China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model
Published: 12:02pm, 2 Dec 2025Updated: 12:05pm, 2 Dec 2025 Artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has unveiled its most powerful model variant, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, which is said...
China’s 3SBio seeks US$400 million in Hong Kong to boost drug pipeline
Published: 11:47am, 2 Dec 2025Updated: 12:00pm, 2 Dec 2025 Chinese drug maker 3SBio plans to raise HK$3.12 billion (US$401 million) by selling a 4.14...
A year on from South Korea’s martial law crisis, some lives are changed forever
When South Korea’s leader declared martial law a year ago, one young woman blocked a tank, a civil servant resigned in protest and a...
Teen mauled to death after climbing into lion enclosure at Brazil zoo
A Brazilian teenager was mauled to death by a lioness in full view of zoo visitors after scaling a six-metre wall and safety fencing...
‘No calm in Beirut’ as more Israeli strikes expected after Hezbollah ultimatum
Lebanon is bracing for intensified Israeli attacks in the new year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration set a December 31 deadline for Hezbollah...
House Rules Committee Meets to Review Education-Related Bills
The House Rules Committee holds a meeting at 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 1 to review and discuss several education-related bills. …
Treasury Investigating Alleged Minnesota Fraud That Steered Money to Somali Terrorists
The Treasury Department is investigating claims that Minnesota taxpayer funds were stolen by fraudulent nonprofits and rerouted to the Al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia,...
Schumer Says 3 of His Offices Were Targeted With Bomb Threats
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Dec. 1 that three of his offices in New York were targeted by bomb threats. Schumer...
Democrats Step Up Push to Extend ACA Subsidies as Deadline Nears
Democrats continued pushing for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits before they expire at the end of December. At a Capitol...