India seeks AI breakthrough - but is it falling behind?
Two years after ChatGPT, China launched DeepSeek, but India doesn't have its own foundational model yet.
Source: BBC
Read MoreUN calls for calm as violence flares in South Sudan
Fighting reportedly broke out in Nasir in Upper Nile state on February 14 and 15, the UN mission in South Sudan says.
Source: Al Jazeera
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Pope Francis remains hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says
Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains hospitalized in Rome after a respiratory tract infection, painting a "complex picture" of his health, the Vatican said Tuesday.
Source: NBC News
Read MorePrison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review
Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds
Successive governments’ overreliance on prison sentences and desire to seem “tough on crime” …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreUkraine rejects US-Russia talks as Moscow says no NATO peacekeepers
Ukraine’s president has rejected high-level US-Russia talks on ending the war on his country.
Source: Al Jazeera
Read MoreThames Water wins court backing for £3bn debt package
Deal approved at high court gives company £1.5bn in upfront cash to stave off collapse
Thames Water has won court approval for an emergency debt …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreHong Kong’s hottest new social scene? Running clubs
Organised group runs have sprung up across the city. Here are the best ones to join on almost every day of the week
Source: Financial Times
Read MorePlacebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’
The singer is being charged with defamation of the far-right Italian prime minister leader while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023
Placebo frontman Brian Molko is being charged …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreWhy did the baby seal cross the road? It's not a riddle for this Connecticut city
A baby seal was rescued from the streets of downtown New Haven, lethargic and underweight. He is now recovering at a nearby aquarium, which hopes to eventually release him back …
Source: NPR
Read MoreTuesday briefing: Europe faces tough choices on Ukraine as US pursues own path
In today’s newsletter: As the US and Russia go ahead with talks in Saudi Arabia, Keir Starmer and other European leaders are grappling with their next move
Good morning. Yesterday, …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreCanada: Plane crash injures 18 at Toronto airport
A passenger plane crashes on landing in Toronto, with the 80 passengers possibly narrowly escaping disaster.
Source: Deutsche Welle
Read MoreWho is the American playing a key role in the U.S.-Russia talks about Ukraine?
A real estate developer-turned-Middle East envoy, Witkoff has been credited with helping broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and free an American from Russian prison. Here's what to know about him.
Source: NPR
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