Nicaragua’s National Assembly, under the control of President Daniel Ortega’s ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), ratified a controversial constitutional amendment on Thursday that significantly strengthens the president’s grip on power. The
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The human rights crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group. According to the
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Myanmar’s military has intensified its attacks on civilians to unprecedented levels in the past year, resulting in the highest civilian death toll since the military coup four years ago, according to a
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Italy has become the first country to block DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed AI app, after its data protection authority raised alarms over the app’s handling of personal data. The Italian watchdog, Garante, made
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US authorities are investigating whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek circumvented US restrictions by purchasing advanced Nvidia semiconductors through third parties in Singapore. The inquiry, detailed by Bloomberg, centers on claims that DeepSeek
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Russia has expressed growing concern over the prolonged delay by Washington in approving its new ambassador to the United States, with senior diplomat Sergey Ryabkov describing the situation as “increasingly alarming.” Russian
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Congressional offices have been advised against using DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed AI chatbot that has been making waves in the American AI market. The warning comes as lawmakers continue to grapple with the
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Blackstone, the world’s largest investor in data centres supporting the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, is evaluating how Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s low-cost AI model could influence demand in the sector. The US investment
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China is constructing an enormous military command centre in western Beijing, a facility expected to surpass the Pentagon in scale and complexity. U.S. intelligence reports, cited by the Financial Times, indicate that
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The UK government is moving to tighten controls on university franchising arrangements in a bid to address fraudulent practices that have exploited the student loan system. As reported by the Financial Times,
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