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Following are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours

    FGN3 US-H-1B
    *Ahead of Trump's inauguration, debate on H1B visas intensifies
    Washington: Three weeks ahead of Trump's inauguration here on January 20, the debate on foreign guest workers visas for highly skilled professionals, the H-1B, has intensified which has literally created divisions in both the Democratic and the Republican parties.

    
    
     FGN21 CHINA-MILITARY-AI
    
AI cannot replace human decision-making on battlefield, Chinese military warns its forces
    Beijing, Jan 3 (PTI) Investing heavily in modernisation, the Chinese military has cautioned its armed forces against banking heavily on artificial intelligence saying that AI should be a tool to guide but not a replacement for human decision-making in the battlefield because it lacks self-awareness capability.


     FGN22 PAK-DAR-INDIA
    
'It takes two to tango,' says Pakistan's Foreign Minister on relations with India
     Islamabad, Jan 3 (PTI) Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has emphasised that normalising relations with India requires mutual willingness.


    
     FGN5 US-TRUMP POLICIES
    
Silicon Valley now deeply enmeshed in all things Trump: Indian American venture capitalist
    Washington: The Silicon Valley is now deeply enmeshed in all things Trump, who has roped in some of the best brains and entrepreneurs from here, a top Indian American venture capitalist has said.


     FGN4 US-JABBAR
    
New Orleans attacker acted alone, had strong support for ISIS: Biden
    Washington: New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone even though there are indications that he had strong support for ISIS, US President Joe Biden has said.


     FGN17 US-RANA
    
Rana's attorney seeks review of US court's decision to extradite him to India, cites 'double jeopardy'
    Washington: An attorney for Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana has urged the US Supreme Court to review the lower court's decision to extradite him to India, citing the principle of double jeopardy which prevents a person from being tried or punished twice for the same offence. *

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)