World News: Chinese astronauts blast off to space station as construction enters high gear – Gulf Digital News
World News: Chinese astronauts blast off to space station as construction enters high gear – Gulf Digital News
BEIJING- China sent three astronauts on Sunday on a six-month long mission to oversee a pivotal period of construction of its space station, whose final modules are due to be launched in the coming months.
The space station, when completed by the year-end, will lay a significant milestone in China's three-decades long manned space programme, first approved in 1992 and initially code-named "Project 921". It will also flag the start of permanent Chinese habitation in space.
The completion of the structure, about a fifth of the International Space Station (ISS) by mass, is a source of pride among ordinary Chinese people, and caps President Xi Jinping's 10 years as leader of the ruling Communist Party.
A Long March-2F rocket, which was used to launch China's first crewed spaceflight on the Shenzhou-5 mission in 2003, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in northwest China at 10:44 a.m. (0244 GMT) with the spacecraft Shenzhou-14, or "Divine Vessel", and its three astronauts, a live broadcast by state television showed.
"I watched the launch of Shenzhou-5 when I was a primary student, and now we have Shenzhou-14," Zanna Zhang, a social media developer, told Reuters.
"Of course I'm super excited, and I'm so
2.7 billion people lack access to the internet, and we need to take proactive action in tackling digital poverty - the gulf drives real world poverty as commerce becomes ever more digital. This #wef article explains.
#SkillsGap #digitalpoverty https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/here-s-how-work-together-bridge-digital-divide-davos2023/
Blair always was the darling of the neo-cons. Remember that he discredited himself in Britain by supporting Bush Jr's gulf war in '03. Bush, himself, was a bonesman, Blair, a globalist Freemason. I hadn't seen Blair make an appearance in quite a while.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/former-british-pm-tony-blair-calls-for-orwellian-digital-surveillance-to-track-vaccine-status-at-world-economic-forum-conflab/
India's engagement with Gulf region historic, says senior Omani editor
Read @ANI Story | https://aninews.in/news/world/asia/indias-engagement-with-gulf-region-historic-says-senior-omani-editor20230120172331/
#India #Gulf #Oman #GCC #KhalidAlBusaidi #G20 #IndiaG20
As China reopens, online finger-pointing shows a widening gulf – The New York Times: ‘The digital finger-pointing reveals a country that is deeply polarized, with each side distrustful and skeptical of the other’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/world/asia/china-zero-covid-reopening.html
Jaishankar praises role of Indians living in Gulf
Read @ANI Story | https://aninews.in/news/world/asia/jaishankar-praises-role-of-indians-living-in-gulf20230110191533/
#SJaishankar #Gulf #Indian
Meet Amber Jae Slooten, the designer behind the world’s first digital dress on the blockchain
In an exclusive interview, the 28-year old opens up on her vision behind VR dresses
#blockchain #blockchainnews
https://gn24.ae/eb79539f4c88000
Preveza, Hellas 🇬🇷 This is my personal gift to All of my Friends in digital world & real life on the occasion of the New Year: games of Light over Amvrakikos Gulf and the Ionian port of Preveza! Stand strong, feel happy in action, enjoy the blessed dreamland GREECE in 2023!🌷⛵😀
Mohammed Muntari, the only Qatari player to score in a World Cup, will not be participating in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup due to injury.
Heavy rain, lightning, hail storms reported in Kuwait
Read @ANI Story | https://www.aninews.in/news/world/middle-east/heavy-rain-lightning-hail-storms-reported-in-kuwait20221230142712/
#Kuwait #WeatherReport #Gulf
#Ooredoo accomplished successful delivery of a unique, seamless and vastly enhanced digital experience for #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022. https://gulf-times.com/article/652301/qatar/ooredoo-mozark-partner-to-deliver-seamless-enhanced-digital-experience-at-first-ever-5g-world-cup
Where is the center of the world?
Andrew J. Woods, a physicist at Gulf Energy and Environmental Systems in San Diego, California, used a digital spherical map and calculated the Earth's center coordinates as 39°00'N 34°00'E on a mainframe system.
#KIRSEHİR/Türkiye...
World News: At least 20 reported dead as Rohingya boats land in ... - Gulf Digital News #rohingya #Burma #Myanmar https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiKWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdkbm9ubGluZS5jb20vRGV0YWlscy8xMTcwODkw0gEA?oc=5
The #digitaleconomy has become the focus of governments around the world.
Our article explores how the #GCC countries invested in it as part of their development plans aimed to diversify their economies.
➡️https://egic.info/the-digital-economy-in-the-gulf-emerging-as-global-competitors
World News: At least 20 reported dead as Rohingya boats land in ... - Gulf Digital News #rohingya #Burma #Myanmar https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiKWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdkbm9ubGluZS5jb20vRGV0YWlscy8xMTcwODkw0gEA?oc=5
Athletics: Sawe and Assefa clinch half marathons - Gulf Digital News https://ift.tt/XyuF5za #WorldAthletics #Athletics #TrackandField
BredecDigitalDriven Using digital devices as calming strategy linked to worse children's ... - Gulf News http://dlvr.it/SfSRck [email protected]
Using digital devices as calming strategy linked to worse children's behaviour: Study
Use of smartphone, tablet associated with increased emotional dysregulation in kids
https://gn24.ae/e9981e8924da000
There's a massive gulf between the digital world and the print world.
Read old books that haven't made it onto the web.
They have new ways to see the world in them.
BredecDigitalDriven Using digital devices as calming strategy linked to worse children's behaviour: Study - Gulf News http://dlvr.it/SfGHWS [email protected]
The #digitaleconomy has become the focus of governments around the world.
Our article explores how the #GCC countries invested in it as part of their development plans aimed to diversify their economies.
➡️https://egic.info/the-digital-economy-in-the-gulf-emerging-as-global-competitors
Dubai, UAE/ the Gulf has been the biggest story in the economic world for 20 years.
It’s a natural for for #Bitcoin & digital assets & has had steadily increasing adoption for many years now. There’s an increasing global narrative about the inferiority of fiat money. Bullish!
#SaudiArabia announces digital authentication of work contracts for Saudis and foreigners
Obligatory authentication aims to safeguard parties to contractual relationship
https://gn24.ae/e96299ad66d4000
"Digital technologies allow for significantly faster and cheaper remittance services," the World Bank's migration and development brief stated. #digitaltechnology #aml #cft
60% of Arab women ‘suffered digital violence’
This is worst kind of violence because victim deals with anonymous person: Saudi expert
https://gn24.ae/e9107238856a000
There's a massive gulf between the digital world and the print world.
Read old books that haven't made it onto the web.
They have new ways to see the world in them.