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World Service,06 Dec 2023,26 mins

Italy pulls out of flagship Chinese project

World Business Report

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The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has formally told China it will leave their Belt and Road Initiative. We find out what this means for their relationship going forward. We examine tech giant Google’s long-awaited answer to Chat GPT, but will their new model called Gemini rival the AI space? And we hear how a new hybrid rice from South Korea is going to help the African economy. (Picture: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia. Credit: Reuters)

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