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  • Hundreds wounded, bodies in streets after DR Congo fighting - UN

    UN aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • DeepSeek has rattled the AI industry. Here's a quick look at other Chinese AI models

    HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced computer chips and consuming less energy.

  • Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow

    Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions roiled by weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy. The canopy collapse in November, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic. He has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms in Serbia despite formally seeking European Union membership for the troubled Balkan nation. “It is my appeal for everyone to calm down the passions and return to dialogue,” Vucevic told a news conference announcing his resignation.

  • The Morning After: The Chinese AI assistant sending shockwaves through US rivals

    The biggest news stories this morning: Bluesky’s moderation report shows how quickly harmful content grew, China’s DeepSeek AI assistant becomes top free iPhone app as US tech stocks take a hit, The iPhone notch might come back.

  • DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng puts focus on Chinese innovation

    Liang Wenfeng, the 39-year-old founder of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, has in the matter of weeks become the face of China's tech industry and its hope of overcoming an ever-tightening noose of export controls imposed by the United States. Liang had kept an extremely low profile until Jan. 20, when he was one of nine individuals asked to give a speech at a closed-door symposium hosted by China's Premier Li Qiang. But the fact Liang was invited to share his opinions on Chinese government policy highlights Beijing's recognition of DeepSeek's role in potentially upending the global AI order, in China's favour.

  • Ben Johnson gets honest about Bears offensive line

    The Bears have an offensive line problem, and new head coach Ben Johnson knows it.

  • Hopes bird flu restrictions can control disease

    An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone is in place in Shropshire after a bird flu outbreak near Wem.

  • Mozambique president discussed LNG, hydro projects with TotalEnergies' CEO

    CAPE TOWN/PARIS (Reuters) -Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo met with Patrick Pouyanne, the chief executive of TotalEnergies, on Monday to discuss several of the company's projects in the southern African country, including a long-delayed $20 billion liquefied natural gas development. Mozambique LNG, which had been slated to restart construction by the end of 2024 and begin producing gas in 2029, saw that deadline slip when the French oil major last week ⁠confirmed that force majeure had yet to be lifted on the project. "During the conversation, Pouyanne reaffirmed TotalEnergies' commitment to resuming the project, currently suspended since 2021, due to security challenges in the region," Chapo said in a post on X on Monday.

  • New feature of Brazil's Pix system to draw $30 billion in e-commerce payments

    Brazil's payment system Pix is seen handling $30 billion in two years in e-commerce spending with a new feature for recurring bills that should benefit streaming firms, a study from financial technology firm Ebanx showed on Tuesday. Launched in late 2020, Pix, an online instant payment system designed by Brazil's central bank, has become Brazilians' favorite way to pay, surpassing credit and debit cards and nearly killing the use of cash. In June, the central bank is expected to launch "Pix Automatico," a feature to automate payment of recurring bills such as utilities and streaming services.

  • Should Britain be worried about the virus spreading in China?

    This article was orginally published on January 7.

  • GM annual forecast tops estimates amid boost from U.S., China

    Investing.com - General Motors (NYSE:GM) has unveiled a stronger-than-anticipated forecast for its 2025 earnings, fueled by strength in its home US market and steps to bolster its operations in China.

  • HSBC plans biggest investment banking retrenchment in decades

    LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC is to wind down its M&A and equities businesses in Europe, Britain and the Americas, it said on Tuesday, as it accelerated its shift to Asia in its biggest retrenchment from investment banking in decades. "Our intention is to move to a more competitive, scalable, financing-led model," Michael Roberts, CEO HSBC Bank said in a memo sent to staff seen by Reuters, which said the lender would retain more focused M&A and Equity Capital Markets (ECM) capabilities in Asia and the Middle East.

  • Bereaved father hopes Omagh inquiry ‘the beginning of the end’

    Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the blast in 1998, has pressed British and Irish governments to co-operate fully with inquiry.

  • Dishoom to open first London "Permit Room" bar and café in Notting Hill

    New venue in Notting Hill is expected to open in the Spring at a site formerly occupied by a gin distillery

  • Karoline Leavitt, youngest White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday.

  • Russian government delegation makes first official visit to Syria since Assad's fall

    DAMASCUS (AP) — A delegation of Russian officials arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

  • Waste firm given go-ahead to sue government

    Biffa Waste Services is seeking £166m following the collapse of Scotland's deposit return scheme.

  • Over 2,500 homes still without power after storm

    Some train services are still affected by storm damage with 2,800 households still without power.

  • 66 million-year-old fish vomit discovered in Denmark

    Experts say the discovery will help them understand what animals were eating during the Cretaceous period.

  • How the US may have unintentionally helped create an AI monster in China

    The US tried to limit China's AI advancements with chip restrictions. It may have fueled the innovation behind DeepSeek instead.