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The following is Betty Wang's op-ed in 9Dashline. Betty is a Senior Program Officer of Climate at the Asia Society Policy Institute. Once a year, the COP negotiations put a spotlight on the climate ...

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SEOUL/SYDNEY -- Governments across Asia are restricting their use of DeepSeek's artificial intelligence services due to security concerns, following the Chinese startup's industry-shaking claims ...

Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s multilingual capabilities and open-source nature serve as an attractive alternative for users in Southeast Asia, but its true potential can only be realised if ...

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A sacred city in Sri Lanka holds an ancient carving believed to be the world's oldest map or an ancient stargate revealing the secrets of the Universe. Sakwala Chakraya is an ancient carving ...

East Asia More than 30 missing after landslide hits southwest China Screengrab of a video showing the landslide in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, Feb 8, 2024.

This simple, 30-minute, point-and-click Minecraft puzzle map puts a series of items in front of you and it’s up to you to figure out which is the odd one out. It might sound easy, but with ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck southwestern Japan on Monday, with no immediate reports of injury or damage, and small tsunamis observed in part of ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...

In an unexpected turn of events, Kanye West appeared to briefly put to rest his longstanding feud with Taylor Swift. The 47-year-old rapper, who will be competing in the Best Rap Song category at ...