South Korea bans DeepSeek

The state regulator “strongly advised” users to avoid the Chinese AI service pending “improvements” under local laws South Korea’s national data protection watchdog has announced a “temporary” suspension of the widely popular DeepSeek AI service in the country until authorities complete their review of the Chinese startup’s data collection practices and implement “improvements and remedies.”…

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NATO split over 5% spending demand – media

Spain has rejected the target as “unreasonable” ahead of the bloc’s upcoming summit in The Hague Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected NATO’s proposal for member states to increase military spending to 5% of their GDP, calling the idea “not only unreasonable but also counterproductive.”   Following US President Donald Trump’s demands for a 5%…

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Musk urges astronaut-led Mars investigation

The billionaire has called for a mysterious formation on the Red Planet to be explored SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called for astronauts to be sent to Mars to investigate a peculiar square structure observed on the planet’s surface that has recently generated public attention. On Friday, Musk responded to a post on X by…

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Iranian media assesses damage from US attack

President Donald Trump has claimed that Tehran’s nuclear facilities were “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s Fordow nuclear site did not suffer any serious damage in the attack launched by the US, Fars news agency reported on Sunday, citing MP Mohammad Manan Raisi from Qom Province where the facility is located. US President Donald Trump has…

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Judge puts brakes on Trump’s USAID purge

The order comes as the agency’s more than 2,000 employees fight to prevent it from being shut down A federal judge has temporarily barred the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington’s primary vehicle for funding political projects abroad, from putting thousands of employees on paid leave. The order was in response to a lawsuit…

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