[dropcap]A[/dropcap] month on from Tropical Cyclone Pam’s decimation of the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, tens of thousands of people still face dire food and water shortages, and thousands remain homeless as they wait for sufficient aid to reach them. Vanuatu is composed of a sprawling set of 83 islands and 260,000 people, situated 2,000
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]oogle presented a mathematics heavy paper in February that studied a new way of ordering searches to improve their accuracy via an endogenous method that favours facts and reflects this in its search order. The paper is titled Knowledge Based Trust: Estimating the Trustworthiness of Web Sources. Google researchers say in the study: “The quality
March 16 was a turning point. On this day, Putin came out of hiding – both literally and figuratively. In the literal sense, Putin’s 11 day absence from public view ended during a press conference with the President of Kyrgyzstan. Although many in Ukraine and Russia believe that the man who appeared before the cameras
Geopolitics is not chess, but the analogy works. Vladimir Putin has been playing this game with his closest neighbours (Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan) for many years, but recently it seems, the West has finally engaged (much to the Russian President’s delight). In Minsk this morning, Putin made some moves, and the West (via Ukraine) answered
