Alibaba’s Amap muscles up on ‘world models’ in push beyond text-based AI
Amap, the mapping and navigation arm of Alibaba Group Holding, is stepping up research into “world models” – systems designed to simulate real-world environments...
The US now owns more than just Venezuela’s oil
On a quiet Saturday morning, American special forces seized Nicolas Maduro in Caracas and flew him to the United States. Within hours, US President...
Li Qiang and Lee Jae Myung back free trade and multilateralism during Beijing talks
Premier Li Qiang called for multilateralism and free trade in his meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday and said...
Thailand tightens cannabis sales as dispensaries face closure ahead of election
Thailand’s government is planning to further rein in thousands of cannabis dispensaries that have sprung up in the wake of decriminalisation by limiting sales...
Why Iran may not be the next Venezuela despite twin threat from protests and Trump
The recent US strike against Venezuela is likely to deepen the Iranian leadership’s concerns about further intervention from Washington but analysts do not expect...
2 owners of Hong Kong eatery arrested for hiring 5 illegal workers in food factory
Hong Kong immigration authorities have broken up an operation in which two local restaurant owners hired illegal foreign workers at their food factory to...
Swiss bar in deadly blaze missed five years of safety checks
Swiss local authorities admitted on Tuesday that fire safety inspections had not been carried out for the past five years at a bar where...
BBC journalists reportedly told to avoid saying US ‘kidnapped’ Venezuelan leader Maduro
BBC journalists have reportedly been instructed not to describe America’s abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as a “kidnapping”, according to a British newspaper...
Indonesian beauty doctor under police probe as row with influencer turns ugly
Indonesian beauty doctor and social media influencer Richard Lee has been named a suspect in a criminal case following a complaint by a fellow...