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By AFP/Jing Xuan Teng and Agatha CantrillChina's AI sector showed confidence this week at a major fair in Shanghai that it would overcome restrictions imposed by the West, with companies rolling out cutting-edge products developed by a growing pool o...
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By AFP/Jaunes RestrepoBolivian long-haul driver Gerardo Salluco prepares to spend his second night in a snaking queue of buses, waiting for fuel at a service station under military guard.Such lines for diesel and gasoline have become a common sight i...
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By AFPIsrael has approved a new payment of more than $140 million to the Palestinian Authority after announcing it had also unblocked some funds frozen because of the Gaza war, a finance ministry spokesperson told AFP on Thursday.Since the start of t...
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By AFP/Sabina Qazi and Shrouq TariqPakistan's tax authority said Thursday it has blocked 210,000 SIM cards of users who have not filed tax returns in a bid to widen the revenue bracket.Only 5.2 million people of the more than 240 million population f...
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By AFPGeneral Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties for underestimating emissions produced by its vehicles, federal regulators said Wednesday.The American auto giant was fined after approximately 5.9 million vehicles were found to release...
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By AFP/Raziye AkkocThe European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of Beijing's "unfair" support, a move that risks escalating tensions with Beijing.A European Commission pro...
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By AFPFrench prosecutors have ordered an inquiry into allegations that Chad's president embezzled public funds to splurge on luxury clothing from Paris, a source close to the case said Tuesday.Investigators have been looking into "the clothing expens...
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By AFP/Nina LarsonThe number of international patent filings for innovations using cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence have surged eightfold in six years, the UN said Wednesday, the majority from China-based innovators.A total of 54,000 p...
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By AFPThe Acropolis in Athens, one of the world's most visited ancient monuments, has begun offering private visits for 5,000 euros ($5,400), setting off protests from the site's guards.According to the official website of the culture ministry unit t...
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By AFP/Joseph BoyleGoogle made major changes to its search algorithm and spam filters earlier this year to get rid of low-quality content -- but the effects have proved devastating to some smaller websites.Online businesses have been left considering...
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By AFP/Raziye AkkocThe EU accused Facebook owner Meta on Monday of breaching the bloc's digital rules, paving the way for potential fines worth billions of euros.The charges against the US tech titan follow a finding last week against Apple that mark...
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By AFP/John BiersNippon Steel's proposed acquisition of United States Steel has been a source of unease in Pittsburgh, where the metal once dominated the economy and still looms large in the collective psyche.Critics such as the United Steelworkers (...
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