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South Korea is planning to triple its artificial intelligence (AI) budget next year to over 10 trillion won ($7.2 billion), as President Lee Jae Myung’s government seeks to accelerate AI adoption across
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday officially removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office, citing her handling of a border dispute with Cambodia as a serious breach of ethical standards. In its verdict,
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to welcome his closest international allies this weekend for what is expected to be one of the most significant Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summits in years,
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For decades, researchers have puzzled over how humans became the only species to walk upright on two legs. A new study published in Nature may finally provide answers, mapping the key developmental
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China-linked money laundering groups may have funneled more than $300bn through US banks in the past five years, often to the benefit of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels, according to a US
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Newly declassified documents from Vladimir Putin’s first presidential summit with an American leader offer an unprecedented insight into the Russian president’s negotiation tactics, diplomatic style, and strategic priorities. Published today by the
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A decade ago, Toyota made headlines by hiring dozens of engineers from Google and other tech giants, signaling a bold pivot from hardware-focused development to software and artificial intelligence. At the 2016
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