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As Vietnam’s US trade surplus overtakes China, Trump replaces envoy to fix ‘imbalance’

The Trump administration plans to ‌replace the US ambassador to Vietnam with a nominee set on addressing “imbalanced” trade relations, as Hanoi’s goods trade surplus ‍with Washington surpassed China’s...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Grok stops users from making sexualized AI images after global backlash

Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...

4hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

UBS conveys upbeat note on Chinese stocks in 2026 as global investors seek diversification

UBS Group conveyed a sanguine outlook on Chinese stocks in 2026, as the world’s second-largest economy proved to be an important alternative for global investors seeking to diversify away from US equi...

1dSouth China Morning Posteconomics

UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash

Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...

1dFrance 24TechnologyImpact

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

1dFrance 24Politics

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for Yoon Suk-yeol over martial law

A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his imposition of martial law in Decembe...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump imposes 25% tariff on any country 'doing business' with Iran

US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

BBC moves to dismiss Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit over Capitol riot documentary

The BBC intends to ask a US federal court in Florida to dismiss a US$10 billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster, according to newly filed court documents. ...

1dSouth China Morning PostPolitics

Corsican separatist's assassination sparks shock on French island

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year

Scott Adams. Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams passed away. So did Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir. Legendary independent film director Béla Tarr als...

1dBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

WeatherTech founder might be the newest US consumer protection official

President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resis...

1dThe VergePoliticsImpact

Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule

Verizon can keep phones locked to its network for longer after the Federal Communications Commission agreed to waive the carrier's 60-day unlocking requirement, as reported by Ars Technica . Following...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

Following the proliferation of the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X, the platform has detailed changes to the Grok account's ability to edit images of real people. They match the changes reported o...

5hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Iran: Activists report more than 2,500 dead after brutal crackdown

Activists report that more than 2,400 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, according to updated figures from the Human Rights Activist News Agency, which says most of th...

20hFrance 24world_newsImpact

A new American missile-mounted buggy has already scored over 20 kills against Russian Shaheds in Ukraine, crew says

The Tempest fires into the night sky in this video provided by Ukraine's Air Command Central. Screenshot via Facebook/Ukraine Air Command Central Ukraine has deployed an off-road buggy mounted with gu...

1dBusiness Insiderworld_news

X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

12hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos

Google says that generated videos should also now be more consistent with thereference images they’re based on. | Image: Google / The Verge Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer atten...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Polymarket CEO takes a victory lap after prediction market correctly calls 26/28 Golden Globe winners

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes, showing viewers betting odds for each award category. Ultimately, Poly...

1dBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Luxury retail giant Saks files for bankruptcy

Saks Global, which owns the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue department store, has filed for bankruptcy. Jimin Kim / SOPA Images/Reuters Saks Global has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The luxury ...

1dBusiness Insidereconomics