Global tech shares fall as China AI chatbot DeepSeek spooks investors

Chinese startup’s $6m product raises doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boom Business live – latest updates Global technology shares have taken a hit as the emergence of a Chinese chatbot competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, DeepSeek, raised doubts about the sustainability of the US artificial intelligence boom. Shares in companies listed in Asia and…

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Australia news live: search to resume for three missing after Rottnest seaplane crash; Labor to spend $100m on 40 new Bushmasters

Three passengers on the aircraft that crashed off Rottnest Island are yet to be found. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast From today, Aussies travelling to the UK will need to apply for a digital permit to visit England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The electronic…

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Penny Wong reportedly chastised by Israeli foreign affairs minister over Australia’s stance on Gaza war

The Israeli foreign affairs minister, Gideon Sa’ar, reportedly claimed Australia distanced itself from Israel in its ‘most difficult year’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has been chastised by her Israeli counterpart for what he…

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Trump threatens ‘disciplinary action’ for USAid staff ignoring foreign aid freeze

Memo offers further guidance to ‘stop-work’ directive and how to achieve Trump’s America first policy Donald Trump urged US Agency for International Development (USAid) workers to join the effort to transform how the federal government allocates aid around the world in line with his America first policy. His administration threatened “disciplinary action” for any staff…

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