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AI gives China’s Singles’ Day head start as retailers see early sales boom
Read more: AI gives China’s Singles’ Day head start as retailers see early sales boomThis year, Chinese e-commerce platforms turned to AI tools, also launching earlier campaigns ahead of Singles’ Day to court shoppers after a lacklustre Golden Week holiday.
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AI capital? China’s cities battle for dominance as analysts sound caution
Read more: AI capital? China’s cities battle for dominance as analysts sound cautionCities across China are ramping up their AI ambitions. But as competition intensifies, analysts urge them to play to their strengths – not blindly copy one another.
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Commentary: China is playing the long game on trade. It’s working
Read more: Commentary: China is playing the long game on trade. It’s workingBeijing is using the Mao-era strategy of “protracted war” to buy time with Washington, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.
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Former Jemaah Islamiyah leaders, affiliated schools in Indonesia take new steps towards moderation
Read more: Former Jemaah Islamiyah leaders, affiliated schools in Indonesia take new steps towards moderationEfforts are underway to help Islamic boarding schools previously linked to the terror group, which was disbanded last year, to adopt more mainstream religious teachings.
Thailand
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Public transport operators to protest
Read more: Public transport operators to protestPublic transport operators in major cities are under mounting pressure as surging fuel prices erode incomes and threaten services.
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Artemis astronauts more than halfway to the Moon
Read more: Artemis astronauts more than halfway to the MoonThe Artemis 2 astronauts passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on Saturday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft.
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Barcode row intensifies
Read more: Barcode row intensifiesThe controversy surrounding barcodes and QR codes printed on ballot papers in the Feb 8 general election has intensified, with petitions now filed with the Ombudsman and the Administrative Court.
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Deaths of 70 tigers at Chiang Mai park probed
Read more: Deaths of 70 tigers at Chiang Mai park probedCHIANG MAI – Livestock officials have moved to quarantine and disinfect the Tiger Kingdom tourist attraction in Mae Rim district after more than 70 tigers died mysteriously this month, prompting a two‑week closure and a sweeping investigation into the cause.
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City Hall launches major overhaul of park rules
Read more: City Hall launches major overhaul of park rulesThe Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is undertaking its most extensive review of public‑park regulations in more than two decades, aiming to modernise long‑standing rules and better reflect how Bangkok residents use green spaces today.
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AI gives China’s Singles’ Day head start as retailers see early sales boom
Read more: AI gives China’s Singles’ Day head start as retailers see early sales boomThis year, Chinese e-commerce platforms turned to AI tools, also launching earlier campaigns ahead of Singles’ Day to court shoppers after a lacklustre Golden Week holiday.
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Sovereign technology key to national security, say pundits
Read more: Sovereign technology key to national security, say punditsThailand must develop its own sovereign technology and innovative infrastructure to ensure long-term national security and economic growth, say tech researchers and a military official.
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Yodchanan may not take ministry post
Read more: Yodchanan may not take ministry postSpeculation is mounting that Pheu Thai prime ministerial candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat may not take up any ministerial post in the new government being formed by the Bhumjaithai (BJT) Party.
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Former prince Andrew arrested in misconduct probe
Read more: Former prince Andrew arrested in misconduct probeLONDON – The inexorable fall from grace of the former prince Andrew has reached an extraordinary new low as he has become the first member of the UK royal family to be arrested in the modern era.