By Michel Rose PARIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe seeks to balance economic and security threats from Beijing with reliance on the world's second-largest economy during a time of global trade turmoil.

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China will provide $100 million in aid to the Palestinians to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and support reconstruction efforts, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday. Xi was speaking at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their meeting in Beijing.

As of last year, the continent's data centers — crucial for AI — had computing capacity of just 16 gigawatts, compared with 48 in the U.S. and 38 in China.