China's DeepSeek AI dents US superiority
NEW YORK, Jan 28 (BBC): The speed at which the new Chinese AI app DeepSeek has shaken the technology industry, the markets and the bullish sense of American superiority in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of stunning.US President Donald Trump has called the rise of...
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30,000 refugees set to lose edn, healthcare
JERUSALEM, Jan 28 (Reuters): Tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem were set to lose education, healthcare and other services provided by UN agency UNRWA as an Israeli ban on the organisation takes effect on Thursday.Israel's government ordered UNRWA to vacate its East Jerusalem compound and cease...
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Trump admin fires justice department lawyers who investigated him
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (BBC): US President Donald Trump's administration has fired more than a dozen justice department lawyers who worked on two criminal cases against him.They were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry concluded they could not "be trusted to faithfully implement the president's agenda because of their significant...
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Fast-moving fires torch nat'l parks in SE Australia
SYDNEY, Jan 28 (AFP): Firefighters were desperately trying to stop a cluster of fast-moving blazes in southeast Australia on Tuesday, as thousands of acres of national park burned and a farming community was forced to evacuate.Lightning strikes on Monday evening ignited several fires in the Grampians National Park, a forested...
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Indiana shooting leaves 3 dead
ELKHART, Jan 28 (AP): A shooting at a grocery store in northern Indiana on Monday left three people dead, including the suspected shooter, and two police officers wounded, officials said.Police received a 911 call at about 5:30 p.m. about a shooting at Martin's Super Market in Elkhart, the city police...
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Convict to serve three years jail term
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28 (AFP): Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation that enshrines punishments of up to three years in prison, a decision journalists say is designed to crack down on dissent.The law targets anyone who "intentionally disseminates" information online that they have "reason to believe to be false...
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Serbia's PM resigns as anti-graft protests grow
BELGRADE, Jan 28 (AP): Serbia's populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions following 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...
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