25 h. ago Agents of China, Russia and Iran are subverting our nation and we do nothing

Agents of China, Russia and Iran are subverting our nation and we do nothing  The Telegraph

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31 h. ago Iran turns to China, Russia to bolster air defenses as it preps for next Israel war

Iran turns to China, Russia to bolster air defenses as it preps for next Israel war  AL-Monitor

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3 d. ago China's Secret AI Weapon: DeepSeek's R2 Agent Set to Disrupt OpenAI's Lead

China's Secret AI Weapon: DeepSeek's R2 Agent Set to Disrupt OpenAI's Lead  Yahoo Finance

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4 d. ago Chinese companies could start making money from AI agents next year, UBS says

Chinese companies could start making money from their artificial intelligence agents – software systems that use AI to autonomously plan and perform complex tasks for users – as soon as next year, according to UBS. “2026 is the year of agent monetisation in China,” said Sundeep Gantori, an equity strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management CIO, on Thursday. As advanced models like DeepSeek’s R2 become more sophisticated, “we expect to see more monetisation”, he added. AI agents are widely...

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4 d. ago China advances in AI agentic tools as Tencent, ByteDance weigh in

China is making progress in artificial intelligence “agentic frameworks”, the tools required to make AI agents, as the country’s tech giants begin to take on US players such as AutoGen and OpenAI Swarm. Tencent Holdings was the latest to join the fray after the Shenzhen-based company open-sourced its new Youtu-Agent agentic framework on Tuesday. Developed by Youtu Labs, Tencent’s AI research department, the framework was released on Microsoft’s open-source code-hosting platform GitHub last...

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6 d. ago Leaders of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran gather in Beijing as ‘axis of upheaval’ emerges in challenge to the West

Leaders of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran gather in Beijing as ‘axis of upheaval’ emerges in challenge to the West  CNN

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6 d. ago China, Russia join Iran in rejecting European move to restore sanctions on Tehran

China, Russia join Iran in rejecting European move to restore sanctions on Tehran  Reuters

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7 d. ago 6 takeaways from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opening

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to uphold international fairness and justice while pursuing mutually beneficial economic and cultural cooperation. Xi made the remarks at the official meeting of the SCO leaders during their annual summit in China’s northern city of Tianjin on Monday. Alongside a keynote speech by Xi, leaders from Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia gave...

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8 d. ago Leaders of Iran, Turkey, Russia and India in China for summit hosted by Xi

Leaders of Iran, Turkey, Russia and India in China for summit hosted by Xi  The Times of Israel

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9 d. ago Russia, China slam European nations over Iran ‘snapback’ sanctions move

Russia, China slam European nations over Iran ‘snapback’ sanctions move  Al Jazeera

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2 w. ago 79 killed as bus carrying Afghans from Iran crashes and catches fire

An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan, and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash on the Herat-Kabul highway involved a motorcycle, a truck and a bus late on Tuesday, said Ahmdullah Muttaqi, head of the information department for Herat’s provincial government. The bus was carrying Afghan refugees expelled from Iran, part of an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people, who were on their way from the border to...

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2 w. ago Spotlight China, France The French secret agent that Beijing wanted to recruit

Spotlight China, France The French secret agent that Beijing wanted to recruit  Intelligence Online

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3 w. ago China’s AI agents hit big tech barriers, but low costs give It the edge in AI race

China’s AI agents hit big tech barriers, but low costs give It the edge in AI race  Investing.com

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