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The crisis in West's AI industry needs attention
News, Published on 10/02/2025
» The release of the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 large language model, with its impressive capabilities and low development cost, shocked financial markets and led to claims of a "Sputnik moment" in artificial intelligence. But a powerful, innovative Chinese model achieving parity with US products should come as no surprise. It is the predictable result of a major US and Western policy failure, for which the AI industry itself bears much of the blame.
Six Nations kings Ireland again prove too much for Scotland
AFP, Published on 10/02/2025
» EDINBURGH - Ireland stayed on course for an unprecedented third successive Six Nations title with a 32-18 win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Tortured Kenyan flees Myanmar call scam gang into Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 09/02/2025
» TAK: A Kenyan man crossed the Thai-Myanmar border to seek help in Phop Phra district, saying he was among about 1,000 people who were tortured unless they worked for a Chinese-led scam gang.
The lonely songbird in a gilded cage
Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/02/2025
» A few words on singer/actress Marianne Faithfull who died last week at the age of 78. I have followed her career with some interest because she lived in my home town of Reading in the early 1960s, attending St Joseph's Convent school.
Daly late show helps England edge France in Six Nations thriller
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» TWICKENHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Elliot Daly's try a minute from time helped England to a thrilling 26-25 Six Nations win over France at a rainswept Twickenham on Saturday.
New anti-far-right protest draws 250,000 in Munich
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» BERLIN - Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, authorities said, as the country heads for clutch elections.
Thai police investigate ‘call-centre beating’ video
Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2025
» Thai police are tracing the source of a viral video showing what is believed to be an employee of a call centre based in a border town in Myanmar being brutally assaulted by a gang.
Indian PM Modi’s party wins back Delhi
Published on 08/02/2025
» NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Saturday regained power in the nation’s capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year.
Four Japanese arrested at Myanmar border
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/02/2025
» Four Japanese nationals have been arrested in Mae Sot district of Tak province after illegally crossing the Thailand-Myanmar border to Myawaddy, police said on Saturday.
Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» DEIR EL-BALAH, Palestinian Territories - Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire, with 183 prisoners held by Israel due to be released later in the day.