FOMO drives tech heavyweights to invest billions in generative AI
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tech giants aren’t...
View ArticleBaltimore bridge being cut up after ship collision
This handout screengrab courtesy of the National Transportation Safety Board taken on 26 March 2024 shows part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on top of the container ship Dali...
View ArticlePentagon reveals senior official reported symptoms of ‘Havana syndrome’ |...
A spokesperson for the Pentagon has confirmed that a senior official from the United States had reported symptoms corresponding to so-called Havana Syndrome after attending last year’s NATO summit in...
View ArticleCommentary: Biden must show, not tell, Netanyahu that enough is enough
ACTIONS MATTER MORE THAN WORDS Sheline represents a larger shift in US public opinion. Whereas about half of Americans still approved of Israel’s Gazan campaign in November, when the shock of Oct 7 was...
View ArticleInternational leaders condemn Ecuador after police raid on Mexican embassy in...
The global condemnation of Ecuador’s government for its decision to break into the Mexican embassy snowballed on Sunday with more presidents and other leaders expressing disapproval, shock and dismay....
View ArticleBiden, Japan’s Kishida pledge united front versus China
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touted increased joint military cooperation and a new missile defence system on Wednesday (Apr 10), strengthening their...
View ArticleUS will not take part in any Israeli retaliatory action against Iran
Russia, China, France and Germany, as well as Arab states Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, urged restraint. The leaders of the Group of 7 nations condemned Iran’s attack and said they...
View ArticleU.S. will not help Israel with counter-offensive against Iran, Biden says –...
President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option that Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and...
View ArticleOil prices fall more than 1% after Israel fends off large-scale aerial attack...
Oil storage drums stacked in the Keihin industrial area of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, April 15, 2024. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures were lower...
View ArticleUS, Chinese defence chiefs talk for first time in more than two years
After an extended chill between the two militaries, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with China’s defence minister, Admiral Dong Jun, on Tuesday, the first such communication with his Chinese...
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