Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday an investigation targeting her over the release of a Libyan war crimes suspect was bad publicity that could push away much-needed foreign investment.

Italy released Osama Elmasry Njeem on a technicality after he was arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of war crimes.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation over Italy's surprise release of a Libyan citizen who had been wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or part of an elaborate plan by its hedge fund parent company to short

China's DeepSeek AI has already caught the eye of the Italian Data Protection Authority, shortly after it went viral and became the top-rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US and other regions.

The regulator said it wanted to know what personal data is collected, from which sources, for what purposes, on what legal basis, and whether it is stored in China. DeepSeek and its affiliated companies have 20 days to answer,