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Trump warns of 'wake-up call' as low-cost Chinese AI jolts sector 28 Jan 2025 - 11:21 am
This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek and Nvidia logos on screens in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on January 27, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Trump pushes India's Modi on 'fair' trade 27 Jan 2025 - 11:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UN warns of 'worrying' humanitarian crisis in Congo's Goma 27 Jan 2025 - 11:42 pm
A member of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. (Photo by -STR / AFP)
Coca-Cola orders massive Europe recall over chlorate risk 27 Jan 2025 - 10:45 pm
This photograph taken on January 26, 2023 shows cans of Cola at the closing stage at the Coca Cola factory in Bierne, northern France. (Photo by Sameer Al Doumy / AFP)
Record January heat of almost 27C bakes Spain's Valencia 27 Jan 2025 - 10:23 pm
In this representational file photo, air conditioners are seen on the facade of a residential building in Malaga, southern Spain, on July 28, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
UK confirms 'rare' human case of bird flu 27 Jan 2025 - 09:06 pm
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OIC expresses rejection of schemes to displace Palestinian people 27 Jan 2025 - 06:21 pm
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Iraq sees drop in unemployment, poverty rates 27 Jan 2025 - 06:18 pm
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India says agreed with China to resume direct flights after 5 years 27 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
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China urges US to stop politicisation of COVID-19 origins-tracing 27 Jan 2025 - 05:42 pm
File photo: People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Africa loses 18 bln USD annually due to conflict: African Union 27 Jan 2025 - 05:35 pm
File: The African Union logo is seen outside the AU headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 8, 2021.
Bird feathers and bloodstains found in Jeju jet engines: report 27 Jan 2025 - 04:22 pm
Firefighters and recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats 27 Jan 2025 - 04:12 pm
Colombian Foreign Relations Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo (C) speaks during a press conference at the San Carlos Palace in Bogota on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Andrea Ariza / AFP)
Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past 27 Jan 2025 - 03:36 pm
Lin Xinmeng (C) holding a female lion dancer during a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Shock in France after teenager fatally stabbed for phone 27 Jan 2025 - 02:33 pm
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19 arrested after Turkiye hotel inferno disaster 27 Jan 2025 - 02:24 pm
Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out in a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Bolu, on January 22, 2025. Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP
Western France put on high flood alert after storm 'Herminia' 27 Jan 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photograph shows cars in a street following exceptional floodin of the Ille river in Rennes, western France on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Damien Meyer / AFP)
Fire ravages Paris district town hall 27 Jan 2025 - 02:09 pm
Firefighters vehicles are parked next to the townhall of the 12th district of Paris, on January 27, 2025, after it was hit by a spectacular fire. (Photo by Bertrand Guay / AFP)