British telco giant BT expects to launch 5G standalone — or 'true' 5G — later this year
BARCELONA — British telecommunications giant BT says it expects to launch its first so-called "standalone 5G" network in 2024.
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Cambodia’s pioneering post-Khmer Rouge era Phnom Penh Post newspaper will stop print publication
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Phnom Penh Post, a newspaper founded in 1992 as Cambodia sought to re-establish stability and democracy after decades of war and unrest, said Friday that it will stop publishing in print this month, the latest blow to the country’s dwindling independent media.
In a bizarre British by-election, a pro-Palestinian firebrand just swept to victory
Staunchly pro-Palestinian left-wing firebrand George Galloway on Thursday won a chaotic by-election in Rochdale, northwestern England that was defined by the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Britain to lead 2024 European real estate boom as international buyers eye opportunities, research says
The U.K. looks poised to lead a European real estate resurgence this year as international investors return capital to the region's strained property market.
Boeing agrees to $51 million settlement for U.S. export violations, including in China
Boeing said on Thursday it had reached a $51 million settlement with the U.S. State Department for numerous export violations including Chinese employees in China improperly downloading documents related to U.S. Defense Department programs.
NATO needs to pull its soldiers from Ukraine
If NATO is so much against sending troops to Ukraine, why doesn’t NATO demand that the soldiers already there be sent home?
New security law worries foreign firms in Hong Kong
Several foreign chambers of commerce raised concerns about the legislation of a new national security law in Hong Kong by the time a one-month public consultation period ended Wednesday.
The inner demons of Myanmar’s NUG
The recently enacted Military Service Law, announced on February 10, has further shaken an already rattled and exhausted Myanmar population. That’s especially true for young people who meet the criteria under the law for conscription and who could be forced to fight on the side of a war they don’t support.