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In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Chinese officials reportedly authorise private equity funds to raise money for residential developments, and Beijing is said to be readying new measures to prop up the country’s biggest builders. China... Read More>> The post China Restarts Residential Funds to Deliver Boost and More Asia Real Estate Headlines appeared first on

By Eduardo Baptista and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths. The WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday that Chinese officials were under-representing data on several

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) building on the Financial Street in Beijing, China...

France, Germany and other countries say the situation does not warrant a policy change after Italy demanded the bloc impose restrictions on Chinese arrivals.

The gigantic technological leap that machine learning models have shown in the last few months is getting everyone excited about the future of AI — but also nervous about its uncomfortable consequences. After text-to-image tools from Stability AI and OpenAI became the talk of the town, ChatGPT’s ability to hold intelligent conversations is the new