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Will China’s AI challenge impact US dominance?

The global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has witnessed a new shift with the emergence of China’s DeepSeek, a powerful AI model developed to counterbalance American AI giants like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. The release of DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the stock market, causing NVIDIA, one of the biggest players in AI hardware, to lose nearly $500 billion in market capitalization overnight

EU unveils plan to boost competitiveness

The European Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass, a strategic blueprint aimed at restoring the European Union (EU)'s economic edge and driving technological leadership as it seeks to close the gap with the US and China.

India, China should meet each other halfway: Wang Yi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday told Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri that India and China should seize the opportunity to meet each other halfway, explore more substantive measures, and commit themselves to mutual understanding, mutual support and mutual achievement, rather than mutual suspicion, alienation and mutual depletion.

Coco Islands Bogey

The 2021 coup d’état that deposed the democratically elected NLD government and brought back the Tatmadaw resulted in complicated dynamics as the junta regime was desperate to seek international legitimization. China stepped in as the first and foremost defender by refusing to criticise the takeover (India did so initially) and offered support to the internationally shunned regime. Later India too offered mealy-mouthed statements that seemed to indicate its willingness to engage and accept the regime