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Donald Trump thinks the Chinese startup DeepSeek, which claims it has a technical advantage over US rivals, should be "a wakeup call" for American AI firms.DeepSeek says its artificial intelligence models are comparable with those from US giants, like OpenAI which is behind ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, but potentially a fraction of the cost. That has triggered a fall in various US shares, especially chipmaker Nvidia which registered a record one-day […]

Congolese soldiers solemnly moved through the streets of downtown Goma - with white bands around their heads and their hands empty of guns. They are battered from days of non-stop fighting and surrendering to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels taking control of the regional capital and humanitarian hub. Congolese soldiers laid down their fatigues on the road near the watch posts we saw them in just 24 hours before. The sounds […]

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are returning to their homes in northern Gaza in scenes of joy and jubilation - a moment some feared would never come."It's like I was born again and we were victorious again," said Palestinian mother Umm Mohammed Ali, who had been part of the crowds streaming along roads heading north. Many had infants in their arms or carried what belongings they could as they journeyed […]

A British sailor is missing in the Bay of Biscay after his damaged yacht was found off the French coast.A search was launched for the 73-year-old on Saturday after a distress beacon was launched 50 miles west of Lacanau at around 3pm, according to the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture, a French government organisation.He had earlier told a nearby cargo ship he was safe and continuing on his way, after not responding […]

There are few who can say they've seen the inside of hell, but Albrecht Weinberg is one of them.From the safety of his living room, the 99-year-old describes how, as a teenager, he survived three concentration camps including the Nazi's biggest extermination centre, Auschwitz-Birkenau."Jews were only for the gas chamber. You worked until you could work no more. Then you went to the chimney," he explains in a soft Brooklyn […]

A prominent Republican senator and longtime ally of Donald Trump has questioned his decision to pardon January 6 rioters.Lindsey Graham said the move was a "mistake" and could lead to more violence. Mr Trump announced a blanket pardon for about 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the US Capitol in 2021 as part of a flurry of executive orders.Some of those who were freed from jail earlier this week had […]

Donald Trump has said Jordan and Egypt should take in Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza.The US president called on the two nations to take in people either temporarily or permanently, adding: "We should just clear out the whole thing." "It's literally a demolition site, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there," he told reporters after a call with Jordan's King Abdullah.Tens of thousands of people remain blocked from returning […]

The CIA now believes the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have originated from a laboratory leak in China than from animals.It follows the release of new analysis that began under the Biden administration at the request of former CIA director William Burns. For years, the CIA has said it is unclear whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or a natural origin.Its latest assessment points the finger […]

Thieves used explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands and steal several Romanian prehistoric artefacts, including a 2,500-year-old gold helmet.They blasted open a door at the Drents Museum in the northeastern city of Assen and made off with the solid gold Geto-Dacian artefacts early on Saturday morning. The stolen objects include the golden helmet of Cotofanesti, which dates from around 450 BCE, and three Dacian royal bracelets dated […]