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Jack Ma-backed Ant touts AI breakthrough built on Chinese chips
Jack Ma-backed Ant Group used Chinese-made semiconductors to develop techniques for training artificial intelligence (AI) models that…
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Asia: Markets fluctuate as traders prepare for ‘Liberation Day’
Asian markets swung on Monday as the White House prepares to impose tariffs on key trading partners next week that many fear could deal a…
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Trump faces most nationwide injunctions in recent history
President Trump has faced more nationwide injunctions in his first two months in office than any of his predecessors in recent history --…
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Former Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, died…
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BOJ to raise rates if price outlooks to be achieved, deputy governor says
The Bank of Japan would continue raising interest rates if the central bank’s outlooks on the economy and prices are likely to be…
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Tencent upgrades AI model to compete with DeepSeek, Alibaba
Tencent Holdings unveiled an upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model, the latest bid by China’s most valuable company to…
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Billion-dollar US levies on Chinese ships risk ‘trade apocalypse’
For a symbol of the chaos engulfing world trade since the Trump administration walked into the White House, look no further than a pile of…
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Oil prices hold steady as investors monitor Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks
Oil prices held steady on Monday as investors assessed the outlook for ceasefire talks aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war, which could…
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Tiger Woods confirms his relationship with Vanessa Trump in a social media post
Tiger Woods has confirmed his relationship with the former daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump, publishing two images to social…
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Aussie dollar to snap losing streak on RBA stance, China support
[MELBOURNE, SYDNEY] The Australian dollar may be headed for its first annual gain since 2020, as the central bank keeps interest rates…
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'I scarred my six children by using skin-lightening creams'
A mother in northern Nigeria is visibly upset as she clutches her two-year-old child, who has burns and discoloured skin on his face and…
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AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Friday (Mar 21) expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to…
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Israel plans new airport in south, an hour from Gaza border
Israel‘s Economic Affairs Committee on Sunday gave its final approval to a plan to build another international airport in the south of the…
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Five key moments in the battle for Khartoum
The Sudanese army has regained control of key areas of the capital, Khartoum, from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary faction…
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<i>Snow White</i> Is a Box Office Dwarf
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Stumbling stock market raises spectre of dot-com era reckoning
A revolutionary new technology comes along and infatuates investors with its seemingly limitless possibilities. Euphoria sparks a stock…
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Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills Hamas official and aide
An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas leader and an aide on Sunday evening, a Hamas official told the BBC.…
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Salvaging Qantas just the start as new CEO pledges more to come
[SYDNEY, HONG KONG] Vanessa Hudson could hardly have taken the helm of Qantas Airways at a worse time. The brand was in tatters after a…
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Tourist arrested, attacked by locals after scaling world-famous sacred Mayan temple, video shows
A tourist in Mexico is facing charges after he climbed stairs of one of the New Seven Wonders of the World before furious locals took…
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'Out-of-control judge': Trump administration goes to war with federal courts
The Justice Department has asked for two judges at the heart of anti-Trump rulings to be kicked off the cases, saying they are showing an…
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Data centres a possibility for Stoneweg European Reit under new sponsor
SWI Group “fully supports” the Reit’s strategy to rebalance its portfolio to focus more on industrial properties and high-quality offices…
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Temasek-backed 65 Equity Partners sees global firms as possible source for IPO pipeline
The firm’s Anchor Fund @ 65 mandate complements measures unveiled in MAS equities review group, says management Compared with stock…
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Signs of weakness in Hang Seng have emerged
AS AT Mar 20, 2025, the Hang Seng Index (HSI) had recorded a strong year-to-date increase of about 23.42 per cent, closing at 24,219.95…
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Trump accuses federal judge of bias, related to speech about Jan. 6 cases
President Trump and his allies are not backing off their criticism of the federal judge who is challenging his deportation of foreign gang…