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27-01-2026
Tencent plans to expand its cloud computing business in the Middle East by increasing its data center footprint and establishing stronger partnerships in the region. The company is actively exploring building data centers in the Middle East to service cloud customers and has already opened an availability zone in Saudi Arabia. This expansion will put Tencent into more direct competition with US giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Tencent is hoping to differentiate itself by leveraging its strong customer base in China to expand internationally.
Entities: Tencent, Middle East, Dowson Tong, Amazon, Microsoft • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: positive • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
The article discusses the resilience of the US bond market despite various challenges, including large deficits, attacks on the Federal Reserve, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions, particularly the recent controversy surrounding Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland. While investor confidence has wavered at times, the bond market has continued to defy expectations. The article notes that the recent turmoil in Japanese government bonds has had a ripple effect on US Treasuries, but overall, the US bond market remains strong. The article also touches on the broader themes of American economic dominance and the potential risks to it.
Entities: Donald Trump, Greenland, Federal Reserve, NATO, US Treasuries • Tone: analytical • Sentiment: neutral • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
The article discusses the effectiveness of education technology (ed tech) in schools, citing the example of McPherson Middle School in Kansas, which adopted a digital program called IXL. Despite initial enthusiasm, research suggests that ed tech has not delivered significant learning gains. The article argues that ed tech is often more focused on being profitable than providing actual educational value.
Entities: McPherson Middle School, Kansas, IXL, Inge Esping, Ed tech • Tone: negative • Sentiment: negative • Intent: critique
27-01-2026
The article discusses India's economic growth and its potential to become a developed economy by 2047. Historically, India's economic growth has been slow, earning the term 'Hindu rate of growth.' However, in recent decades, it has become the world's fastest-growing big economy and is closing in on being the fourth-largest. The article attributes India's current success to a combination of luck, commitment to economic reform, and external factors such as a push from Donald Trump. It highlights India's remarkable promise and its potential to play a more significant role in the global economy.
Entities: India, Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, Asia, The Economist • Tone: positive • Sentiment: positive • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
Chinese state-linked hackers have breached mobile phones at the heart of Downing Street as part of a global cyber-espionage campaign targeting telecommunication networks. The hacking campaign, which dates back to at least 2021, has given China access to the phone data of millions, allowing them to eavesdrop on calls, read text messages, and track users' locations. U.S. officials first alerted their allies in 2024 after discovering that hacking groups had gained access to telecom companies worldwide. The breaches have affected multiple countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The U.K. officials are concerned that senior government figures may have been exposed, with 'many' hacking attacks reported on phones across the British government, particularly during Rishi Sunak's tenure as Prime Minister.
Entities: China, Downing Street, United States, Five Eyes, Australia • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado plans to return to Venezuela to help drive a democratic transition following the removal of Nicolás Maduro. She met with President Donald Trump and praised his commitment to freeing Venezuela. Machado believes a successful democratic transition would rapidly transform Venezuela's economy and reverse years of instability, comparing it to the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, she voiced reservations about the current interim President Delcy Rodríguez's leadership, warning that the transition risks falling short without a broader break from the Maduro-era government.
Entities: María Corina Machado, Venezuela, Donald Trump, Nicolás Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: positive • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
A female skier was mauled by a snow leopard in Fuyun County, China, while attempting to take a photo. The incident occurred on Friday at around 7 p.m. near China's border with Mongolia. Footage of the incident shows the woman lying motionless in the snow with the leopard nearby, before being helped away with a bloodied face. Authorities had previously warned of snow leopard sightings in the area due to a lack of food, advising tourists not to linger or approach them for photos. The woman survived the attack, partly due to wearing a helmet, and was hospitalized in stable condition. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Entities: Fuyun County, China, Mongolia, Snow Leopard Trust, Gem Valley • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
TikTok is investigating why some users are unable to send direct messages containing the word 'Epstein' despite having no rules against it. The issue arose after TikTok's recent sale to a group of mostly U.S. investors, including Larry Ellison, a close ally of former President Trump. The timing has led to speculation about censorship, with some pointing to the connection between Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. TikTok claims its content moderation rules remain unchanged, but users have reported various technical issues since the sale, including outages and functionality problems.
Entities: TikTok, Epstein, Larry Ellison, Oracle, Trump • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen-3 AI model has become the world's first general-purpose artificial intelligence model to operate in orbit. The model was deployed to a space computing centre by Chinese aerospace start-up Adaspace Technology and executed multiple inference tasks in November. The entire process, from uploading queries to on-orbit inference and sending results back to Earth, took less than two minutes. Qwen-3 is part of Alibaba Cloud's Qwen family, which has become the world's largest open-source AI ecosystem. Adaspace's space computing centre is part of its 'Star-Compute Project', a 2,800-satellite network designed to power physical AI and support AI model training and inference.
Entities: Alibaba Cloud, Qwen-3, Adaspace Technology, China, Alibaba Group Holding • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: positive • Intent: inform
27-01-2026
A Nipah virus outbreak in India's West Bengal state has sparked concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday due to increased travel. Despite the virus's high fatality rate of up to 75%, Chinese health experts believe it is difficult to transmit and unlikely to cause an outbreak in China. The outbreak has triggered unease on Chinese social media, with users expressing fear and suggesting temporary travel restrictions with India. China and India had recently eased visa rules to boost travel between the two countries. The Lunar New Year travel rush, known as chunyun, is expected to increase travel traffic into, within, and out of China from February 2 to March 13.
Entities: Nipah virus, India, China, West Bengal, Lunar New Year • Tone: neutral • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
