AI videos fuel rhetoric as Orbán bids for four more years in Hungary

Videos have targeted Viktor Orbán's election rival, who could unseat him after 16 years in office.

Pre-election Hungary's mood is one of twilight for Orban's rule

After 16 years of unchallenged rule, Hungary's ultra-conservative prime minister is, for the first time, seeing his supremacy challenged. With days until the April 12 legislative elections, pro-European challenger Peter Magyar is leading in the polls. In the ruling party's eastern strongholds, huge Chinese battery factories have sparked public backlash.

Slovak PM calls European Commission "ship sailing towards its death" after talks with Hungarian PM

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said following a phone call with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that the EU should "return to common sense", which he believes means resuming dialogue with Russia on energy resources.

By Ulyana Krychkovska

What next for the struggling rural mothers in China who helped to build AI?

Before autonomous driving freed up the hands of Beijing’s middle class, thousands of workers some 1,500km (930 miles) away in China’s southwestern Guizhou province clicked away at computer screens to teach AI about navigating traffic. In the mountainous city of Tongren, where incomes are less than half those in Beijing, the work of data labelling – marking residential buildings, pavements, roadways and traffic lights – shaped the artificial intelligence guiding those vehicles. The job require...

By Alcott Wei

Hungary's government accused of spying on opposition

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government used the country's intelligence service to spy on the opposition Tisza Party, says investigative platform Direkt36. What does this mean for the upcoming parliamentary election?

Taiwan opposition leader to make 'peace' visit to China, first in 10 years

Kuomintang chief Cheng Li-wun said she wants to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping to build cross-strait "peace."

Chinese students challenge departure order over 'fake' diploma controversy

Five Chinese students accused of falsifying academic credentials to attend Honam University challenged the government's order for them to leave the country immediately, claiming that their admission process was legitimate. The plaintiffs filed an administrative lawsuit against the immigration office at the Ministry of Justice, saying that the visa revocation was unjust. They claimed to have obtained an apostille after completing a US institution's online course. However, the institution was foun

By The Korea Herald

Boracay welcomes 1,500 Chinese tourists aboard luxury cruise ship

ILOILO CITY — Around 1,500 Chinese tourists and nearly 800 crew members arrived in Boracay on Saturday morning aboard the luxury cruise ship MS Adora Mediterranea, marking its maiden call to the island, according to a news release from the Malay-Boracay Tourism Office. The vessel, which came from Xiamen, China, dropped anchor at about 8

By jcristobal

‘Happiness hub’: Streaming channel for pets launched in China

Cats and dogs can now fill the hours their owners are at work with a dedicated all-day streaming channel for pets launched by Chinese tech giant Tencent. Clips of a duckling swimming in a bath or two happy pooches patrolling their neighbourhood are examples of the curated programming on “PetTV”. The new channel on Tencent […]

By AFP

Chinese research vessel spotted in Philippine Rise

A Chinese research boat was spotted operating illegally in the Philippines’ eastern waters, particularly in the potentially oil- and gas-rich Philippine (Benham) Rise.

By Michael Punongbayan

Slovak PM Fico calls on EU to lift sanctions and resume dialogue with Russia after conversation with Hungarian PM Orban

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, following talks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, urged the European Union to lift sanctions on imports of Russian oil and gas and to take steps to restore oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline.