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News24 | Global corruption getting worse, US sinks to lowest ever level, says watchdog
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) warned on Tuesday of worsening corruption in democracies worldwide and said the US had slid to the lowest-ever score on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Democrats reject White House ICE offer as partial shutdown looms – US politics live
Schumer and Jeffries says White House proposal is ‘incomplete and insufficient’ as prospect of deal recedesAmericans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when as…
Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown
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SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024’s $8.03B (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
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SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024’s $8.03B — For the first quarter of 2026, the …
GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
By R Anil Kumar United Nations, February 9, 2026. The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned. Speaking after the UN hosted a meeting of leading global econ…
Trump tariffs hurt French wine and spirits exports
US tariffs hit French wine and spirits shipments hard last year, playing a major role in the overall drop of eight percent in value of one of France’s top exports, a trade body said Tuesday.
410 Shadow Fleet Ships Abandoned In 2025, Thousands Left Without Pay Or Food
The number of oil tankers and other commercial ships abandoned by their owners rose sharply last year, leaving thousands of sailors stuck at sea without pay, food or a way home.
Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week (Juro Osawa/The Information)
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Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week — Zhipu, one of China’s prominent AI developers…
Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week (Juro Osawa/The Information)
Juro Osawa / The Information:
Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week — Zhipu, one of China’s prominent AI developers…