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Millions around the world celebrate Lunar New Year and ring in the Year of the Snake
BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year. From Beijing to Havana, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in...
DeepSeek has rattled the AI industry. Here's a quick look at other Chinese AI models
HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced computer chips and consuming less energy. DeepSeek’s emergence has raised concerns...
AP PHOTOS: Lunar New Year prayers and incense usher in the Year of the Snake
Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake. From Vietnam to Japan, ethnic Chinese flocked to temples across north and Southeast Asia on what was the Lunar New...
After talking tough during campaign, Trump appears to ease up on China at start of presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term. But now that he's back in the White House, Trump...
