When folklore character Ali Baba uttered the immortal words “open sesame” in front of a sealed cave, he managed to open a rich trove of treasures and set in train a round of exhilarating ...

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Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang has called for the improvement of global governance on Artificial Intelligence to ensure it ...

Ding Xuexiang also tells Davos that Beijing isn’t pursuing a trade surplus and there are ‘no winners in a trade war’.

She tells a story about a poor man named Ali Baba, who discovers a treasure hidden in a secret cave. Through Scheherazade's storytelling, both she and the King come to understand the power of love.

Alibaba stock (BABA) continues to see a boost after the launch of its Qwen 2.5 AI model, the company already claiming it has surpassed OpenAI's ChatGPT, DeepSeek V3, and Meta's (META) Llama.