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Meeting Sir Kier-Starmour at the White House, Donald Trump reported that America was working towards a trade deal with Britain where tariffs wouldn't be necessary.

Regarding peace talks in Ukraine, the British Prime

Minister said he wanted to see a durable agreement to stop Vladimir Putin coming back for

more. Quote, I think he'll keep his word, said Mr. Trump of Mr. Putin. On Friday, Mr. Trump

will meet Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky. Earlier, Mr. Trump will meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Earlier, Mr. Trump said he would impose 25% tariffs on all Mexican and Canadian goods

from March 4th, citing their failure to curb drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl, into America. He will also add a 10% duty

on Chinese imports, doubling a tariff imposed earlier this month. China urged Mr. Trump to

address trade concerns through dialogue. Tencent, a Chinese tech firm, launched a new artificial intelligence model, Juniwan TurboS.

It claims the model is faster than Deepseek's R1, which in January triggered a market

sell-off hitting chipmakers like Nvidia. Investors feared that more efficient AI models would

reduce chip demand.

Ten cents move underscores intensifying rivalry in China's AI sector.

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