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China has added 40 Japanese companies to its export control lists, accusing them of supporting Tokyo’s military buildup, as trade and military tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Monday that 20 Japanese...

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said on Tuesday it hopes the arrival of the international stabilization force in the Gaza Strip will mark the beginning of implementing the ceasefire agreement, including separating Israeli forces from Gaza’s civilian population and preventing further...

As systems become increasingly complex across every field of science and engineering, the importance of computer simulation in design, analysis, and verification continues to increase over time. The traditional process in which a system is modeled and simulated in a...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed Silwan town, south of the Aqsa Mosque, on Tuesday evening, accompanied by a group of Jewish settlers under heavy security provided by Israeli forces. Local sources said Israeli police forces closed roads...

The dust has now settled on the ostentatious June summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. But perhaps the biggest takeaway was what was left unsaid. Chinese readouts from the summit conspicuously...

Mark Ren has 26 years EDA and AI R&D experience spanning IBM Research and NVIDIA Research, driving design automation innovations that power modern chip design. He received IBM Corporate Award for my contribution to the design closure for high-performance microprocessors....

The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) emerged as the clear winner in the municipal elections in the city of Graz, securing what has been described as its strongest electoral result to date and consolidating its position as the leading...

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. On June 15, Japanese opposition lawmaker Chikage Koga said during a committee meeting in the upper house that children from economically disadvantaged families enlist in the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), while children...

Ceva has launched RealSpace™ Elevate for Windows , a Microsoft-certified spatial audio software solution aimed at PC gaming headsets and PC OEMs. The product is delivered as a licensable Windows Audio Processing Object, or APO, giving device makers a production-ready...

More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the country South Africa was holding its breath on Tuesday as mass anti-immigration protests were held across the country. They come...

GAZA, (PIC) The Palestine Center for Prisoner Studies (PCPS) has accused the Israeli prison service of pursuing a systematic policy of torture and medical neglect against Palestinian prisoners in its jails, reporting that four detainees died in custody during the first...

A published report detailing how President Donald Trump’s eldest sons stand to profit from a tungsten mining deal negotiated by their billionaire father has sparked outraged calls for accountability, with Democratic lawmakers characterizing the taxpayer-funded project as yet another example of the administration’s...

- - - - Photo by René DeAnda on Unsplash We all know that the federal bureaucracy sucks. I can’t even get into all the ways it sucks, and that doesn’t count the fact that it’s still...

Protesters lit fires in Johannesburg's city centre on Tuesday as thousands joined an anti-immigration march, moving through the streets under the watch of police and private security personnel. Demonstrators carrying sticks and shields marched through the city, while police vehicles...

GAZA, (PIC) The Jabalia al-Nazla municipality in northern Gaza has issued an urgent appeal to international organizations, relief agencies, and global partners, calling for immediate action to save the area’s collapsing water supply system. In a statement released on Tuesday, local officials...

The Sudanese army said it had retaken Kulbus, a strategic town near the Chadian border , in what appeared to be its biggest battlefield gain in western Darfur since the fall of El-Fasher last year. The Rapid Support Forces,...

Iraq's new government launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that resulted in dozens of arrests of politicians and senior officials across the country's political spectrum. The raids, carried out by elite security forces, are part of Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi's...

CAIRO, (PIC) A Hamas delegation headed by Zaher Jabarin, the Movement’s West Bank chief, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday morning for talks with Egyptian officials and mediators on completing the implementation of the ceasefire agreement. Taher Al-Nunu, political adviser to the head...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) During the past 24 hours, extremist Jewish settler groups launched a new wave of violations and attacks in different areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting Palestinian citizens, homes, and agricultural property. In the northern Jordan Valley, settlers attacked...

JENIN, (PIC) Israel has killed the Palestinian Tawjihi student, Mohammed Abahra, from Yamun village in Jenin, and is continuing to hold his body for the sixth month. Mohammed’s father, a schoolteacher, announced that he would abstain from participating in supervising this year’s...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Abdullah Al-Zaghari, called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take urgent and serious action to resume visits to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and use all available...

QED (Quick Error Detection) can be a powerful complementary addition to verification but can be subject to size constraints. This month’s paper looks at a fix for that limitation. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur,...

The breakaway state of Somaliland's opposition party has criticised the opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem, stating the move violates the constitution and could undermine foreign relations. In mid-June, the President of the self-declared breakaway region, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi,...

The United Arab Emirates has said its nationals can travel to Lebanon, effective on Monday, lifting a weeks-long ban in place because of the war on Iran and concerns over Tehran's influence. The foreign ministry said "it...