and Africa, where Chinese influence…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoKyiv, Ukraine – A heavy Russian Geran drone struck a fast-moving train in northern Ukraine on January 27, killing five, wounding two and starting a fire that disfigured the railway carriage.Such an attack was impossible back in 2022, when Russia started dispatching roaring swarms of Shaheds, the Geran-2’s Iranian prototypes.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUkrainian servicemen ridiculed them for their slow speed and low effectiveness – and shot them down with their assault rifles and machineguns.But the Geran kamikaze drones have undergone countless modifications, becoming faster and deadlier – and some were equipped with…

Because Western AI labs won’t—or can’t—anymore. As OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google face mounting pressure to restrict their most powerful models, Chinese developers have filled the open-source void with AI explicitly built for what operators need: powerful models that run on commodity hardware.A new security study reveals just how thoroughly Chinese AI has captured this space. Research published by SentinelOne and Censys, mapping 175,000 exposed AI hosts across 130 countries over 293 days, shows Alibaba’s Qwen2 consistently ranking second only to Meta’s Llama in global deployment. More tellingly, the Chinese model appears on 52% of systems running multiple AI models—suggesting it’s become the de facto alternative to Llama.“Over the next 12–18 months, we expect Chinese-origin model families to…

Centre-left socialist president is elected, but far-right rival secures record share of the vote.After decades of being largely immune to political upheaval, Portugal is witnessing what many consider an accelerated shift to the right.This week’s presidential election is seen as a wake-up call.It brought to power a centre-left politician – with a big win.But the strong showing of his rival, the far-right candidate, signals that Portugal could be on a path to joining other European countries in a political move to the right.The president of this European country is largely a figurehead, but he still wields considerable power.So, how will…

For a long time, cryptocurrency prices moved quickly. A headline would hit, sentiment would spike, and charts would react almost immediately. That pattern no longer holds. Today’s market is slow, heavier than before, and shaped by forces that do not always announce themselves clearly. Capital allocation, ETF mechanics, and macro positioning now influence price behaviour in ways that are easy to overlook if you only watch short-term moves.That change becomes obvious when you look at XRP. The XRP price today reflects decisions made by institutions, fund managers, and regulators as much as it reflects trading activity. AI tools are used…

The Israeli PM wants US-Iran talks to address Tehran’s ballistic missiles – a red line for Tehran.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 9 Feb 20269 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head to the United States to meet Donald Trump as the US president confirmed plans to hold follow-on discussions with Iran after the weekend talks in Oman between the two foes, according to Netanyahu’s office.The talks will address the US’s ongoing negotiations with Iran, said the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday, as Netanyahu believes Tehran should be pushed for “limitations…

Among the big players in technology, Cisco is one of the sector’s leaders that’s advancing operational deployments of AI internally to its own operations, and the tools it sells to its customers around the world. As a large company, its activities encompass many areas of the typical IT stack, including infrastructure, services, security, and the design of entire enterprise-scale networks. Cisco’s internal teams use a blend of machine learning and agentic AI to help them improve their own service delivery and personalise user experiences for its customers. It’s built a shared AI fabric built on patterns of compute and networking…