The U.S. budget deficit increased 23 percent to $1.7 trillion, an increase of $320 billion, in the year after the Biden administration pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act which it claimed would close the government’s funding gap.
China established its “Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative," a move considered to be an affront to U.S. efforts to protect its leadership in the field.
In a move referred to as "historic" by MP Ina Shofshun, the Ukrainian parliament took unprecedented strides today by approving a bill that targets the Orthodox Church linked to the Moscow Patriarchate.