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AI hit: India hungry to harness US tech giants’ technology at Delhi summit
Narendra Modi’s thirst to supercharge economic growth is matched by US desire to inject AI into world’s biggest democracy Robert Booth in Delhi India celebrates 80 years of independence from the UK in August 2027. At about that same moment, “early versions of true super intelligence” could emerge, Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, said this week….
Social media screening for US H-1B visa begins: How Indians will be worst-hit
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Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic zone amid Beijing rift
Japan says vessel failed to comply with order to stop, with incident coming weeks after row with China over Taiwan Justin McCurry and agencies Authorities in Japan have seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain in a move that is likely to inflame an ongoing diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing. The seizure, which occurred on Thursday about…
China’s record trade surplus reveals its biggest strength – and hidden weakness
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Venezuela earthquake disaster: needs ‘skyrocketing’, say relief agencies
In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days since the double-earthquake disaster. The miraculous story of the three-year-old’s rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as tens of thousands of people remained without adequate shelter, after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude…
