U.S.-China Summit Spotlights Trade Taiwan and Global Diplomacy

🇺🇸🤝🇨🇳- Donald Trump boarded Air Force One 20 minutes ago and is getting ready to take off to Beijing, China. @GeoPWatch

telegram bot · 5 days ago

Whose art of the deal? Trump & Xi to meet in Beijing Donald Trump is travelling to Beijing where he will be hosted by Xi Jinping. On the agenda is a series of issues that could cement the superiority of one over the other, and even lead to a new world order. Because beneath the diplomatic and friendly langaage there are messages that will be hard to disgest for someone. Behind the handshake theres a likely arm wrestle over who has dibs where and when in the world. Our panel will dissect whats at stake and I hope answer your questions in what is the mopst testing of times.

france24 · 5 days ago

#Iran #China #USA On Thursday, May 14, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet in Beijing. Trump will arrive with dozens of top executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The economy is an important topic of negotiations, but apparently not the main one: the Americans need diplomatic assistance. Trump seems to want to return from the negotiations with concrete results — expanding access for U.S. producers to Chinas giant market and access to Chinese raw materials, especially rare earth metals. He is also likely to try to negotiate with Xi to help negotiate with Iran. Professor Scott Erb, an American political scientist at the University of Maine Farmington, told BILD that since China received a significant portion of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz, it has a motivation to help the United States and put pressure on Tehran. Subscribe to @OSINTdefender Chat room

telegram bot · 5 days ago

NOW - Trump departs Washington aboard Air Force One for his China trip to meet with Xi. @disclosetv

telegram bot · 5 days ago

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit US this year. @BRICSNews

telegram bot · 5 days ago

The Guardian view on public health and the arts: the all-singing, all-dancing science of ageing | Editorial New research showing that a rich cultural life brings brings similar benefits to exercise shows human creativity in a new lightIs it really news that the arts are good for you? On one level, the findings of a new study about the health benefits of engaging with music, dance and other artistic endeavours confirm what many of us feel instinctively that we already know. Creativity enhances life. Thats why people admire and cherish it, in others and – if they have the confidence – in themselves.But the results of one of the first attempts by researchers to quantify this benefit are fascinating all the same. The study, from a group of scientists at University College London, working with blood samples and survey data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, showed that people who participated regularly in the arts aged more slowly than those who did not. Continue reading...

theguardian · 5 days ago

Repubblica.it: Sono Giusy Ferreri. La cantante deposita il marchio vocale per non farsi clonare dallIAÈ la prima artista in Europa a depositare allEuipo, European Union Intellectual Property Office, il marchio sonoro della propria voce contro lintelligenza artificialeI am Giusy Ferreri. The singer is filing for a vocal trademark to prevent her voice from being cloned by AI.She is the first artist in Europe to file a sound trademark of her voice with the Euipo, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, against artificial intelligence.#GiusyFerreri #first #Europe #Euipo

mastodon bot · 5 days ago

Trumps China trip collides with AI security fears As the U.S. and China barrel ahead in their quest for AI supremacy, their race could come at the expense of global cybersecurity.Why it matters: The U.S. and China both have an interest in preventing each other from weaponizing AI tools against them or letting rogue systems into the wild. But it remains to be seen whether they can hold a productive dialogue around AI security norms or trust the other to abide by them.Driving the news: President Trump is expected to discuss AI guardrails with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, U.S. officials told reporters Sunday.We want to take this opportunity with the leaders meeting to open up a conversation and see if we should establish a channel of communication on AI matters, one official said.Between the lines: The U.S. is using export controls to slow Chinas AI progress, but U.S. officials increasingly recognize that the two countries may still need shared rules of the road for how the technology is deployed.Chinese models like DeepSeek are the primary competitors to U.S. models.Advanced AI systems are increasingly viewed in both Washington and Beijing as economic engines, intelligence tools and potential cyber weapons. That makes cooperation harder, but also more urgent.Sixteen business executives, including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, are reportedly joining Trump on the trip — but CEOs from leading AI firms arent on the list.The big picture: The visit comes as U.S. AI companies wrestle with how to safely release increasingly powerful models that are exceptionally good at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities.The White House has been embroiled in a monthlong back-and-forth over how to regulate those rollouts, after more than a year of denouncing such regulation.Meanwhile, the White House accused China last month of running industrial-scale campaigns to distill and copy American AI models.Yes, but: Its hard for either country to call for restraint around AI-enabled cyber operations when both are actively testing the offensive cyber capabilities of frontier models — potentially to use against each other.In November, Anthropic accused Beijing of using Claude to automate parts of a broader espionage campaign targeting about 30 global organizations. The National Security Agency, which is behind many U.S. espionage campaigns, is already testing out Mythos.The topic is important enough and dangerous enough that we should be having engagement with China on this, Melanie Hart, senior director of the Atlantic Councils Global China Hub and a former State Department official, told reporters.However, the Chinese government used previous meetings on AI safety held under the Biden administration primarily to gather information about the United States, rather than to be serious about AI guardrails, Hart said.During those talks, Beijing often sent representatives from the foreign ministry who lacked technical AI expertise, she added.What to watch: Dont expect a single visit to reshape U.S. AI policy overnight. Instead, Hart said, the trip is more likely to determine whether future U.S.-China discussions on AI security become substantive or remain largely symbolic.From there, we then need to judge who shows up for the China side, she said. We want to see the technical experts showing up at the table. Thats how well know that thats actually real.Go deeper: Trumps legacy week

