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A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley
Lily JamaliTechnology correspondent, San Francisco Getty Images Silicon Valley is home to many major tech firms, including Apple’s circular headquarters At OpenAI’s DevDay this week, OpenAI boss Sam Altman did what American tech bosses rarely do these days: he actually answered questions from reporters. “I know it’s tempting to write the bubble story,” Mr Altman…
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Duck family rescued from busy Australian motorway
A family of ducks brought traffic on Perth’s Kwinana Freeway to a standstill during Friday’s morning rush hour. Main Roads, Western Australia’s motorway transport agency, posted the footage on X warning motorists to “be aware and be alert”. “If you see ducks, ducklings or wildlife attempting to cross a freeway or road, stay in your…
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Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images Trump visited China in his first term President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of an expected meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, signalling a flare-up in trade tensions between the two economic giants that sent shares in the US tumbling. In a post on social media, Trump…
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Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor AFP Sébastien Lecornu spent just 26 days as prime minister before his dramatic resignation last Monday President Emmanuel Macron has asked Sébastien Lecornu to return as French prime minister only four days after he stood down from the post, sparking a week of high drama and political turmoil. Macron made the…
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Ceasefire comes into force as IDF pulls out of parts of Gaza
Anadolu via Getty Images The Israeli military says it has partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday morning. Israeli forces said they had pulled back to an agreed position within the territory – though troops still occupy half of the Strip. Footage…
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What does wording of Gaza ceasefire agreement tell us?
Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem and BBC Visual Journalism team Getty Images A ceasefire has come into effect for the war in Gaza, after the Israeli government approved a US-brokered deal with Hamas in negotiations that had the personal involvement of US President Donald Trump. The full text of the agreement has not been made…
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US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho
The US has finalised an agreement that will allow Qatar to build an air force facility in Idaho, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced. He said the facility – where pilots from the Gulf state would be trained to fly F-15 fighter jets – would be established at the Mountain Home Airbase in the…
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As Nobel Prize goes to Venezuela’s opposition leader, how far would Trump go to help her?
This Nobel Prize win for Maria Corina Machado is being hugely welcomed by the opposition in Venezuela. The hope is it will draw renewed international attention to their cause. Responding to the prize, Machado directly called for help from the man who had hoped he would win it. “Today more than ever we count on…
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Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas
Burkina Faso’s military government has refused to take in deportees from the US as Washington suspended issuing visas in the West African nation. Minister of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré questioned if the embassy’s decision was “blackmail” after he said he had rejected an American proposal to take in migrants from third countries. Donald Trump’s…
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My one-month-old grandson was killed by police tear gas
Sammy AwamiBBC Africa, Antananarivo Sammy Awami / BBC Razanasoa Edmondine looking at the photos on her phone of her new grandson Razanasoa Edmondine still looks shell-shocked as she recalls the death of her one-month-old grandson, killed by police tear gas in protests that have rocked Madagascar over the last two weeks. “It was just a…
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