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OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT

OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT

US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" ahead of high-level meetings in Tokyo, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field.

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Asian stocks dive, dollar rallies as Year of the Snake starts with bite

Asian stocks dive, dollar rallies as Year of the Snake starts with bite

Asian stocks tanked and the dollar surged Monday after Donald Trump signed off huge tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and warned the European Union would be hit "pretty soon".

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Cavs crush Mavs in aftermath of shock Doncic trade, Celtics rally

Cavs crush Mavs in aftermath of shock Doncic trade, Celtics rally

The Dallas Mavericks, rocked by the sudden trade of superstar Luka Doncic and wracked by injuries, were blown out 144-101 by the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.

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Trump announces talks with Canada, Mexico over sweeping tariffs

Trump announces talks with Canada, Mexico over sweeping tariffs

President Donald Trump said he will discuss the punishing tariffs he has levied on Canada and Mexico with both countries on Monday, after arguing that Americans may feel economic "pain" from the 25 percent duties but that it will be "worth the price."

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Starmer to urge Europe to 'bear down' on Putin at landmark talks

Starmer to urge Europe to 'bear down' on Putin at landmark talks

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will urge European leaders to "continue bearing down" on Russian President Vladimir Putin when the UK premier becomes the first to attend a European Council gathering since Brexit on Monday.

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Grammys red carpet: all the drama, all the hotness

Grammys red carpet: all the drama, all the hotness

Music's brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammys, music's biggest night in their sexiest, skin-baring ensembles.

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Trial of Spain's ex-football chief over forced kiss to begin

Trial of Spain's ex-football chief over forced kiss to begin

Spain's former football chief Luis Rubiales goes on trial on Monday over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso with the player scheduled to take the stand.

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'Breaks a little part of you every day': Texas man on Death Row

'Breaks a little part of you every day': Texas man on Death Row

Steven Nelson has spent more than a dozen years on Death Row in Texas and is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of a pastor that he insists he did not commit.

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Trump accuses S.Africa of 'confiscating' land, cuts funding

Trump accuses S.Africa of 'confiscating' land, cuts funding

US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.

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Musk brands USAID 'criminal', Trump calls its leaders 'radical lunatics'

Musk brands USAID 'criminal', Trump calls its leaders 'radical lunatics'

Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a "criminal organization" on Sunday, as Donald Trump said the agency was "run by radical lunatics" and said he was considering its future.

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