axios · 5 days ago

Sono Giusy Ferreri. La cantante deposita il marchio vocale per non farsi clonare dallIA È la prima artista in Europa a depositare allEuipo, European Union Intellectual Property Office, il marchio sonoro della propria voce contro lintelligenza artificiale

corriere · 5 days ago

Experimentul Netflix care îți dă peste cap obiceiurile: serialul cu 8 episoade pe care le poți vedea în orice ordine Un serial Netflix de opt episoade, lansat în 2023, poate fi urmărit în orice ordine, ceea ce îl face diferit de majoritatea producțiilor de pe această platformă de streaming.

adevarul · 5 days ago

Live is the new status symbol: can New Yorks C2C beat festival burnout by embracing the niche? With performers Arca, Los Thuthanaka and YHWH Nailgun, New Yorks C2C proved the thrills – and limits – of staying independent amid a festival boomGrowling, flailing, kicking, screaming, the experimental British musician Aya clutched a microphone and ranted about her hormones. If anything, the progesterone is doing wonders right now, she cackled in her Yorkshire accent as she triggered an unpredictable minefield of bone-rattling bass and clattering breakbeats. The crowd in New York Citys Knockdown Center on Friday whooped as their bodies moved without thought. The British party just elected a bunch of fascists today, she added, before lamenting about the state of the NHS. It was part of the performance: Ayas chaotic music rebels against formal structure, becoming a sonic vehicle for exploding the limitations of gender.Equal parts artistic subversion and cathartic release, Ayas set epitomized the best of C2C NYC, a sold-out, one-day edition of an independent music festival originally held in Torino, Italy, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this fall. With its affinity for innovative pop-auteurs and critical darlings, the Torino edition has become a global destination for experimental music fans; 53 of its audience now comes from outside Italy. New York became an obvious choice to expand into, says the festivals artistic director, Guido Savini, over email. Its a chance to place the festivals curatorial language within what is probably the most complex and definitely the most competitive cultural ecosystem in the world. Continue reading...

theguardian · 5 days ago

Serialul Netflix care pot fi văzute în orice ordine a celor 8 episoade. Producția, o poveste „oarecum reală Un serial Netflix de opt episoade, lansat în 2023, poate fi urmărit în orice ordine, ceea ce îl face diferit de majoritatea producțiilor de pe această platformă de streaming.

adevarul · 5 days ago

Chinese people divided ahead of Trump-Xi summit in Beijing Residents in Beijing shared mixed opinions ahead of the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with some hoping for improved ties and others expressing skepticism.

euronews · 5 days ago

Fire up the Furby synth! Meet UK Eurovision entry Look Mum No Computer at his mind-boggling music museum Sam Battle is a retro audio tech obsessive. Our writer gets a tour of his museum just as he unleashes his prized exhibit: a 1,000-oscillators-strong Megadrone!I didnt really plan to do Eurovision at all, muses Sam Battle as he takes me round his museum, pushing a shock of ever-so-slightly mad scientist hair from his youthful face and coaxing drones out of abstract metal boxes as we go. I was chatting to Johnny, my friend who works here, and we were saying wouldnt it be funny to do it. So, we sent an email to the BBC asking, Is there any way we can get on it? and they said, Well this guy might be interesting …Known to his fans as Look Mum No Computer, Battle has built a cult following with his wild fusions of music and esoteric technology. The persona started life as a side project when he was lead singer with the indie could-have-beens Zibra in the mid 00s. When the band split up in 2016, Battle threw himself into the world of Look Mum No Computer, filling his YouTube with videos of him rejigging everyday technology into weird and wonderful new shapes, whether that be by turning Sega Megadrives into working synths, or Henry vacuum cleaners into flame-throwers. In this world, nothing was thrown away, and any amount of lead could be transmuted into the gold of a song. Continue reading...

theguardian · 5 days ago

Actorul Ioan Isaiu a părăsit pentru totdeauna Teatrul Național din Cluj în ropote de apaluze și lacrimi Moment emoționant la Teatrul Național din Cluj. Lacrimi, liniște apăsătoare și apoi ropote de aplauze. Așa a părăsit Ioan Isaiu, pentru totdeauna, Teatrul Național din Cluj, în drum Dej, orașul său natal, unde își va găsi liniștea de veci. Îndrăgitul actor a murit subit sâmbătă, la doar 56 de ani.

