Calls for an AI slowdown: conscience, politics, or cold feet?
This week Dario Amodei (left, main image), CEO of Anthropic, the creators of the Claude AI assistant, published an essay warning that AI is moving...
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Four Spaniards among 3,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods leave at least 750 dead
UPDATE (Sunday 30 August): The death toll from devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal and China’s Tibet region has climbed to 750, while more...
US ambassador warns Spain over China while defending Trump’s criticism of Sánchez
The United States’ ambassador to Spain, Benjamin León Jr., has warned Madrid to tread carefully as it strengthens ties with China, urging the Spanish government...
Spain, China unite against global instability as Xi puts Madrid ‘on right side of history’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday presented a united front in defence of multilateralism, as both leaders warned of...
Spain’s Sánchez urges China to play bigger global role while warning trade imbalance is ‘unsustainable’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called on China to take on a stronger role in tackling global challenges, while warning that its trade...
Sánchez to visit China again, amid rising tensions with US over Iran conflict
The Spanish government has announced that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will travel to China in mid-April, as tensions with the United States intensify and Madrid...
Spanish police bust sex trafficking ring in Mallorca, freeing 15 Chinese women
The Spanish National Police have freed 15 victims of sexual exploitation who were recruited by a criminal organisation through adverts on social media. According to...
As EU rejects Trump’s tariffs, Sánchez says US move on Greenland would make Putin ‘happiest man on Earth’
Several European leaders have sharply criticised US President Donald Trump after he threatened to impose punitive tariffs on European countries resisting his push to take...
Spain welcomes EU green light for Mercosur pact after decades of talks, as France fails to block accord
The European Union on Friday finally cleared a long-stalled trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, backing a pact strongly supported by business groups...
Spain joins European allies in rejecting Trump’s call for US control of Greenland
Spain joined several other EU nations on Tuesday in rejecting remarks by US President Donald Trump that suggest Greenland should come under American control. In...
