The petaflop (PFLOP) machine has been built to process speeds of a thousand trillion floating point operations per second. Floating point operations or flops are used in computing to calculate extremely long numbers. The PFLOP machine is one of the CHPC’s projects to build high-performance computing and advanced data technologies
The following is an excerpted translation of an statement that was originally published on ipysvenezuela.org on 3 June 2016. IPYS Venezuela rejects the attacks against 19 reporters while covering a food-related protest in the vicinity of the Fuerzas Armadas Avenue in downtown Caracas. These events breach the provisions of a
The Palestinian Arabic dailies focused on Tuesday on a plan recently approved by the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem, to construct 82 housing units in Ramat Shlomo settlement, north of Jerusalem. Meanwhile, al-Quds said five Jordanian intelligence officers were killed in an attack on a security office outside al-Baqa’a refugee
Israeli forces Tuesday served demolition notices for two tin-sheet sheep pins in al-Rashayda village, east of Bethlehem, said security and municipal sources. Forces delivered notices to Ali Odeh and Farhan Rashaydeh, notifying them of the planned demolition of their tin-sheet sheep pins in Rajm al-Naqa locality purportedly for being located
Israeli authorities on Tuesday notified Palestinians in the village of Duma, to the south of Nablus, about their intent to demolish two homes and a carpentry workshop of their own, according to local sources. Adeeb Dawabsheh, deputy mayor of Duma, told WAFA that the Israeli army cited construction without permission
Israeli armed forces Tuesday broke into the village of Deir Nidham, northwest of Ramallah and blockaded the northwestern Ramallah area after claims that an Israeli settler’s vehicle came under fire, said local sources. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers broke into the homes of Ibrahim Araj and Yousef Tamimi and confiscated the
Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee Saeb Erekat Tuesday decried Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s visit to the Israeli settlements of Benyamin Regional Council, east of Ramallah. Erekat said Rivilin’s visit to the illegal settlements of Benyamin demonstrates Israel’s support to apartheid and the violation of international covenants. Speaking to WAFA over the
South Africa’s anti-corruption czar, who threw a spotlight on the $23 million in public funds used to upgrade President Jacob Zuma’s private home, wants to launch another high-level investigation that could land in the president’s lap. This time, Thuli Madonsela has asked for resources to examine the Guptas, a wealthy
The World Bank is downgrading its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4 percent from the 2.9 percent pace projected in January. The move is due to sluggish growth in advanced economies, stubbornly low commodity prices, weak global trade, and diminishing capital flows. According to the latest update of its Global
There are markedly different prospects for commodity exporters and importers. China is forecast to grow at 6.7% after 6.9% last year. India’s robust economic expansion is expected to hold steady at 7.6%, while Brazil and Russia are projected to remain in deeper recessions than forecast in January. In an environment
