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Deepseek logo and the Chinese flag are seen in this illustration. Reuters

China springs an Artificial Intelligence shock

A Chinese startup in Hangzhou has put out a new version of generative AI called DeepSeek, using chips of a lower sophistication because of...

27 Jan 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korean prosecutors indict President Yeol

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who had declared martial law on December 3 and removed it after a few hours, is now under...

26 Jan 2025
Ford said most of the job cuts would come in Germany. File/Reuters

Germany’s crisis-hit economy looms over polls

Auto industry jobs have long been the lifeblood of the German town of Luedenscheid but now, a trade union official says, the sector’s woes...

23 Jan 2025
Donald Trump meets Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan4, 2025. File/Reuters

Trump-Meloni tango could boost business

Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni and American President Donald Trump have struck a friendship, each expressing admiration for the other.Meloni said of Trump: “Trump...

22 Jan 2025
Volodymyr Zelensky

Zelensky talks about European unity at Davos

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos a day after President Donald Trump took office in Washington, emphasised...

21 Jan 2025