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BOOK REVIEW: Convergence (Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing)

Social, Economic and Policy Impacts. Edited by Greg Viggiano, PhD. Copyright, The Museum of Science Fiction. Published by John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey…

Mar 8 •

John Berthelsen

Singapore in Hot Water With ASEAN Over Taylor Swift ‘Bribe’

Superstar paid millions to appear in Lion City, Thai PM says

Mar 4 •

John Berthelsen

Hong Kong’s International Litfest Avoids Gratuitous Trouble

Controversial authors with controversial China or Hong Kong topics need not apply

Feb 26 •

John Berthelsen

Hindutva Threat to Indian Mosques Grows

17th century edifice in Varanasi faces possible takeover

Feb 21

Paving Paradise: India’s New Andaman Base

International groups demand that Delhi halt development of Great Nicobar Island

Feb 16

The Massive, Messy Messi Scandal in Hong Kong

Was it a groin injury? Or the international Black Hand?

Feb 13

BOOK REVIEW: G-MAN (J Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century)

By Beverly Gage. Viking Press, New York. Hardcover, 837 pp with bibliography and index. US$45.

Jan 28 •

John Berthelsen

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