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• ASEAN nations are increasingly caught between competing AI ecosystems as China emerges as a global leader alongside the U.S. and EU. • While China's AI advancements offer significant economic benefits and infrastructure opportunities, deepening integration without a clear strategy risks long-term technological dependency. • This tension matters because ASEAN must balance the immediate gains of Chinese investment with the need to maintain strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty.

Bondi attack inquiry broadcasters will be called as commission focuses on traditional and social mediaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRepresentatives from the ABC and SBS will be called as witnesses to the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, after complaints were made to the inquiry about their coverage of the Middle East.On Monday, counsel assisting Richard Lancaster SC said some submissions to the royal commission – established after the Bondi terror attack – are “highly critical” of the public broadcasters’ reporting on the Middle East conflict. Continue reading...

• UTI Aggressive Hybrid Fund is implementing a disciplined investment strategy that blends value-based equity selection with quality debt to achieve balanced growth. • The fund utilizes a structured valuation framework tailored to specific sectors, such as using price-to-book for banks, P/E ratios for IT, and EV/EBITDA for commodity businesses. • This diversified approach avoids reliance on a single metric, instead applying specialized valuations like price-to-net asset value for real estate and price-to-embedded value for insurance.