“Expanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold War era,” George Kennan said The US diplomat George Kennan, an astute observer of Soviet Russia under Stalin, offered his observations later in life on the question of NATO expansion. The tragedy of our times is that those views are […]
Etichetă: advice
Minister in hot water after wife-beating advice
Malaysian women’s rights groups have said the nation’s deputy minister for family is “abhorrent” and not fit for the job Malaysian women’s rights groups on Monday called for the deputy minister for family and women to resign, after the official sparked outrage by giving advice on wife-beating in an Instagram post. In a two-minute video […]
Trump gives Rogan advice on Spotify controversy
Trump advised podcaster Joe Rogan to stop looking “weak and frightened” Donald Trump has added his voice to those supporting podcaster Joe Rogan this week, amid calls for him to be removed from Spotify. In a statement released Monday, the former US president called Rogan an “interesting and popular guy” who needs to “stop apologizing” […]
UK government’s advice on word ‘Brexit’ raises eyebrows
British government’s style guide advises against using the word ‘Brexit’ The British government has advised its employees to refrain from the word ‘Brexit’ in official communication and to replace it with the exact date of when the UK left the EU. The directive has been criticized on social media. “You can use the term ‘Brexit’ […]
France releases new advice for under-30s on Moderna Covid jab
France’s public health authority has advised against giving people under 30 Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, citing higher risks of heart inflammation post-inoculation. Instead, the body recommends Pfizer’s jab for this group. Drawing on recently published data, France’s health authority, the Haute Autorite de Sante (HAS), said the risk of myocarditis from Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty “appears to be […]
Abstinence & condoms? AI chatbot in Singapore dropped after giving strange advice about testing positive for Covid-19
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken down a chatbot tool after it dispensed a series of “misaligned” responses – including safe sex advice – to questions about Covid-19 concerns. The gaffes were widely shared online. When the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, called ‘Ask Jamie’, was asked what to do by a parent whose daughter had […]




