Tokyo: OpenAI chief Sam Altman said Monday the US company has “no plans” to sue Chinese startup DeepSeek, which rattled Silicon Valley with its powerful and apparently cheaply developed chatbot. ChatGPT creator OpenAI warned last week that Chinese companies were actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models. “No, we have no plans to sue … Read more
For a window into the soul of a city, take a stroll along the waterfront: Think of the Seine walkways in Paris, the Copacabana promenade in Rio or the Charles River Esplanade in Boston. Or the nearly 14-mile palm-fringed ribbon called La Rambla, in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. One of the longest sidewalks in … Read more
In May, the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, will meet the six Middle Eastern nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The summit’s host, Malaysia, has invited China to attend. China is also poised to update its own free-trade agreement with ASEAN, which includes Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. … Read more
The cost of using the Panama Canal has risen in recent years — excessively so, President Trump has asserted. The canal operator says droughts, investments in upgrades and sheer demand are among the reasons. But if Mr. Trump wrests lower canal fees out of Panama, American consumers may not feel much difference, because canal costs … Read more
As President Trump was locked in a war of words with the leader of Colombia over the military deportation of migrants, China’s ambassador to Colombia declared that relations between Beijing and Bogotá were at their “best moment” in decades. Zhu Jingyang, the ambassador, later said that it was a coincidence that he posted his comment … Read more
Washington: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, responded with humour to a viral post on X, which highlighted the State Department’s website suggesting “trains” when searching for the term “trans.” Musk’s comment, “That train has left,” was accompanied by a train emoji. The post sparked a wave of reactions, ranging from mockery to observations about the … Read more
Athens: Fresh overnight tremors shook Greece’s top tourist island Santorini, media reports said Monday, prompting people to sleep outdoors and others to leave by plane or ferry. Over 200 minor earthquakes were recorded at sea or on surrounding islands, with the strongest — of magnitude 4.6 — striking the waters between Santorini and Amorgos on … Read more
Washington — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according the Trump administration’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who’s been wrestling for control of the agency in recent days. Early Monday, Musk held a live session on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter Spaces, and said he’d … Read more
Police declare unlawful assembly as thousands converge on downtown LA for anti-ICE protests Police declare unlawful assembly as thousands converge on downtown LA for anti-ICE protests 04:52 A large crowd gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in response to the recent ICE raids and deportations. The gathering briefly closed the 101 Freeway, which led … Read more
Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly described as looking like a U-shaped curve: The joys of youth are followed by the challenges of our 20s and 30s before an upswing later in life that reaches a peak after retirement. While that may be true – or not – in wealthier countries such as the … Read more