adevarul · 6 days ago

Grupos de festival, las nuevas orquestas de pueblo: El público se divierte, baila y se emborracha a gusto Un nuevo género musical se ha consolidado en las noches de verano: la música de festival. Canciones directas, estribillos coreables y ambiente festivo. Son cánticos de fútbol adaptados. Y ahora el lo-lo-lo está en las canciones de todas la bandas Leer

elmundo · 6 days ago

A weakened Trump to test Chinas appetite for deal-making A quagmire in Iran, sky-high oil prices and shrinking support at home: when US President Donald Trump belatedly travels to China this week, his position has weakened. Still, he is hoping for any deal. Nervous Europeans are watching.

euronews · 6 days ago

Dan Helciug, mesaj emoționant la priveghiul lui Ioan Isaiu: „Am numai amintiri frumoase cu el. Prea devreme a plecat către alte lumi Lacrimi și flori, marți, 12 mai, în foaierul Teatrului Național din Cluj-Napoca, unde a fost depus sicriul cu trupul neînsuflețit al actorului Ioan Isaiu: sute de persoane, îmbrăcate în negru, au venit să îi aducă un ultim omagiu artistului.

adevarul · 6 days ago

We must keep her name alive: Cesária Évora, the captivating Cape Verdean who went from restaurant singer to global star After a lifetime of poverty, Évora found huge success aged 51 with 1992 album Miss Perfumado. As Cape Verdean singers celebrate her morna ballads on stage, those who knew her recall her power, pride and constant smokingCape Verde, an archipelago nearly 400 miles off the coast of Senegal, is home to around 800,000 people: about the same population as Leicester, and for decades the countrys music was very little known beyond its borders. Then, in 1992, Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora released her album Miss Perfumado.The album became a crossover hit across Europe, selling 500,000 copies in France alone, while in the US, Évora became the biggest selling African artist of the 20th century. Miss Perfumado showcased Évoras sublime voice – smoky, weary, bruised yet seductive – singing Cape Verdean mornas: mournful ballads sung in the Kriolu language which blends old Portuguese with west African languages, with backings that have the same cross-cultural mix. A concert at Londons Barbican next month will celebrate Évoras legacy with morna performed by rising Cape Verdean singers (Ceuzany, Elida Almeida, Lucibela, Teófilo Chantre) and Mayra Andrade, a celebrated vocalist who was mentored by her. These concerts honouring her are important, Andrade says. She put Cape Verde on the map and we Cape Verdeans are determined to keep her name and music alive. Continue reading...

theguardian · 6 days ago

Trump Faces an Emboldened China in Return to Beijing China is increasingly self-sufficient, militarily assertive and economically insulated—and it is digging in on core issues of contention.

wsj · 6 days ago

German firms in China more upbeat about economy despite Iran war, trade headwinds: survey German companies in China have grown more optimistic about the countrys economic outlook, even as the Iran war and persistent trade tensions continue to weigh on their operations, according to the German Chamber of Commerce in China. In a survey released on Tuesday, the chamber found that 37 per cent of respondents expected Chinas economy to improve over the next six months. That was up 22 percentage points from last year, with only 17 per cent anticipating a deterioration – a sharp reversal...

south china morning post · 6 days ago

Debate: Trump to visit Xi: rapprochement between US and China? After postponing his trip due to the Iran conflict, US President Donald Trump is now set to travel to Beijing for a state visit on Wednesday. His talks with Chinese President and party leader Xi Jinping are likely to focus on the issues of Iran and Taiwan, as well as trade and artificial intelligence. The media look at what divides the two superpowers, but also what they have in common.

eurotopics.net · 6 days ago

The car park that changed British art: Bold Tendencies at 20 Two decades after it opened in a multi-storey in Peckham in London, the space has redrawn the map for how to present art – with rooftop cocktails and the pink staircase that launched a thousand selfiesIts hard to imagine now, but there was a time when rooftop bars werent really a thing. A time before pop-ups and contemporary outdoor sculpture parks. A time even, if you can bear to think of it, before immersive art. Way back in 2007, there was none of that – the UK was an experiential art wasteland. And then Bold Tendencies showed up, chucked a whole load of sculptures in a multi-storey Peckham car park, painted a staircase bright pink, built a cocktail bar on the roof, and changed everything.Now going into its 20th summer season, Bold Tendencies is celebrating two decades of sometimes sun-drenched, often windswept and drizzly arts programming. In that time, it has welcomed more than 3 million visitors into its concrete edifice behind Peckhamplex cinema, commissioned dozens of new artworks, hosted countless recitals and performances, built an auditorium and a concert hall, and drawn the roadmap for countless art experiences that have come in its wake. Continue reading...

theguardian · 6 days ago

First US visit to China since 2017 amid geopolitical tension China says it is ready to work with the United States in the pursuit of more stability globally, ahead of this weeks meeting between leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. The White House has said the visit - the first of an American president to China since 2017 - is of tremendous symbolic significance. The war in Iran is likely to be top of the agenda, with Beijing also signalling that they want Taiwan to be central to discussions.

france24 · 6 days ago